Episode CLAN8

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Episode CLAN8, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 1, Episode 8 was a special episode broadcast on 20 November 2021 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Lewis Hobba, Concetta Caristo and Susie Youssef were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Susie Youssef winning by 15 – 20 – 47 and she won the 1998 edition of "U to V" section form the Oceaniapaedia encyclopedia.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Carlo Ritchie, 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 1: In Round 1, David didn't accept the word FAIRED which could be found in ODE. Also in Round 4, he allowed the word RASTA which is capitalised in both Oxford and Collins dictionaries. If these decisions weren't made, the score of the game would be 10 – 20 – 53, not affecting Susie's victory.

NOTE 2: In Round 3, Susie declared 587, but the solution led to the result of 585. She still receives 7 points for her solution.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Lewis Hobba	Concetta Caristo	Susie Youssef	Score	Others	Max
1	E D R A E F D I S	DISAF ☓	FEARED	FAIRED** ☓	0 – 6 – 0	DEADRISE*	8
2	O L B O T M I D E	LOOTED	BOLT	MOBILE	6 – 10 – 6	DOLOMITE*	16
3	50 75 9 7 3 1 → 586	456	–	585** (9 + 1) × 50 + 75 + 7 + 3	6 – 10 – 13	LS: 586 = 75 × 7 + 50 + 9 + 3 − 1	26
TTT	TASTESIN	A taste for sin is the malicious worst.				NASTIEST
4	A S R O D T A I C	RASTA**	ROAST	ROADS	11 – 15 – 18	CAROTIDS	34
5	P O S U E R O S H	SHOOP ☓	PORSHES ☓	SHOOPER ☓	11 – 15 – 18	POSEURS, PUSHERS, HOUSERS, SOURSOP*, HOOPERS*	41
6	75 5 2 1 6 9 → 348	–	–	348 75 × 5 − 9 × (2 + 1)	11 – 15 – 28		51
TTT	LIONSVET	This newfangled professional is always fully booked.				NOVELIST
7	A S R E F O A T G	ARSE	RATSFOG ☓	FOREST	15 – 15 – 34	STORAGE, AGAROSE*, FORAGES*, FORGETS*, TOERAGS*	58
8	75 25 100 7 3 2 → 973	–	–	975 (7 + 2) × 100 + 75	15 – 15 – 41	LS: 973 = (7 + 3) × 100 − 25 − 2	68
TTT	OAKORGANS	It's crazy to have the oak organs in the top paddock.				KANGAROOS
9	N I Y M O P B N U	BUMPIN ☓	BUMPY	BUNYIP	15 – 20 – 47	BUNION, PINYON*	74
10	D A D D I E E T C				15 – 20 – 47	DEDICATED	84