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A '''century''' is an occurrence of a player scoring 100 points. This was not possible in the 9 round format as it required the players to score more than 11 points per round, which requires at least 3 nine letter words in 6 letters rounds. However before the 15 round era, centuries were possible in 14 round games. Centuries have become relatively common in 15 round games. The first ever century was by [[Clive Spate]] in the [[Episode 397|final]] of [[Series 8]]. He scored 107 points in the 14 round game. The first ever century in a 15 round game was by [[Ian McMenzie]] in the [[Episode 3089|4th game]] of [[Series 46]]
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A '''century''' is an occurrence of a player scoring 100 points. This was never achieved in the 9 round format as it required the players to find at least 3 nine letter words in the 6 letters rounds available. However before the 15 round era, centuries were possible in 14 round games. Centuries have become relatively common in 15 round games. The first ever century was by [[Clive Spate]] in the [[Episode 397|final]] of [[Series 8]]. He scored 107 points in the 14 round game. The first ever century in a 15 round game was by [[Ian McMenzie]] in the [[Episode 3089|4th game]] of [[Series 46]]
  
 
==Most centuries==
 
==Most centuries==
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[[Chris Hunt]] is the only player to have achieved five or more centuries, and not gone on to become an [[octochamp]].
  
 
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Revision as of 13:38, 18 March 2009

A century is an occurrence of a player scoring 100 points. This was never achieved in the 9 round format as it required the players to find at least 3 nine letter words in the 6 letters rounds available. However before the 15 round era, centuries were possible in 14 round games. Centuries have become relatively common in 15 round games. The first ever century was by Clive Spate in the final of Series 8. He scored 107 points in the 14 round game. The first ever century in a 15 round game was by Ian McMenzie in the 4th game of Series 46

Most centuries

Since the start of the 15 round era in Series 46, the following players have achieved at least 5 centuries in heat games:

  1. 8: Craig Beevers
  2. 8: Julian Fell
  3. 7: Chris Wills
  4. 7: Tom Hargreaves
  5. 7: Kirk Bevins
  6. 6: David O'Donnell
  7. 6: Stewart Holden
  8. 6: Conor Travers
  9. 6: Jack Welsby
  10. 6: Paul Gallen
  11. 6: Chris Cummins
  12. 6: Grace Page
  13. 6: James Hurrell
  14. 5: Lee Hartley
  15. 5: Jon O'Neill
  16. 5: George Greenhough
  17. 5: John Brackstone
  18. 5: Mark Tournoff
  19. 5: Jon Corby
  20. 5: Steven Briers
  21. 5: Kevin Thurlow
  22. 5: Charlie Reams
  23. 5: Chris Hunt
  24. 5: Paul Howe
  25. 5: Matthew Shore

Chris Hunt is the only player to have achieved five or more centuries, and not gone on to become an octochamp.