Episode CLAN27

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Episode CLAN27, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 3, Episode 3 was a special episode broadcast on 17 October 2022 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Gen Fricker, Harley Breen and Concetta Caristo were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Harley Breen and Concetta Caristo both winning by 36 – 40 – 40 and they both won an old 3D Illusion-view book from Hing's childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Adam Saunders, and the lexicographer was David Astle.

In this version of the game, three players competing with each other instead of traditional two. Also, this version notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each valid word or solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores").
In Letters Rounds of this version, all the words are checked by their presence in Collins Dictionary instead of Oxford, meaning that American and other spellings of the words are eligible.
In Numbers Rounds of this version, players receive points for their declarations, even if the solutions for players' declarations were not provided in the show, assuming they were cut out from broadcasting to speed up the show. Also, player can get points if their solution leads to the result which not matches with the declared result, but it's still in scoring margin.

NOTE 1: In Round 6, Concetta declared 325, but then she realised how to get to the result of 333. She still receives 7 points for her solution.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Gen Fricker	Harley Breen	Concetta Caristo	Score	Others	Max
1	E L O S M A T I C	LISTEN ☓	COME	SOMATIC	0 – 4 – 7	MISLOCATE	18
2	O P E H N S A E G	GAPES	PHONE	NAPES	5 – 9 – 12	PEONAGES, PHOSGENE*	26
3	50 75 1 2 3 4 → 963	—	1000	—	5 – 9 – 12	LS: 963 = ((75 − 1) × 4 + 50 ÷ 2) × 3	36
TTT	DONCRIES	Let's examine why Don cries.				CONSIDER
4	U D M O I T S A N	MOUNTS	ATOMS	AMOUNTS	11 – 14 – 19	DISMOUNT, MANITOUS*, TINAMOUS*, SAINTDOM*	44
5	E R Z O U L N E R	ZONER	—	RULER	16 – 14 – 24	REZONE, UNREEL, ZONULE*, ZONURE*	50
6	100 75 50 4 9 8 → 332	350	333 ☓	333** 100 × 4 − 75 + 8	16 – 14 – 31	LS: 332 = (75 + 8) × 4	60
TTT	PEARGIVEN	Not a pear given, but its fruit likes to whine.				GRAPEVINE
7	Y I E T J A D O R	TRADIE	YETI	TARDY	22 – 18 – 36	JOYRIDE, DIETARY	67
8	50 100 75 7 9 5 → 653	655 100 × 7 − 50 + 5	650	670	29 – 25 – 36	LS: 653 = (75 − 9) × 50 ÷ 5 − 7	77
TTT	DIALTOES	Separated dialtoes feel all alone.				ISOLATED
9	E S B I F C U A S	SCABIES	FACES	FIBS	36 – 30 – 40	FICUSES, SABICUS*, BIFACES*, ABSCISE*	84
10	I W E C L S O C K		CLOCKWISE (25.25 SECONDS)		36 – 40 – 40		94