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'''Episode 626''' was broadcast on 4 August 1987, as part of [[Series 13]].
 
'''Episode 626''' was broadcast on 4 August 1987, as part of [[Series 13]].
  
[[George Orgill]] played [[Mike Whiteoak]], with Mike Whiteoak winning 42 - 37. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Diane Solomon]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Freda Thornton]].
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[[George Orgill]] played [[Mike Whiteoak]], with Mike Whiteoak winning {{score|42|37}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Diane Solomon]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Freda Thornton]].
  
 
==Rounds==
 
==Rounds==
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{{R-letters  |3 |GRDIACEGH|RAGGED  |CHAIRED  |CHARGED, CHIGGER*, DAGGIER*|  7|20 | 32}}
 
{{R-letters  |3 |GRDIACEGH|RAGGED  |CHAIRED  |CHARGED, CHIGGER*, DAGGIER*|  7|20 | 32}}
 
{{R-numbers  |4 | 100|8|3|8|1|2| 661
 
{{R-numbers  |4 | 100|8|3|8|1|2| 661
|664|sol1=((3 + 2 + 1) x 100) + (8 x 8)
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|664|sol1=(3 + 2 + 1) × 100 + 8 × 8
 
|657
 
|657
|cv=661|solcv=((100 - (8 - 2)) x (8 - 1)) + 3
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|cv=661|solcv=(100 (8 2)) × (8 1) + 3
 
|14|20|42}}
 
|14|20|42}}
 
{{R-letters  |5 |SSRYSIAIF|FAIRY    |FAIRY    |ARSIS*, FAIRS*, FRASS*, FRAYS*, SARIS*, SASSY*, SISSY*| 19|25 | 47}}
 
{{R-letters  |5 |SSRYSIAIF|FAIRY    |FAIRY    |ARSIS*, FAIRS*, FRASS*, FRAYS*, SARIS*, SASSY*, SISSY*| 19|25 | 47}}
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{{R-numbers  |8 | 100|6|5|8|10|8| 204
 
{{R-numbers  |8 | 100|6|5|8|10|8| 204
 
|203
 
|203
|204|sol2=(8 - 6 + 100) x (10 - 8)
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|204|sol2=(8 6 + 100) × (10 8)
 
|27|42|72}}
 
|27|42|72}}
 
{{R-conundrum|9|aeeinrssw*|c2time=6|c2sol=wariness {{x}}|c1time=27|c1sol=WEARINESS|37|42|82}}
 
{{R-conundrum|9|aeeinrssw*|c2time=6|c2sol=wariness {{x}}|c1time=27|c1sol=WEARINESS|37|42|82}}
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[[Category:9-round games]]
 
[[Category:9-round games]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
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[[Category:Episodes with Cathy Hytner as co-presenter]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Freda Thornton as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Freda Thornton as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Diane Solomon as a guest]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Diane Solomon as a guest]]
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[[Category:Recaps with missing conundrum scrambles]]

Latest revision as of 22:55, 16 March 2021

Episode 626 was broadcast on 4 August 1987, as part of Series 13.

George Orgill played Mike Whiteoak, with Mike Whiteoak winning 42 – 37. The Dictionary Corner guest was Diane Solomon, and the lexicographer was Freda Thornton.

Rounds

Rnd Selection George Orgill Score Mike Whiteoak Others Max.
1 SHTEIDAWR WAISTED 7 – 7 WITHERS DISHWATER* 18
2 PNHKEIORN PRONE 7 – 13 PINKER EINKORN*, INKHORN*, NEPHRON*, PHONIER* 25
3 GRDIACEGH RAGGED 7 – 20 CHAIRED CHARGED, CHIGGER*, DAGGIER* 32
4 100 8 3 8 1 2 → 661 664
(3 + 2 + 1) × 100 + 8 × 8
14 – 20 657

CV: 661 = (100 − (8 − 2)) × (8 − 1) + 3

42
5 SSRYSIAIF FAIRY 19 – 25 FAIRY ARSIS*, FAIRS*, FRASS*, FRAYS*, SARIS*, SASSY*, SISSY* 47
6 LCPUQOATE COPULATE 27 – 25 PLAQUE 55
7 ECSTDAETJ testate ☓ 27 – 32 DETECTS DEJECTS*, SCATTED*, TACETED* 62
8 100 6 5 8 10 8 → 204 203 27 – 42 204
(8 − 6 + 100) × (10 − 8)


72
9 aeeinrssw* WEARINESS
(27 seconds)
37 – 42 wariness ☓
(6 seconds)
82