Episode 8025

Episode 8025 was broadcast on 25 May 2023, as part of Series 87.

Ronan Higginson played Andy Sheppard, with Ronan Higginson winning 143 – 57. The Dictionary Corner guest was Vick Hope, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

Higginson was the fifth player in Countdown history to score the theoretical maximum number of points in any "half" (with two nines and 10 points from the numbers game in the first three rounds), after Dylan Taylor on 13 August 2013, James Haughton on 12 December 2019, and Ahmed Mohamed and Luke Johnson-Davies on 16 January 2023.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Ronan Higginson	Score	Andy Sheppard	Others	Max.
1	NRTIEUIGR	INTRIGUER	18 – 0	TRUEING		18
2	NRBAIAOSM	AMBROSIAN	36 – 0	BRAINS	MORIBANAS*	36
3	50 6 9 5 1 7 → 104	104 6 × 9 + 50	46 – 10	104 6 × 9 + 50		46
TTT	TEAMDUGIN	The team dug in to pull off something of enormous proportions.			MAGNITUDE
4	NCGEAELTU	NUCLEATE	54 – 10	UNCAGE		54
5	EOANSRPEL	ALPENROSE	72 – 10	PLANERS		72
6	25 50 8 1 6 5 → 671	671 (8 + 6) × 50 − 25 − (5 − 1)	82 – 20	671 (8 + 6) × 50 − 25 − (5 − 1)		82
7	OEITGTDEF	GIFTED	88 – 20	dittoed ☓	FIDGET, FITTED, FOETID, GIFTEE, TIEFED	88
8	WTXRJOAEL	REJOLT	94 – 26	TROWEL	WORTLE*	94
9	50 7 10 8 7 6 → 363	363 50 × 7 + 7 + 6	104 – 36	363 50 × 7 + 7 + 6		104
TTT	DENTSYEAR	Susie spends most of the year enjoying this position.			SEDENTARY
10	DNFTOAEIM	DOMINATE	112 – 36	FAINTED	NEMATOID*	112
11	LTHOEAEZD	LOATHED	119 – 43	LOATHED	HAZELED, HEADLET, TEAZLED*	119
12	HSTAIESPG	PASTIES	126 – 50	PASTIES	AGEISTS, APESHIT, APHESIS, GEISHAS, PATESIS, PATSIES, PTISHES, SAITHES, SPATHES	126
13	UOAIMSCSR	macrosis ☓	126 – 57	MOSAICS	MARISCOS, MUSCARIS, SIMOSAUR*	134
14	5 6 2 8 7 4 → 751	750 (8 × 4 − 7) × 6 × 5	133 – 57	—		141
15	MOISTCUES	CUSTOMISE (0.75 seconds)	143 – 57			151