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Century

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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 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, sorted by alphabetical order where necessary:

  1. 8: Craig Beevers
  2. 8: Julian Fell
  3. 7: Kirk Bevins
  4. 7: Innis Carson
  5. 7: Tom Hargreaves
  6. 7: Chris Wills
  7. 6: Chris Cummins
  8. 6: Paul Gallen
  9. 6: Stewart Holden
  10. 6: James Hurrell
  11. 6: David O'Donnell
  12. 6: Grace Page
  13. 6: Conor Travers
  14. 6: Jack Welsby
  15. 5: John Brackstone
  16. 5: Steven Briers
  17. 5: Jon Corby
  18. 5: George Greenhough
  19. 5: Lee Hartley
  20. 5: Paul Howe
  21. 5: Chris Hunt
  22. 5: Jon O'Neill
  23. 5: Charlie Reams
  24. 5: Matthew Shore
  25. 5: Kevin Thurlow
  26. 5: Mark Tournoff
  • Chris Hunt is the only player to have achieved five or more centuries, and not gone on to become an octochamp.