Episode 2679 - Revision history

DaaniyalAli at 16:22, 3 February 2026

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 [[Helen Wrigglesworth]] played [[Joanna Newman]], with Helen Wrigglesworth winning {{score|53|40}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Richard Digance]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Mark Nyman]].
-Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the [[Oxford Dictionary of English|Concise Oxford Dictionary]] at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would now be allowed (though in fact a selection producing {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would be invalid as it has only two vowels). The new dictionary was however abandoned after only one day's filming, with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.
+NOTE 1: Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the [[Oxford Dictionary of English|Concise Oxford Dictionary]] at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would now be allowed (though a selection producing {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would be invalid as it has only two vowels). However, the new dictionary was abandoned after only one day's filming with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.
-This was the first show of the 2000s decade.
+NOTE 2: This was the first show of the 2000s decade.
 ==Rounds==

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 Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the [[Oxford Dictionary of English|Concise Oxford Dictionary]] at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would now be allowed (though in fact a selection producing {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would be invalid as it has only two vowels). The new dictionary was however abandoned after only one day's filming, with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.
-This was the first show of the 2000s decade and of the 21st century.
+This was the first show of the 2000s decade.
 ==Rounds==

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 [[Helen Wrigglesworth]] played [[Joanna Newman]], with Helen Wrigglesworth winning {{score|53|40}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Richard Digance]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Mark Nyman]].
-Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the [[Oxford Dictionary of English]] at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would now be allowed (though in fact a selection producing {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would be invalid as it has only two vowels). The new dictionary was however abandoned after only one day's filming, with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.
+Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the [[Oxford Dictionary of English|Concise Oxford Dictionary]] at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would now be allowed (though in fact a selection producing {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would be invalid as it has only two vowels). The new dictionary was however abandoned after only one day's filming, with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.
 This was the first show of the 2000s decade and of the 21st century.

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 {{Rounds-end}}
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 Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the [[Oxford Dictionary of English]] at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would now be allowed (though in fact a selection producing {{word|CYBERPUNK}} would be invalid as it has only two vowels). The new dictionary was however abandoned after only one day's filming, with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.
-This was the first show of the 2000s decade.
+This was the first show of the 2000s decade and of the 21st century.
 ==Rounds==
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 |cv=943|solcv=(100 − 5) × 10 − 8 + 1
 |13|27|32}}
 {{R-letters  |5 |UEINNSBCE|BUNNIES  |BUNNIES  |BENNIES*, INCENSE   | 20|34 | 39}}
 {{R-letters  |6 |DYTAOEWFI|WAITED   |WAFTED   |TIDEWAY             | 26|40 | 46}}

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 {{R-numbers  |4 | 25|100|10|1|8|5| 943
 |938
-|942|sol2=10 × (100 − 5) − 8
+|942|sol2=(100 − 5) × 10 − 8
-|cv=943|solcv=10 × (100 − 5) − 8 + 1
+|cv=943|solcv=(100 − 5) × 10 − 8 + 1
 |13|27|32}}
 {{R-letters  |5 |UEINNSBCE|BUNNIES  |BUNNIES  |BENNIES*, INCENSE   | 20|34 | 39}}
 {{R-letters  |6 |DYTAOEWFI|WAITED   |WAFTED   |TIDEWAY             | 26|40 | 46}}
-{{R-letters  |7 |AENGMSOZA|MANGOES  |AMAZES   |AMAZONS, MANAGES*, SAMANGO*, SANGOMA*| 33|40 | 53}}
+{{R-letters  |7 |AENGMSOZA|MANAGES  |AMAZES   |AMAZONS, MANGOES*, SAMANGO*, SANGOMA*| 33|40 | 53}}
 {{R-numbers  |8 | 75|7|6|5|1|10| 429
 |429|sol1=75 × 6 − (10 + 5 + 7 − 1)

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 {{R-numbers  |4 | 25|100|10|1|8|5| 943
 |938
-|942|sol2=10 x (100 - 5) - 8
+|942|sol2=10 × (100 - 5) - 8
-|cv=943|solcv=10 x (100 - 5) - 8 + 1
+|cv=943|solcv=10 × (100 - 5) - 8 + 1
 |13|27|32}}
 {{R-letters  |5 |UEINNSBCE|BUNNIES  |BUNNIES  |BENNIES*, INCENSE   | 20|34 | 39}}
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 {{R-letters  |7 |AENGMSOZA|MANGOES  |AMAZES   |AMAZONS, MANAGES*, SAMANGO*, SANGOMA*| 33|40 | 53}}
 {{R-numbers  |8 | 75|7|6|5|1|10| 429
-|429|sol1=(75 x 6) - (10 + 5 + 7 - 1)
+|429|sol1=(75 × 6) - (10 + 5 + 7 - 1)
 |425
 |43|40|63}}