Episode CLAN40

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Episode CLAN40, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 4 was a special episode uploaded on SBS On Demand on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Suren Jayemanne, Vic Zerbst and Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Lehmo winning by 63 – 46 – 65 and he won an old painting Hing bought in the market years ago and which was found in his childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Clair Hooper, 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.

NOTE: In Round 6, Lehmo declared 203, but after Suren's answer he provided an exact solution. He receives 7 points for his initial and undeclared solution. Also, Vic didn't provide a comprehensible solution but still somehow receives 7 points, so she must ended the show with the score of 39. This not affects Lehmo's victory.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Suren Jayemanne	Vic Zerbst	Lehmo	Score	Others	Max
1	S P A E F O T R I	RIOTS	TAPES	PIRATES	5 – 5 – 7	SEPTORIA*, PASTORIE*	8
2	U A Y L E R D Q I	QUAIL	QUAY	RULED	10 – 9 – 12	QUAILED, READILY	15
3	75 2 3 7 6 9 → 798	804	804	798 (9 + 2) × 75 − 7 × 3 − 6	15 – 14 – 22		25
TTT	ATADVEGAN	A tad vegan makes you superior.				ADVANTAGE
4	T O M A L S O C P	MASCOT	SCOOP	SPOOL	21 – 19 – 27	COMPOST, MOSCATO*, SCOTOMA*	32
5	T E W N G A U R E	URGENT	RANGE	NATURE	27 – 24 – 33	GAUNTER, TWANGER, REAGENT*, TUNEAGE*, GRANTEE*	39
6	50 25 75 1 7 5 → 202	203 (5 − 1) × 50 + 75 ÷ 25	201**	203**	34 – 31 – 40	Lehmo: (75 ÷ 25 + 1) × 50 + 7 − 5	49
TTT	PILOTCAR	Use pilot car for a humid holiday.				TROPICAL
7	D I B T M E A S L	BLASTED	TEALS	SLIMED	41 – 36 – 46	BALMIEST, MEDALIST, TIMBALES*, MISDEALT*	57
8	M C E I V E R K O	CREEK	ECRIME ☓	VOICE	46 – 36 – 51	REVOICE	64
9	50 100 7 6 4 5 → 548	548 100 × 5 − (6 ÷ (7 − 4)) + 50	548 100 × 6 − 50 − 7 + 5	546	56 – 46 – 58		74
TTT	IINALIST	I in A-list is what VIP stands for.				INITIALS
10	U S L E I N P O G	PULSING	UNIPOSE ☓	PULSING	63 – 46 – 65	LIGNEOUS	82
11	C I O S V Y L U I	OBVIOUSLY ☓ (28.5 SECONDS)			63 – 46 – 65	VICIOUSLY	92