Countdown Junior

For the three-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 played on Apterous. Whilst Hyper is an extended version, Junior is a pared-down version of the game.

Letters games

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

Numbers games

There is only one large number (10); smalls are 1–9. Players are given five working numbers rather than six, and the target is 11–100.

Conundrums

Answers are seven 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