Episode LAN379

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Episode 379 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 9 February 2012, as part of Series 4.

Alan Nash played Peter Szantry, with Alan Nash winning 73 – 24.

This game marks a very rare instance in which a century was available in (a close variant of) a game in the Countdown 9 round format. Also it's worth noting that this have been occured in two games in a row, although some of the 9-letter words may not have been present in the Macquarie Dictionary at the time.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Alan Nash	Score	Peter Szantry	Others	Max.
1	IATLDESIU	DETAILS	7 – 7	DILATES	DUALITIES*	18
2	NCEOALMDE	CLEANED	14 – 7	DEMEAN	LEMONADE	26
3	25 50 100 75 8 7 → 495	498 7 × 75 − 25 − 100 ÷ 50	21 – 7	—	L​S: 495 = 8 × 75 − 100 − 7 + 50 ÷ 25	36
WM	TWEEDSOB	Put upon and dragged away.			BESTOWED
4	RNRHOUOES	HONOURS	28 – 7	SHORE	HONOURERS	54
5	IAETJNGTU	JUTTING	35 – 14	JUTTING	JETTING	61
6	75 50 100 25 5 4 → 179	179 100 + 75 + 4	45 – 24	179 100 + 75 + 4		71
WM	MANSPEAR	Sharp and bitey.			PARMESAN
7	REMSOACPS	COMPRESS	53 – 24	SCREAMS	MESOCARPS*	89
8	100 2 9 5 8 2 → 575	575 (100 + 9 + 8 − 2) × 5	63 – 24	575 ☓		99
9	ITCHYNEST	SYNTHETIC (26.25 seconds)	73 – 24	hesitancy ☓ (23.5 seconds)		109