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Episode LAN087
From Countdown
Episode 87 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 30 November 2010, as part of Series 1.
Leif Cooper played Rod Goulding, with Leif Cooper winning 61 – 24.
NOTE: The conundrum SUETPLACE has two valid solutions: SPECULATE and PECULATES.
Rounds
| Rnd | Selection | Leif Cooper | Score | Rod Goulding | Others | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HESENSIRU | ENSURES | 7 – 7 | ENSURES | ENURESIS*, INRUSHES | 8 |
| 2 | CATOIPCEK | ICEPACK | 14 – 14 | ECTOPIC | COCKPIT, ECTOPIA*, PEACOCK*, PETCOCK* | 15 |
| 3 | 100 10 5 7 4 9 → 765 | 765
7 × (100 + 9) + 10 ÷ 5 |
24 – 14 | 760 |
|
25 |
| WM | SUBQUOTE | Thrown at weddings. | BOUQUETS | |||
| 4 | MOIDUMRED | DRUMMED | 31 – 14 | mourd ☓ | DERMOID*, DUMMIED, IMMURED*, MUDDIER | 32 |
| 5 | GITOSUREW | GORIEST | 38 – 14 | GROUSE | GOITERS*, GOITRES*, GUSTIER*, OUTGREW, OUTRIGS*, ROUGETS* | 39 |
| 6 | 100 25 75 7 4 10 → 299 | 299
75 ÷ 25 × 100 + 10 − 7 − 4 |
48 – 24 | 299
(10 − 7) × 100 − 4 + 75 ÷ 25 |
|
49 |
| WM | CITEFONT | Also thrown at weddings. | CONFETTI | |||
| 7 | NALFAHITO | AFLOAT | 54 – 24 | FLOAT | HALATION | 57 |
| 8 | 100 50 25 4 9 3 → 520 | 521
9 × 50 + 100 − 25 − 4 |
61 – 24 | 525 |
LS: 520 = (50 ÷ 25 + 3) × (100 + 4) |
67 |
| 9 | SUETPLACE | 61 – 24 | SPECULATE** | 77 | ||
