Episode CLAN38

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Episode CLAN38, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 2 was a special episode broadcast on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Harley Breen, Lizzy Hoo and AJ Lamarque were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw AJ Lamarque winning by 32 – 34 – 54 and he won the old amateur microscope from Hing's childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Jude Perl, 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, AJ declared 840, but the solution led to the result of 845. He still receives 7 points for his solution.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Harley Breen	Lizzy Hoo	AJ Lamarque	Score	Others	Max
1	E G U A R N S E T	TAGERS ☓	SATURN ☓	STAGER	0 – 0 – 6	REAGENTS, ESTRANGE, SERGEANT, GRANTEES*	8
2	M I L V E E F I P	FEEL	FILE	FILME ☓	4 – 4 – 6	MIELIE*	14
3	100 75 3 8 4 6 → 874	874 100 × 8 + 75 − 4 + 3	–	868	14 – 4 – 11		24
TTT	HOTCRIER	Persuasive speaking makes a town crier hot.				RHETORIC
4	O D R E C H A K N	HOADER ☓	DRONE	ARCHED	14 – 9 – 17	ANCHORED	32
5	T O M S I B G E I	STOP ☓	TIME	BOGIES	14 – 13 – 23	MISBEGOT	40
6	25 50 9 9 6 5 → 849	834	–	845** (9 + 9) × 50 − 6 × 5 − 25	14 – 13 – 30	LS: 849 = (25 − 9) × 50 + 6 × 9 − 5	50
TTT	DOGHATER	A bad one doesn't mind kids.				GOATHERD
7	R O L Y E A W U C	ROYAL	WEARY	ROYALE	19 – 18 – 36	LAWYER, ORACLE*, RUCOLA*, OWLERY*, OCULAR*, CRAWLY*, COLURE*, COALER*, CURLEW*	56
8	75 25 8 1 3 7 → 153	152/154	153 75 + 25 + 8 × 7 − 3	153 (8 + 1 − 7) × 75 + 3	26 – 28 – 46		66
TTT	URBANCOIL	An urban coil is a trick of the eye.				BINOCULAR
9	R E N T E D A B O	RENTED	BERATE	BANTERED	32 – 34 – 54		74
10	R N G L L A T A Y				32 – 34 – 54	GALLANTRY	84