Century

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.