Episode 6991

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The record-breaking game.

Episode 6991 was broadcast on 17 January 2019, and was the fourth quarter-final of Championship of Champions XV.

Tom Carey played Zarte Siempre, with Zarte Siempre winning 150 – 122. The Dictionary Corner guest was Jon Culshaw, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

NOTE 1: This episode broke several records on Countdown – Siempre's score of 150 was the highest ever in the history of the show at the time, breaking Julian Fell's and Conor Travers' records of 146 respectively set on 18 December 2002 and 1 March 2013 (this record score was broken by Elliott Mellor's score of 152 on 17 May 2019). Furthermore, Carey's score of 122 is the third-highest losing score ever just behind Andy Platt's losing score of 125 on 15 January 2016 and Charlie Harrison's losing score of 127 on 26 June 2026.

NOTE 2: The aggregate score of 272 was the highest in the history of the show, breaking the record set in Travers' game as mentioned above and staying at the top until being broken nearly 7.5 years later in the Series 93 grand final by two points. Siempre's score was the highest ever achieved by spotting three nine-letter words until Mellor broke that record precisely four months later in the same episode mentioned above.

This episode was repeated on 4 August 2020.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Tom Carey	Score	Zarte Siempre	Others	Max.
1	NOCASULER	LARCENOUS	18 – 18	LARCENOUS		18
2	IUNCLENAD	UNNAILED	26 – 26	UNNAILED	UNLANCED*	26
3	75 6 10 2 4 9 → 150	150 75 × 2	36 – 36	150 75 × 2		36
TTT	SEEHERTUT	You can see her tut with despair when people don't take their seats quickly.			USHERETTE
4	ITSEWOSBL	BLOWIEST	36 – 54	BLOWSIEST		54
5	DITAVEDAG	DIVAGATE	36 – 72	DIVAGATED		72
6	100 25 4 10 6 10 → 524	524 (100 + 4) × 6 − 10 × 10	46 – 82	524 (100 + 25 + 6) × 4		82
7	TOSIGOMEF	GOOFIEST	54 – 90	GOOFIEST		90
8	UEOLWDRAS	ROULADES	62 – 98	ROULADES		98
9	100 50 25 75 2 4 → 465	465 (100 − 2) × 4 + 75 − 50 ÷ 25	72 – 108	465 (100 − 2) × 4 + 75 − 50 ÷ 25		108
TTT	DONEINRAT	He wasn't blessed with beauty – he looked like a rat that had been done in.			RODENTIAN
10	EQTIAFDER	FEARTIE	79 – 115	FEARTIE	DRAFTEE*, FEARDIE*	115
11	KIGUROMEP	GROUPIE	86 – 122	GROUPIE	PIROGUE	122
12	IATSUMIRS	TIRAMISUS	104 – 122	MATSURIS		140
13	JONEDERAP	PARDONEE	112 – 130	PARDONEE		148
14	100 25 8 1 4 4 → 216	216 (25 + 1) × 8 + 4 + 4	122 – 140	216 25 × 8 + 4 × 4		158
15	MISSALICE		122 – 150	SEISMICAL (1.5 seconds)		168

External Links

• Watch this episode on Dailymotion (part 1)