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Episode LAN021
From Countdown
Episode 21 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 30 August 2010, as part of Series 1.
Kashi Ross played Erez Gordon, with Kashi Ross winning 48 – 31.
This episode featured an unusual — though not expressly forbidden, as it is on Countdown — use of a plural word as the conundrum solution.
Rounds
| Rnd | Selection | Kashi Ross | Score | Erez Gordon | Others | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OAFTERNSI | FAINTER | 7 – 0 | ASTERN | FAINTERS, FARINOSE*, NOTARIES*, NOTARISE, SEAFRONT*, SENORITA* | 8 |
| 2 | MGALUONHR | GLAMOUR | 14 – 7 | GLAMOUR | HUMORAL*, LANGUOR*, ORGANUM*, UNMORAL* | 15 |
| 3 | 75 50 3 9 4 6 → 426 | 426
9 × 50 − 4 × 6 |
24 – 7 | 434 |
|
25 |
| WM | COSTDIME | What can housework and airlines have in common? | DOMESTIC | |||
| 4 | ETOBDCEIL | BOILED | 30 – 13 | TOILED | DECIBEL | 31 |
| 5 | DEIASNPSE | PAINED | 36 – 19 | PASSED | ANISEEDS*, DISPENSE | 39 |
| 6 | 50 75 25 10 9 6 → 754 | 753
10 × 75 + 9 − 6 |
43 – 26 | 753
10 × 75 + 9 − 6 |
LS: 754 = 10 × 75 + 6 − 50 ÷ 25 |
49 |
| WM | FINEFACE | This may well wake you up in the morning. | CAFFEINE | |||
| 7 | CUHIARZET | CRAZE | 48 – 31 | CHART | AZURITE*, HAIRCUT, THERIAC* | 56 |
| 8 | 25 75 6 8 7 8 → 419 | — | 48 – 31 | 476 |
LS: 419 = 6 × 75 − 25 − 7 + 8 ÷ 8 |
66 |
| 9 | MOSSYREND | 48 – 31 | SYNDROMES | 76 | ||
