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Lexicographer
Susie Dent.jpg
First appearance 29 June 1992
Last appearance 12 December 2008
Appearances 1895
Episodes with Susie Dent

Susie Dent (born 21 September 1967) is a lexicographer on Countdown and the show's longest serving onscreen member. She first appeared on 29 June 1992 at 24 years old, working with Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman. She proved very popular, and has now made over 1800 appearances in Dictionary Corner since 1992, which works out as about 55% of the episodes broadcast since June 1992. While she did most of the officiating in this time, the lexicographers regularly rotated until about Series 50. In Series 49 she regularly swapped with Richard Samson and Alison Heard but did all but 15 of the episodes in Series 50 (Heard did 10 and Sampson did 5). Dent did every episode from 24 August 2004 until 9 May 2007 when Michael Wylie stepped in when she was ill. Later in 2007, she took several months pregnancy leave, allowing Heard to step in for almost all of Series 57, including the Series 57 final. She came back on the 6 February 2008 having given birth to Thea, and has done all of the lexicography work since then. Notably, she was there for Vorderman and O'Connor's last episode and gave a bunch of flowers to Des. Since Series 58, Dent has a small slot where she presents 'Origins of Words' before round 10 (the second numbers game). She spends about five minute explain the origins of a word, words or phrases and where they originate. Now that Vorderman has left, Dent is the longest serving member of the Countdown onscreen team, having first appeared in 1992.

Outside of Countdown, Dent is one of the most famous lexcographers in the country and compiles an annual Language Report on the state of the English Language. She used to work for Oxford University Press, but has now left and works freelance on Countdown. She lives in Oxford with her husband, Paul, and her daughters, Lucy, born on 11 February 2000, and Thea, born on 22 October 2007. As well as being a native English speaker she is fluent in French and German and often makes comments on the etymologies of words that are from those two languages. The Series 31 Grand Final used the conundrum SUSISDENT (DUSTINESS) as a tribute to her.

Not sure about the hat.

Susie is undeniably the ultimate thinking man's crumpet.

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