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[[Ash Haji]] played [[Philip Nelkon]], with Ash Haji winning {{score|68|39}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Lesley Burnett]].
 
[[Ash Haji]] played [[Philip Nelkon]], with Ash Haji winning {{score|68|39}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Lesley Burnett]].
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Round 7 of this game, in which both contestants spotted {{word|BREEZIEST}}, features the earliest known instance of any player declaring a nine-letter word.
  
 
N.B. The contestants’ offered words in Round 2 may be transposed.  
 
N.B. The contestants’ offered words in Round 2 may be transposed.  

Revision as of 19:22, 7 October 2015

Episode 77 was broadcast on 29 June 1983, and was the fourth quarter-final of Series 2.

Ash Haji played Philip Nelkon, with Ash Haji winning 68 – 39. The Dictionary Corner guest was Gyles Brandreth, and the lexicographer was Lesley Burnett.

Round 7 of this game, in which both contestants spotted BREEZIEST, features the earliest known instance of any player declaring a nine-letter word.

N.B. The contestants’ offered words in Round 2 may be transposed.

Rounds

Rnd Selection Ash Haji Score Philip Nelkon Others Max.
1 FOISMFEUN MUFFINS 7 – 0 ? EFFUSION* 8
2 WEGISAVJO WAIVES 13 – 6 VISAGE JIGSAW*, OGIVES* 14
3 ALOUKDEAB DOUBLE 13 – 13 BAULKED 21
4 25 75 7 10 6 2 → 981 ?
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20 – 13 ?

Best: 981 = (25 − 10 − 2) × 75 + 6

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5 VOILOTSEA VIOLATES 28 – 21 VIOLATES 39
6 HEUTIHLEN UNTIL 33 – 21 lutein ☓ ELUENT*, THEINE* 45
7 SREIBTEEZ BREEZIEST 51 – 39 BREEZIEST 63
8 50 2 9 7 3 8 → 923 921
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58 – 39 ?

Best: 923 = (50 × 9 + 8) × 2 + 7

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9 AANINTROC CARNATION
(9.5 seconds)
68 – 39 83