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Episode CLAN4
Episode CLAN4, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 1, Episode 4 was a special episode broadcast on 23 October 2021 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.
Nikki Britton, Oliver Twist and Merrick Watts were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.
The match saw Merrick Watts winning by 44 – 39 – 45 and he won the 1981 edition of "C to D" section form the Oceaniapaedia encyclopedia.
Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Adam Richard, and the lexicographer was David Astle.
In this version of the game, three players competing with each other instead of traditional two. Also, this version notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each valid word or solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores").
In Letters Rounds of this version, all the words are checked by their presence in Collins Dictionary instead of Oxford, meaning that American and other spellings of the words are eligible.
In Numbers Rounds of this version, players receive points for their declarations, even if the solutions for players' declarations were not provided in the show, assuming they were cut out from broadcasting to speed up the show. Also, player can get points if their solution leads to the result which not matches with the declared result, but it's still in scoring margin.
Rounds
| Rnd | Selection | Nikki Britton | Oliver Twist | Merrick Watts | Score | Others | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W E L A A T H E L | LEATHAL ☓ | WEALTH | LETHAL | 0 – 6 – 6 | WALLET, WALLAH* | 6 |
| 2 | G R I O D N Y A T | GRIND | GRIOT | GRIND | 5 – 11 – 11 | GYRATION, ROADYING*, TOADYING | 14 |
| 3 | 25 50 7 2 4 9 → 621 | 623 (9 + 4) × 50 − 25 − 2 |
616 | – | 12 – 18 – 11 | LS: 621 = 25 × 50 ÷ 2 − 4 | 24 |
| TTT | THELEAST | The least they strive for is bronze. | ATHLETES | ||||
| 4 | E E R C A D B K C | BREAD | CARD | CREEK | 17 – 22 – 16 | CRACKED, REDBACK, CREAKED | 31 |
| 5 | N U J E T O C D N | CONNED | ENUENDO ☓ | DENT | 23 – 22 – 20 | CONTEND*, COUNTED, UNTONED*, JOUNCED | 38 |
| 6 | 25 50 6 8 3 5 → 270 | 269 50 × 5 + 25 − 6 |
275 | 269 50 × 5 + 25 − 6 |
30 – 29 – 27 | LS: 270 = (25 + 6 ÷ 3) × 50 ÷ 5 | 48 |
| TTT | FLATLIPS | Before plumping flat lips beware of the dangers. | PITFALLS | ||||
| 7 | W A R A O O J L G | WOOL | WOOL | WAR | 34 – 33 – 30 | JAROOL* | 54 |
| 8 | 50 75 25 4 4 8 → 760 | 760 (75 + 4 ÷ 4) × (8 + 50 ÷ 25) |
75000 | 770 | 44 – 33 – 35 | 64 | |
| TTT | REALNICE | This lovely clue is depending on you. | RELIANCE | ||||
| 9 | R R N I U T N E N | NURRET ☓ | UNITER | NUTRIENT ☓ | 44 – 39 – 35 | RUNTIER*, RUNNIER | 71 |
| 10 | Y A T S Y E E R D | YESTERDAY (29.75 SECONDS) |
44 – 39 – 45 | 81 | |||
