Difference between revisions of "Countdown Junior"

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Junior is a variant of Countdown.

Junior is a simplified variant of the normal game.

Letters

Letters selections contain seven letters rather than the normal 9.

Numbers

There is only one large number (10); smalls are 1--9. You are given 5 working numbers rather than 6, and the target is 11--100.

Conundrum

Answers are seven letters and are generally common words.

Rnd	Selection	Player One	Score	Player Two	Others	Max.
1	DFRTIAS	DRIFTS	6 – 6	DRIFTS	ADRIFT, AFRITS, DRAFTS, DRIFTS, FRITAS, IFTARS, RADIFS, TRIADS	6
2	FRITASD	DIRTS	11 – 11	DIRTS	ADRIFT, AFRITS, DRAFTS, DRIFTS, FRITAS, IFTARS, RADIFS, TRIADS	12
3	ADISEPO	ADIPOSE	25 – 25	ADIPOSE		26
4	1 8 7 6 10 → 58	58 (10 × 6) + 7 - 8 - 1	35 – 35	58 (10 × 6) + 7 - 8 - 1		36
5	DREDPIS	DRIED	40 – 40	DRIED	PRIDED, PRIDES, PRISED, REDIPS, RIPSED, SPIDER, SPIRED	42
6	PRNOUED	POURED	46 – 46	PONDER	POUNDER, UNROPED	56
7	GITBNED	GET	46 – 50	BEND	BINGED, INDEBT, NIDGET, TINGED	62
8	8 1 3 6 3 → 37	37 (6 - 1) × 3 × 3 - 8	56 – 60	37 (6 - 1) × 3 × 3 - 8		72
9	FRENGIA	FEARING (3 seconds)	66 – 60			82

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 {{Rounds-start|Player One|Player Two}}
 {{Rx-letters  |1 |DFRTIAS|DRIFTS |DRIFTS |ADRIFT, AFRITS, DRAFTS, DRIFTS, FRITAS, IFTARS, RADIFS, TRIADS|  6|6  |  6}}
-{{Rx-letters  |2 |FRITASD|DIRTS    |DIRTS    |ADRIFT, AFRITS, DRAFTS, DRIFTS, FRITAS, IFTARS, RADIFS, TRIADS | 11|11 | 12}}
+{{Rx-letters  |2 |FRITASD|DIRTS  |DIRTS  |ADRIFT, AFRITS, DRAFTS, DRIFTS, FRITAS, IFTARS, RADIFS, TRIADS| 11|11 | 12}}
 {{Rx-letters  |3 |ADISEPO|ADIPOSE|ADIPOSE|                    | 25|25 | 26}}
-{{R-numbers  |4 | 1|8|7|6|10||58
+{{R-numbers   |4 | 1|8|7|6|10||58
-|58|sol1=(10*6) +7-8-1 = 58
+|58|sol1=(10 × 6) + 7 - 8 - 1
-|58|sol2=(10*6) +7-8-1 = 58
+|58|sol2=(10 × 6) + 7 - 8 - 1
 |35|35|36|}}
 {{Rx-letters  |5 |DREDPIS|DRIED    |DRIED    |PRIDED, PRIDES, PRISED, REDIPS, RIPSED, SPIDER, SPIRED                    | 40|40 | 42}}
 {{Rx-letters  |6 |PRNOUED|POURED   |PONDER |POUNDER, UNROPED                    | 46|46 | 56}}
 {{Rx-letters  |7 |GITBNED|GET      |BEND     |BINGED, INDEBT, NIDGET, TINGED     | 46|50| 62}}
-{{R-numbers  |8 | 7|1|1|2|3||25
+{{R-numbers   |8 | 8|1|3|6|3||37
-|25|sol1=(7*3) +2 + (1+1) =25
+|37|sol1=(6 - 1) × 3 × 3 - 8
-|25|sol2=(7*3) +2 + (1+1) =25
+|37|sol2=(6 - 1) × 3 × 3 - 8
 |56|60|72}}
 {{R-conundrum|9|FRENGIA|c1time=3|c1sol=FEARING|66|60|82}}