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Well, Charlie must have felt the Monday blues yesterday, falling to Jennifer.

That result means that Steve Wood will be gracing the finals in a couple of weeks. Who will be the 8th

Any one who becomes an octochamp within the next 15 days will be in the top 8. Will Jennifer be that 8th octochamp

Wait and see......

Or will Jackie Baker retain 8th spot?

Hmmm. Chinese crispy seaweed is made from a type of lettuce. And Chinese leaves...often in stirfries

Sue Sanders wrote:Hmmm. Chinese crispy seaweed is made from a type of lettuce.

What about kiwi fruit

There is a nine in round 4

Marc Meakin wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:Hmmm. Chinese crispy seaweed is made from a type of lettuce.

What about kiwi fruit

I expect pureed kiwi fruit is available commercially, even if only in smoothies and fruit drinks.

TONNEAUS as a beater in round 4 but better still NANOTUBES for 9.

I thought today's anecdote was a bit rubbish. Why go through all that history for one fact about a pub's name. Hmmm.

Kirk Bevins wrote:TONNEAUS as a beater in round 4 but better still NANOTUBES for 9.

I thought today's anecdote was a bit rubbish. Why go through all that history for one fact about a pub's name. Hmmm.

I drifted off.

CREWMEN to equal DC

PIANOS as a DC-equaller.

AEGROTATS?

GAROTTES rd 9

Phil Makepeace wrote:AEGROTATS?

Got there for R9.

Phil Makepeace wrote:

Phil Makepeace wrote:AEGROTATS?

Got there for R9.

Well done. Thought you'd misspelled it at first. Good spot.
ae⋅gro⋅tat  
–noun British.
an unclassified degree granted a university student who has fulfilled all requirements for graduation but was prevented by illness from attending the final examinations.
So obscure that you wouldn't even think there was a word for it.

Wow Jennifer is on fire.

SURPLICE for a DC equaller

Simple final numbers(10+3) x5 x3 = 195

Another simple last numbers: (10+5)x(8+3+2)=195

Was screaming for a final A for PECULIARS in that last round. 3 nines meant I managed 151 points --- sexy letters today matched by an attractive champion.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Was screaming for a final A for PECULIARS in that last round. 3 nines meant I managed 151 points --- sexy letters today matched by an attractive champion.

Yeah same here, was hoping the A would appear. I think Jennifer was looking for it too. Hopefully Jennifer will make it to the quarters.

I had TAILLESS in round 2 to beat DC (although only equalling Jennifer's SMALLEST).

Sue Sanders wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:What about kiwi fruit

I expect pureed kiwi fruit is available commercially, even if only in smoothies and fruit drinks.

Rather more obviously, kiwi fruit is sold in cans.

Did anyone else notice that Paul declared CROUTS in round 7 which Susie accepted even though it's not a word. Rachel put GROUTS up on the board so presumably both she and Susie misheard him, but watch it back on 4oD - it's not even indistinct - he quite clearly says "crouts".

Phil Reynolds wrote:Did anyone else notice that Paul declared CROUTS in round 7 which Susie accepted even though it's not a word. Rachel put GROUTS up on the board so presumably both she and Susie misheard him, but watch it back on 4oD - it's not even indistinct - he quite clearly says "crouts".

Yep - that was spotted in this house too.

Jennifer's doing well - I'll be quite happy if she keeps it up and stays on our screens for a few more days.

There was another "did anyone else notice" moment in today's game.

R10, challenger's declaration: 100...16...plus them together.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Was screaming for a final A for PECULIARS in that last round. 3 nines meant I managed 151 points --- sexy letters today matched by an attractive champion.

Thought the max today was only 150, but who am I to argue with the Kirkulator? (For the record, I have the round-by-round maxes as 6,8,6,18,10,7,7,6,18,10,8,18,8,10,10.)

Kirk Bevins wrote:Was screaming for a final A for PECULIARS in that last round.

I was hoping that an alternative spelling would be allowed once the other E appeared.

Mike Brown wrote: Thought the max today was only 150, but who am I to argue with the Kirkulator? (For the record, I have the round-by-round maxes as 6,8,6,18,10,7,7,6,18,10,8,18,8,10,10.)

Haha you're quite right, I had to turn the page between rounds 10 and 11 and I miscopied. I went from 96 points to 106 points. What a cheat I am. Missed the max in round 13 but when DC said "we have an 8" I was like "ah damn - EPICURES".

Phil Reynolds wrote:Did anyone else notice that Paul declared CROUTS in round 7 which Susie accepted even though it's not a word. Rachel put GROUTS up on the board so presumably both she and Susie misheard him, but watch it back on 4oD - it's not even indistinct - he quite clearly says "crouts".

We clearly noticed it in the studio as well - I think to completely avoid an accusation of racism for the word (even though the spelling was completely wrong) there may have been an accidental on purpose "mis-hearing".

Then again, I'm only speculating - maybe I'm wrong.

Jennifer Bett wrote:We clearly noticed it in the studio as well - I think to completely avoid an accusation of racism for the word (even though the spelling was completely wrong) there may have been an accidental on purpose "mis-hearing".

Then again, I'm only speculating - maybe I'm wrong.

Surely if that was the case, there'd have been a retake and they'd have asked him to offer a completely different invalid word. Or maybe I'm wrong.