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Episode LAN443
From Countdown
Episode 443 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 9 May 2012, as part of Series 5.
Rob Fischer played Joseph Liebhaber, with Rob Fischer winning 75 – 30.
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 | Rob Fischer | Score | Joseph Liebhaber | Others | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | URTDSIECS | CRUISED | 7 – 0 | discurse ☓ | CURTSIES, CRUDITES *, CURTSIED*, CITRUSES*, CRUSTIES*, RICTUSES*, SIDECUTS* | 8 |
| 2 | RLIEMOWNA | MOANER | 13 – 0 | reloan ☓ | AIRWOMEN | 16 |
| 3 | 75 2 9 1 7 8 → 453 | 453
(7 − 1) × 75 + 2 + 9 − 8 |
23 – 10 | 453
(7 − 1) × 75 + 2 + 9 − 8 |
|
26 |
| WM | CIRCAPET | This makes perfect. | PRACTICE | |||
| 4 | HTUERIYSR | HURRIES | 30 – 10 | HURTS | HIRSUTE*, RUSTIER*, RUSHIER*, HURTIER* | 33 |
| 5 | DTSEAOGPC | POSTAGE | 37 – 10 | gestapo ☓ | COASTED, DOTAGES*, CAPOTES*, TOECAPS*, POSTAGE*, POTAGES*, PODCAST*, PEASCOD*, PODESTA* | 40 |
| 6 | 100 25 75 50 5 10 → 820 | 820
(75 + 5 + 50 ÷ 25) × 10 |
47 – 20 | 820
10 × 75 + 100 − 25 − 5 |
|
50 |
| WM | CHARPEER | The only one who could ever reach me was the son of one of these men. | PREACHER | |||
| 7 | BMREUASNI | SUBMARINE | 65 – 20 | REMAINS | 68 | |
| 8 | 25 75 50 10 3 4 → 134 | 134
75 + 25 + 3 × 10 + 4 |
75 – 30 | 134
75 + 50 + 10 + 3 − 4 |
|
78 |
| 9 | HEAPSNORE | chaperone ☓
(13.25 seconds) |
75 – 30 | EARPHONES | 88 | |
