Episode 50 - Revision history

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 [[Ruth Lowy]] played [[Gary Roussak]], with Gary Roussak winning {{score|48|28}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Gyles Brandreth]].
-NOTE 1: This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a [[letters|9-letter word]] in two rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9-letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9-letter word was only worth then points rather than the modern day of eighteen.
+NOTE 1: This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a [[letters|9-letter word]] in two rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9-letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9-letter word was only worth ten points rather than the modern day of eighteen.
 NOTE 2: Round 2 is the first round in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, as it happened again in Round 1 of [[Episode 875]]. And the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.

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 [[Ruth Lowy]] played [[Gary Roussak]], with Gary Roussak winning {{score|48|28}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Gyles Brandreth]].
-This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a 9 letter word in 2 rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9 letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9 letter word was only worth 10 points, rather than the modern day 18.
+NOTE 1: This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a [[letters|9-letter word]] in two rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9-letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9-letter word was only worth then points rather than the modern day of eighteen.
-Round 2 is the first round in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, as it happened again in Round 1 of [[Episode 875]]. And the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.
+NOTE 2: Round 2 is the first round in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, as it happened again in Round 1 of [[Episode 875]]. And the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.
 ==Rounds==

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 This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a 9 letter word in 2 rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9 letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9 letter word was only worth 10 points, rather than the modern day 18.
-Round 2 is the first round in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, it happened again in Round 1 of [[Episode 875]]. And the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.
+Round 2 is the first round in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, as it happened again in Round 1 of [[Episode 875]]. And the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.
 ==Rounds==

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 This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a 9 letter word in 2 rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9 letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9 letter word was only worth 10 points, rather than the modern day 18.
-Round 2 is one of only two known rounds in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, and the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.
+Round 2 is the first round in history to have featured two {{word|Z}}s, it happened again in Round 1 of [[Episode 875]]. And the game as a whole contained three {{word|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.
 ==Rounds==

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 {{R-letters |3 |ITISYRSOP| ? | ? |PYROSIS*, SPIRITS*  | ?|? |23}}
 {{R-numbers |4 |50|10|2|7|6|3|330| ?|?
-|other=330|solother=(50 - 7 x 2 - 3) x 10
+|other=330|solother=(50 − 7 × 2 − 3) × 10
 | ?|? |33}}
 {{R-letters |5 |SUCAASTXE| ? | ? |CUESTAS*            | ?|? |40}}
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 {{R-letters |7 |LODEPIASN| ? | ? |PALINODES*          | ?|? |57}}
 {{R-numbers |8 |25|3|6|3|7|10|830| ?|?
-|other=830|solother=(25 + 6) x (10 x 3 - 3) - 7
+|other=830|solother=(25 + 6) × (10 × 3 − 3) − 7
 |?|?|67}}
 {{R-conundrum|9|HGOATPUAR|c1sol=?|c2sol=?|sol=AUTOGRAPH|28|48|77}}

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 [[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Cathy Hytner as co-presenter]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 [[Category:Episodes with Gyles Brandreth as a guest]]

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	This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a 9 letter word in 2 rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9 letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9 letter word was only worth 10 points, rather than the modern day 18.		This was the first known episode in which it was possible to make a 9 letter word in 2 rounds, and also the first time it was possible to make a 9 letter word in the opening round. The maximum possible score of 77 is the highest recorded under the old rules, under which a 9 letter word was only worth 10 points, rather than the modern day 18.
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		+	Round 2 is one of only two known rounds in history to have featured two {{word\|Z}}s, and the game as a whole contained three {{word\|Z}}s, an extremely rare occurrence.

	==Rounds==		==Rounds==