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Episode 8025
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Episode 8025 was broadcast on 25 May 2023, as part of Series 87.
Ronan Higginson played Andy Sheppard, with Ronan Higginson winning 143 – 57. The Dictionary Corner guest was Vick Hope, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.
Higginson was the fifth player in Countdown history to score the theoretical maximum number of points in any "half" (with two nines and 10 points from the numbers game in the first three rounds), after Dylan Taylor on 13 August 2013, James Haughton on 12 December 2019, and Ahmed Mohamed and Luke Johnson-Davies on 16 January 2023.
Rounds
Rnd | Selection | Ronan Higginson | Score | Andy Sheppard | Others | Max. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NRTIEUIGR | INTRIGUER | 18 – 0 | TRUEING | 18 | |
2 | NRBAIAOSM | AMBROSIAN | 36 – 0 | BRAINS | MORIBANAS* | 36 |
3 | 50 6 9 5 1 7 → 104 | 104
6 × 9 + 50 |
46 – 10 | 104
6 × 9 + 50 |
|
46 |
TTT | TEAMDUGIN | The team dug in to pull off something of enormous proportions. | MAGNITUDE | |||
4 | NCGEAELTU | NUCLEATE | 54 – 10 | UNCAGE | 54 | |
5 | EOANSRPEL | ALPENROSE | 72 – 10 | PLANERS | 72 | |
6 | 25 50 8 1 6 5 → 671 | 671
(8 + 6) × 50 − 25 − (5 − 1) |
82 – 20 | 671
(8 + 6) × 50 − 25 − (5 − 1) |
|
82 |
7 | OEITGTDEF | GIFTED | 88 – 20 | dittoed ☓ | FIDGET, FITTED*, FOETID*, GIFTEE*, TIEFED* | 88 |
8 | WTXRJOAEL | REJOLT | 94 – 26 | TROWEL | WORTLE* | 94 |
9 | 50 7 10 8 7 6 → 363 | 363
50 × 7 + 7 + 6 |
104 – 36 | 363
50 × 7 + 7 + 6 |
|
104 |
TTT | DENTSYEAR | Susie spends most of the year enjoying this position. | SEDENTARY | |||
10 | DNFTOAEIM | DOMINATE | 112 – 36 | FAINTED | NEMATOID* | 112 |
11 | LTHOEAEZD | LOATHED | 119 – 43 | LOATHED | HAZELED*, HEADLET*, TEAZLED* | 119 |
12 | HSTAIESPG | PASTIES | 126 – 50 | PASTIES | AGEISTS*, APESHIT*, APHESIS*, GEISHAS, PATESIS*, PATSIES*, PTISHES*, SAITHES*, SPATHES* | 126 |
13 | UOAIMSCSR | macrosis ☓ | 126 – 57 | MOSAICS | MARISCOS*, MUSCARIS*, SIMOSAUR* | 134 |
14 | 5 6 2 8 7 4 → 751 | 750
(8 × 4 − 7) × 6 × 5 |
133 – 57 | — |
|
141 |
15 | MOISTCUES | CUSTOMISE
(0.75 seconds) |
143 – 57 | 151 |