Episode CLAN41

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Episode CLAN41, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 5 was a special episode uploaded on SBS On Demand on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Mark Humphries, Nath Valvo and Demi Lardner were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Mark Humphries winning by 68 – 22 – 40 and he won the duck-in-a-tux money bank with a 50-cent coin inside it from Hing's childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Danielle Walker, and the lexicographer was David Astle.

In this version of the game, three players competing with each other instead of traditional two. Also, this version notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each valid word or solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores").
In Letters Rounds of this version, all the words are checked by their presence in Collins Dictionary instead of Oxford, meaning that American and other spellings of the words are eligible.
In Numbers Rounds of this version, players receive points for their declarations, even if the solutions for players' declarations were not provided in the show, assuming they were cut out from broadcasting to speed up the show. Also, player can get points if their solution leads to the result which not matches with the declared result, but it's still in scoring margin.

NOTE 1: In Round 6, Nath didn't get 5 points for his presumable answer of 584, assuming his solution was incorrect.

NOTE 2: In Round 7, Demi's five-letter declaration and her word ROUTS are eligible for points, but because Demi mistook the letter P as an E and planned to give ROUTES as her initial answer, she didn't get 5 points, so she must ended the show with the score of 45. This not affects Mark's victory.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Mark Humphries	Nath Valvo	Demi Lardner	Score	Others	Max
1	B A H S I R L E F	FLARES	FIRES	FLIERS	6 – 5 – 6	FLASHIER, FISHABLE, BARFLIES*	8
2	I U K Z S I C T S	STICKS	STICKS	STICKS	12 – 11 – 12	SIZIST, CISTUS*, KUSTIS*	14
3	100 75 1 4 8 6 → 932	924 (8 + 1) × 100 + 6 × 4	910	—	17 – 11 – 12	LS: 932 = (6 + 4) × 100 − 75 + 8 − 1	24
TTT	HAMDRIES	Yearn for the cattle. Sorry, what was that?				MISHEARD
4	E A D L Q I M C N	CANDLE	LAIME ☓	MINCED	23 – 11 – 18	MEDICAL, CLAIMED, DECLAIM, CAMELID*, DECIMAL*, MELANIC*	31
5	T A E N G I S Y J	TINGES	STAINEY ☓	GIANTS	29 – 11 – 24	YEASTING	39
6	100 75 4 8 2 6 → 575	570 100 × 6 − 8 × 4 + 2	584**	—	36 – 11 – 24	Hing: 575 = ((8 + 2) ÷ (6 − 4)) × 100 + 75	49
TTT	RACEBAIT	Yoghurt makes good race bait.				BACTERIA
7	U T O S S A N R P	STRAPS	STOPS	ROUTS ☓**	42 – 16 – 24	OUTSPANS, UNSTRAPS*, SUNTRAPS*	57
8	100 25 7 2 4 5 → 775	775 (5 − 2) × 25 + 7 × 100	—	775 2 × 4 × 100 − 25	52 – 16 – 34		67
TTT	PORKSHOW	The pork show is inside a factory.				WORKSHOP
9	G R O E N M T A L	MENTAL	MENTAL	MORTAL	58 – 22 – 40	MONGREL, MANGLER, GARMENT, MONTAGE, GLOATER*, OMENTAL*, NEGATOR*, MEGARON*, MEGATON*, MAGNETO*, TELAMON*, TANGELO*, ALMONER*, LEGATOR*	74
10	D N H W W I L R I	WHIRLWIND (2.5 SECONDS)			68 – 22 – 40		84