Episode CLAN35

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Episode CLAN35, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 3, Episode 11 was a special episode broadcast on 19 December 2022 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Nikki Britton, Joel Creasey and Urvi Majumdar were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Nikki Britton winning by 58 – 37 – 44 and he won a collection of CD-ROMs Hing burnt when he was in Year 11 and which was found in his childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Tom Cashman, 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	Nikki Britton	Joel Creasey	Urvi Majumdar	Score	Others	Max
1	M A J E R C O E L	MAJOR	MAJOR	MEAL	5 – 5 – 4	CAJOLER	7
2	H O T S A L N I S	SAINTS	SHOTS	SHOTS	11 – 10 – 9	ASTONISH	15
3	100 50 1 2 6 3 → 661	657 100 × 6 + 50 + 3 × 2 + 1	651	655	18 – 15 – 14	LS: 661 = (50 ÷ (2 + 3) + 100) × 6 + 1	25
TTT	NEOGLOBES	Italian cuisine lights up with neo globes.				BOLOGNESE
4	U R D E M S A E P	SMEARED	REDEAMS ☓	SPADE	25 – 15 – 19	PERSUADE, MEASURED*, PRESUMED*	33
5	Y O W O K A S D X	WOKS	WADS	SOYA	29 – 19 – 23	WOODSY	39
6	50 25 100 2 1 5 → 516	525	511 ☓	523	34 – 19 – 28	LS: 516 = (100 − 2) × 5 + 25 + 1	49
TTT	MOSTDICE	Most dice are easily tamed.				DOMESTIC
7	E T L U F D I L A	LUTEAL	FAILED	DEFEAT ☓	40 – 25 – 28	DEFAULT, FAULTED*, TALLIED*, FLAILED*	56
8	50 100 8 9 4 5 → 521	521 100 × 5 + 9 + 8 + 4	528	521 100 × 5 + 9 + 8 + 4	50 – 30 – 38	LS: 521 = 100 × 5 + 9 + 8 + 4	66
TTT	SAVEROSE	Save Rose, who's far from home.				OVERSEAS
9	T G S E A R E T B	GREATEST	RESTAGE	BERETS	58 – 37 – 44	ABETTERS	74
10	W P R E L A L A P	☓ (29.75 SECONDS)	WALLAPPER ☓ (29 SECONDS)		58 – 37 – 44	WALLPAPER	84