Episode LAN318

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Episode 318 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 16 November 2011, as part of Series 4.

David Bradley played Sushma Garudadwajan, with Sushma Garudadwajan winning 40 – 37.

NOTE: In Round 5, David stated that FISHNET is not a valid word for scoring 7 points, because it's only listed with the hyphen in Macquarie dictionary.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	David Bradley	Score	Sushma Garudadwajan	Others	Max.
1	WSCAOITRE	WAITERS	7 – 0	TRACES	COWRIES, WARIEST*, SCORIAE*, COASTER*, CRISTAE*, OSTERIA*, RACIEST*, RECOATS*, EROTICA*	7
2	NSDRAILET	DERAILS	14 – 7	TRAILED	ENTRAILS, DETRAINS, ISLANDER, STRAINED*, DEINSTAL*, RANDIEST*, RATLINES*, REINSTAL*, LANDTIES*, LARDIEST*, LATRINES*, TRENAILS*, TENDRILS*	15
3	100 25 7 4 2 6 → 290	291 ☓	14 – 7	293 ☓	L​S: 290 = (100 − 25) × 4 − 7 − 6 ÷ 2	25
WM	ELSESCAR	Attentive to a smaller extent.			CARELESS
4	MGTUDAPEL	LEAPT	19 – 12	GAPED	PLUMAGED*	33
5	SFGITEHNU	FIGHTS	25 – 18	FIGHTS	HEFTING, FISHNET**	40
6	100 50 1 3 10 7 → 876	879 (10 − 1) × 100 − 7 × 3	32 – 18	880	L​S: 876 = (100 − 7) × 10 − 50 − 3 − 1	50
WM	TESTTOIL	A weapon you wear on your foot.			STILETTO
7	DBMEATINR	TREND	37 – 23	TAMED	MINARET, AMBIENT, TRAINED*, DETRAIN*, BANDIER*, BARTEND*, BRAINED*, MEDIANT*, MERANTI*, ANTBIRD*, TRIBADE*, READMIT*, RAIMENT*	57
8	25 50 7 5 8 1 → 144	145 ☓	37 – 30	141 5 × 25 + 8 + 7 + 1	L​S: 144 = (25 − 8 + 7) × (5 + 1)​	67
9	QUASHMISE		37 – 40	SQUEAMISH (4 seconds)		77