Countdown Junior

For the 3-day mini-series featuring young contestants in Series 47, see Junior Championship.

For the unsuccessful children's pilot, see Junior Countdown.

Junior is a variant of Countdown. Whilst Hyper is an extended version, Junior is a pared-down version of the game.

Letters rounds

Letters selections contain 7 letters rather than the normal 9. Like regular Countdown, players only score double points for using all the letters, so 7-letter words are worth 14 points.

Numbers rounds

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.

Conundrums

Answers are 7 letters and are generally common words.

Example game

Rnd	Selection	Player One	Score	Player Two	Others	Max.
1	DFRTIAS	DRIFTS	6 – 6	DRIFTS	ADRIFT, AFRITS, DRAFTS, 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