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Spoilers for Wednesday 29th October - Series 92, Heat 88
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 3:45 pm
by Philip A
R9 alt for 803 which is 73 * 11 so:
100 - 5 * 5 - 2 = 73
8 + 3 = 11
73 * 11 = 803
Unusual way but that was the first way I saw.
‘Minuter’ being disallowed is unfortunate. I think Susie made it clear as to why it’s not in the dictionary compared to MINUTEST, but very unlucky nonetheless (even if it didn’t necessarily affect the outcome of this game).
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th October - Series 92, Heat 88
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:03 pm
by Gavin Chipper
The "minuter" thing has come up a few times before including
very recently. 803 was doable by 8*100+3 btw. (9-5)*2*100+5-2=803
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th October - Series 92, Heat 88
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 8:27 pm
by Philip A
Yes, I think ‘minuter’ (which is now only in the historical dictionary) has returned to the list of common Countdown pitfalls such as ‘Pilates’, ‘con-man’, ‘-monger’, and ‘elations’. Some of these have anagrams (in this case, RUNTIME) but unless practised it’s very easy to go for the wrong ones.
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 29th October - Series 92, Heat 88
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:03 pm
by Ryan Lam
Spoiler in this episode: Susie MAY be one of the five celebrities in one of the two Taskmaster New Year 2026 Specials based on the anecdote.
The official line-up should be announced after Series 20 of Taskmaster finishes in a fortnight, and we'll find out then if this is really true! If it is, Colin might have unintentionally leaked the news out early, oops...