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*...that the sudden-death [[conundrum]] used in a '''[[Series 12]]''' [[Episode 589|quarter-final]] had the scramble {{word|RMADILLOA}} – only one letter different from its solution?
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* ...that '''[[Jamie Ilett-Jones]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s score of 129 points on [[Episode 5988|8 September 2014]] is the highest winning score posted by a [[challenger]] who went on to lose in their second game?
*...that the [[Episode 4843|final]] of '''[[Series 60]]''' ''(winner [[Kirk Bevins]] pictured)'' featured the conundrum {{word|ROVINGERA}}, a reference to production of the show moving from Leeds to Manchester?
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* ...that '''[[Episode 5395|13 December 2011]]''' marked the first and, to date, only game of ''[[Countdown]]'' without a single L appearing in the [[letters round]]s &ndash; possibly because four tiles were 'borrowed' for the [[conundrum]] {{word|MORSTELLA}} and its solution {{word|STEAMROLL}}?
*...that, speaking statistically, a choice of 2 large in the '''[[numbers game]]''' offers the easiest solutions?
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* ...that '''[[Gino Corr]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first ever contestant to score the maximum 10 points on a 4-large [[numbers round]], in round 3 of the [[Series 19]] [[Episode 1002|grand final]]?
*...that following the reintroduction of [[octochamp]]s in [[Series 47]], '''[[Tom Hargreaves]]''' won the very first eight games of the series?
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* ...that '''[[Tom Carey]]''' solved all eight conundrums during his [[octochamp]] run in a total time of 17.75 seconds, breaking [[Harvey Freeman]]'s record of 26 seconds that stood for 29 years?
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