Episode LAN240

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Episode 240 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 1 July 2011, as part of Series 3.

Jacob Davey played Leanne Roberts, with Jacob Davey winning 71 – 20.

NOTE: In Round 5, David stated that SOBEREST would not be an eligible word, however it could be found in Oxford dictionary.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Jacob Davey	Score	Leanne Roberts	Others	Max.
1	LMRCOIENA	CLAIMER	7 – 7	ROMANCE	COALMINER	18
2	DTLEEAPSE	DEPLETES	15 – 7	ELAPSED	PEDESTAL, TEASELED*, STEEPLED*	26
3	75 100 4 7 8 7 → 630	630 100 × 7 − 75 + 8 − 7 + 4	25 – 7	632		36
WM	MOVERAKE	To do some self-renovation.			MAKEOVER
4	BRIANORTI	RATION	31 – 7	banter ☓	TABORIN, ROBINIA*	43
5	EOESTRASB	BOASTER	38 – 14	BEATERS	BOASTERS, SOBEREST**	51
6	50 100 8 9 2 10 → 437	437 50 × 9 − 10 ÷ 2 − 8	48 – 14	—		61
WM	PEARSHIP	A hot gemstone.			SAPPHIRE
7	HFGDEOEON	HOONED	54 – 20	HOOFED	GOOFED*	67
8	75 25 100 4 1 9 → 430	433 100 × 4 + 25 + 9 − 1	61 – 20	429 ☓	L​S: 430 = (75 − 25) × 9 − (100 ÷ (4 + 1))	77
9	COUNTGRIN	TROUNCING (29 seconds)	71 – 20			87