Episode CLAN46

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Episode CLAN46, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 10 was a special episode uploaded on SBS On Demand on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Zoë Coombs Marr, Suren Jayemanne and Rhys Nicholson were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Suren Jayemanne winning by 45 – 61 – 49 and he won an old framed photo of Hing from his childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Daniel Burt, 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.

Notably, the best-scoring word in Round 9 is the same as the answer to the preceding Conundrum at home, which is equivalent to Teatime Teaser in this version.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Zoë Coombs Marr	Suren Jayemanne	Rhys Nicholson	Score	Others	Max
1	R E C O T I A L D	COLDER	RECTAL	TREAD	6 – 6 – 5	TAILORED, IDOLATER*, ARTICLED*, LORICATE*, LACERTID*	8
2	E G R U O B N A S	BROGUES	BANGERS	BONERS/ROUGES	13 – 13 – 11	BURGEONS, OSNABURG*	16
3	75 100 25 5 7 4 → 856	852	857 (5 + 4) × 100 − 75 + 25 + 7	820	20 – 20 – 11	L​S: 856 = (100 + 25) × 7 − 75 ÷ 5 − 4	26
TTT	CASHPRUDE	The mixed up opposite of cash prude.				PURCHASED
4	I O M T E R A E S	IOMETERS ☓	TIMERS	MOISTER	20 – 26 – 18	ATOMISER, EMIRATES, AMORTISE*, TIRESOME*, STEAMIER*	34
5	C O U N P I J B U	COUP/JOIN	COUP	JOIN	24 – 30 – 22	PUBIC, BIJOU, BUNCO, JUNCO*	39
6	100 75 7 6 5 8 → 124	—	123 100 + 6 × 5 − 7	122	24 – 37 – 29	L​S: 124 = 100 + 8 × 6 ÷ (7 − 5)	49
TTT	HORNSOAP	Hunting whales for horn soap.				HARPOONS
7	A T N E E H L O T	TEETH	LOATHE	HEEL	29 – 43 – 33	TELETHON	57
8	100 75 25 1 3 8 → 177	177 100 + 75 + 3 − 1	177 100 + 75 + 3 − 1	177 100 + 75 + 3 − 1	39 – 53 – 43		67
TTT	FITSLAVE	Fit slave dances to a stellar line-up.				FESTIVAL
9	F V S E A L I W T	WAIVES	FESTIVAL	VITALS	45 – 61 – 49		75
10	A E V O P D R E S				45 – 61 – 49	EAVESDROP	85