Episode CLAN32

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Episode CLAN32, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 3, Episode 8 was a special episode broadcast on 21 November 2022 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Alex Ward, Dylan Lewis and Mel Buttle were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Dylan Lewis winning by 45 – 51 – 42 and he won a pair of fingerless gloves from Hing's childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall, 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.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Alex Ward	Dylan Lewis	Mel Buttle	Score	Others	Max
1	S W H N C A I D O	CHAIN	COINS	HIDES ☓	5 – 5 – 0	SANDWICH, COWHANDS*	8
2	N E I R T C O G V	TROVE	COVERT	TIER	10 – 11 – 4	VECTORING	26
3	25 75 1 3 7 2 → 821	843	—	—	10 – 11 – 4	LS: 821 = (25 − 7 × 2) × 75 − 3 − 1	36
TTT	GLEEBIND	Check out Glee bind, the Director's Cut.				BLEEDING
4	P I E L M A D L I	LADLE	IMPALED	LAMP	15 – 18 – 8	IMPLIED, IMPLEAD*	43
5	F Y E E R N O T E	NOTERY ☓	TONER	ROTE	15 – 23 – 12	OFTENER*	50
6	75 5 9 1 6 3 → 217	217 75 × 3 − 9 + 1	217 75 × 3 − 9 + 1	217 75 × 3 − 9 + 1	25 – 33 – 22		60
TTT	CYCLEMEN	Cycle men appeal for mercy.				CLEMENCY
7	L N K A R S O I G	GOALS	SOARING	KINGS	30 – 40 – 27	SOAKING, LARKING, KALONGS*, KANGRIS*, AGRIONS*, RANGOLI*, SLAKING*, SARKING*, GIRASOL*	67
8	50 25 75 6 1 4 → 517	521 (6 + 1) × 75 − 4	510/524	521 (6 + 1) × 75 − 4	37 – 45 – 34	LS: 517 = (6 + 1) × 75 − 50 × 4 ÷ 25	77
TTT	SAMESHIP	This same ship is of great significance.				EMPHASIS
9	E N B A L P E R S	ENABLERS	PLANES	ENABLERS	45 – 51 – 42		85
10	T U I M T M A U L				45 – 51 – 42	ULTIMATUM	95