Episode CLAN30

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Episode CLAN30, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 3, Episode 6 was a special episode broadcast on 7 November 2022 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Oliver Twist, Concetta Caristo and Nath Valvo were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Oliver Twist winning by 39 – 27 – 22 and he won the black mug that Hing made in Year 9 Pottery and which was found in his childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Carlo Ritchie, 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 1, Oliver initially declared that he had a six-letter word, but then gave a five-letter word. He still receives 5 points for his word.

NOTE 2: In Round 4, Nath initially declared that he had a five-letter word, but then gave a four-letter word. He still receives 4 points for his word.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Oliver Twist	Concetta Caristo	Nath Valvo	Score	Others	Max
1	I S A I R W T C U	WAIST**	WARTS	STAIR	5 – 5 – 5	SATIRIC	7
2	A E A X J R F A E	FAX	JEER	FEAR	8 – 9 – 9	AFEAR, AFARA*, JEERA*	12
3	50 75 3 1 2 2 → 980	450	—	601	8 – 9 – 9	Best: 978 = 75 × (50 ÷ 2 + 1) ÷ 2 + 3​	19
TTT	CAMPEDIN	Outbreak. Camped in. Locked down.				PANDEMIC
4	Y O S B O I R W A	BRIOS	BOO	SWAB**	13 – 12 – 13	BOYARS*, ISOBAR*, ARIOSO*	25
5	E I A V M T U B V	MUTE	TIME	BAIT	17 – 16 – 17	MAUVE, IMBUE, AMBIT*, VIVAT*, BEAUT*	30
6	50 100 25 3 9 7 → 538	534 (7 + 3) × 50 + 25 + 9	5000	466	24 – 16 – 17	LS: 538 = (100 + 50) × 3 + 9 × 7 + 25	40
TTT	SUREGONE	Sure, gone and donated a lot.				GENEROUS
7	E O D T R T O S L	RETO ☓	ROOSTED	STORE	24 – 23 – 22	ROOTLETS	48
8	100 50 1 2 3 5 → 396	396 100 × 3 + 50 × 2 − 5 + 1	365	—	34 – 23 – 22		58
TTT	ROUSEFLY	Personally, you should know this.				YOURSELF
9	N R U C I O H L E	CHORE	RUIN	CHOIRE ☓	39 – 27 – 22	CHLORINE, UNHOLIER*, UNHEROIC*	66
10	A S H P I N S E P				39 – 27 – 22	HAPPINESS	76