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Series 1 of Letters and Numbers, the Australian equivalent to the British game show Countdown, ran from August to December 2010. It was won by Andrew Fisher, who had also participated in Series 8 of Countdown twenty-four years earlier. Notably, on his début Letters and Numbers episode, Fisher scored 95 points, significantly higher than the top score of 83 achieved in the Countdown 9 round format.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Andrew Fisher	6	415
2	Naween Fernando	6	411
3	David Jones	6	346
4	Liam Bastick	6	324
5	Dom Saric	6	308
6	Kashi Ross	5	214
7	Veronica Corrigan	4	190
8	Esther Perrins	3	173

NOTE: Chris Scholten-Smith also became a viscount with a total of 265 points and would have qualified for the finals as #6 seed, but was unable to attend. His place could have been taken by Brett Chaiyawat with four wins and 154 points, but he decided to continue his game in the next series.

Finals progress

• QF1: Andrew Fisher (#1) beat Esther Perrins (#8)
• QF2: Naween Fernando (#2) beat Veronica Corrigan (#7)
• QF3: David Jones (#3) beat Kashi Ross (#6)
• QF4: Liam Bastick (#4) lost to Dom Saric (#5)
• SF1: Andrew Fisher (#1) beat David Jones (#3)
• SF2: Naween Fernando (#2) beat Dom Saric (#5)
• GF: Andrew Fisher (#1) beat Naween Fernando (#2)

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
LAN001	2/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	45 – 33	Elaine Miles	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN002	3/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	47 – 19	Nick Taubert	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN003	4/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	48 – 27	Helen Robinson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN004	5/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	47 – 38	Chaitanya Rao	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	73
LAN005	6/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	38 – 37	Jason Stockdale	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN006	9/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	40 – 29	Alan Stewart	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN007	10/08/2010	P	Jenny Blair	33 – 51	Aaron Tyrrell	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	94
LAN008	11/08/2010	P	Aaron Tyrrell	35 – 25	Michael Gin	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN009	12/08/2010	P	Aaron Tyrrell	61 – 35	Lara Cassar	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN010	13/08/2010	P	Aaron Tyrrell	18 – 26	Stephen Farrelly	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN011	16/08/2010	P	Stephen Farrelly	30 – 15	Dawn Tuftan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN012	17/08/2010	P	Stephen Farrelly	30 – 37	Sudesh Piyatissa	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN013	18/08/2010	P	Sudesh Piyatissa	57 – 41	Tanya Ithier	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN014	19/08/2010	P	Sudesh Piyatissa	34 – 52	Rob York	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN015	20/08/2010	P	Rob York	42 – 95	Andrew Fisher	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	109
LAN016	23/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	63 – 32	Alexis Harley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN017	24/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	64 – 29	Adib Surani	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN018	25/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	67 – 35	Andrew Patterson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN019	26/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	67 – 23	Jane Cleary	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN020	27/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	59 – 25	Les Ramsay	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN021	30/08/2010	P	Kashi Ross	48 – 31	Erez Gordon	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN022	31/08/2010	P	Kashi Ross	46 – 28	Michael Clark	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN023	1/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	34 – 24	Robin Wedd	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN024	2/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	41 – 39	Jonathan Scarlett	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN025	3/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	45 – 17	Carol Campbell	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	86
LAN026	6/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	32 – 73	Naween Fernando	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN027	7/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	60 – 21	Jim Bailey	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	98
LAN028	8/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	64 – 21	Daniel Pratt	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN029	9/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	94 – 10	Frances Weinberg	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	100
LAN030	10/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	64 – 5	Andrew Bullen	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN031	13/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	56 – 6	Paul Hughes	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN032	14/09/2010	P	Stavroula Nicholls	24 – 53	Geoff Heard	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN033	15/09/2010	P	Geoff Heard	35 – 63	David Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN034	16/09/2010	P	David Jones	63 – 17	Arthur Barrs	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN035	17/09/2010	P	David Jones	50 – 39	Kiao Inthavong	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN036	20/09/2010	P	David Jones	61 – 30	Ben Strate	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN037	21/09/2010	P	David Jones	55 – 34	Beckett Rozentals	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN038	22/09/2010	P	David Jones	53 – 22	Brendan Murphy	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN039	23/09/2010	P	James Pho	32 – 48	Rob Mould	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN040	24/09/2010	P	Rob Mould	22 – 35	Ian See	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN041	27/09/2010	P	Ian See	51 – 24	Brian Lynch	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN042	28/09/2010	P	Ian See	27 – 63	James Weatherhead	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN043	29/09/2010	P	James Weatherhead	54 – 45	Pravin Dullur	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN044	30/09/2010	P	James Weatherhead	47 – 58	Angus Kidman	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN045	1/10/2010	P	Angus Kidman	45 – 55	Esther Perrins	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN046	4/10/2010	P	Esther Perrins	43 – 20	Matt Woodley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN047	5/10/2010	P	Esther Perrins	75 – 65	Sam Chow	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN048	6/10/2010	P	Esther Perrins	46 – 48	Liam Bastick	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN049	7/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	60 – 7	Dean Schwab	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN050	8/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	48 – 24	Rachael Bausor	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN051	11/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	46 – 35	Chris Ryan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN052	12/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	50 – 40	Amanda Mendizza	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN053	13/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	72 – 28	Tristan Leech	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN054	14/10/2010	P	Bassem Abousaid	12 – 50	Jayanthi Viswanathan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN055	15/10/2010	P	Jayanthi Viswanathan	56 – 39	Keith De La Rue	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN056	18/10/2010	P	Jayanthi Viswanathan	34 – 49	Peter Stegelman	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN057	19/10/2010	P	Peter Stegelman	33 – 39	Rolli Pick	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN058	20/10/2010	P	Rolli Pick	31 – 38	Yolanda Sztarr	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN059	21/10/2010	P	Yolanda Sztarr	49 – 22	Mark Mota	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN060	22/10/2010	P	Yolanda Sztarr	40 – 41	Veronica Corrigan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN061	25/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	60 – 34	Paolo Navidad	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN062	26/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	54 – 27	Dave Wilson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN063	27/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	35 – 29	Jonathan Campbell	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	73
LAN064	28/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	43 – 53	Ian Campbell-Fraser	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN065	29/10/2010	P	Ian Campbell-Fraser	40 – 38	Michael Phillips	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN066	1/11/2010	P	Ian Campbell-Fraser	27 – 22	Michael O'Neill	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN067	2/11/2010	P	Ian Campbell-Fraser	34 – 44*	Kathryn Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN068	3/11/2010	P	Kathryn Jones	41 – 44	James Parton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN069	4/11/2010	P	James Parton	44 – 25	Desire L'Etang	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN070	5/11/2010	P	James Parton	48 – 14	Jason Taylor	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	84
LAN071	8/11/2010	P	James Parton	46 – 49	Dennis Callegari	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN072	9/11/2010	P	Dennis Callegari	47 – 53	Dom Saric	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN073	10/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	52 – 8	Robert Lukunic	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN074	11/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	50 – 31	Yvonne Wake	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN075	12/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	45 – 16	Damian Foong	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN076	15/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	51 – 12	Billy Lowe	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN077	16/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	57 – 7	Rebecca Daley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN078	17/11/2010	P	Peter Smith	24 – 17	Mark Duggan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN079	18/11/2010	P	Peter Smith	43 – 46	Christopher Weldon	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN080	19/11/2010	P	Christopher Weldon	54 – 51	Jasper Johnson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN081	22/11/2010	P	Christopher Weldon	56 – 24	Paul Power	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN082	23/11/2010	P	Christopher Weldon	44 – 54*	Nick Carr	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN083	24/11/2010	P	Nick Carr	44 – 26	Christine Hodges	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN084	25/11/2010	P	Nick Carr	39 – 50	Robert Jackson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN085	26/11/2010	P	Robert Jackson	17 – 42	Leif Cooper	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN086	29/11/2010	P	Leif Cooper	53 – 19	Brett Newton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN087	30/11/2010	P	Leif Cooper	61 – 24	Rod Goulding	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN088	1/12/2010	P	Leif Cooper	37 – 45	Phil Moore	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN089	2/12/2010	P	Phil Moore	44 – 20	Mita Navidad	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN090	3/12/2010	P	Phil Moore	21 – 25	Brett Chaiyawat	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN091	6/12/2010	P	Brett Chaiyawat	59 – 29	Rikki Irwin	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN092	7/12/2010	P	Brett Chaiyawat	28 – 26	Belinda Smith	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN093	8/12/2010	P	Brett Chaiyawat	42 – 23	Adam Dawson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN094	9/12/2010	QF	Andrew Fisher	55 – 49	Esther Perrins	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	81
LAN095	10/12/2010	QF	Naween Fernando	75 – 13	Veronica Corrigan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	97
LAN096	13/12/2010	QF	David Jones	54 – 37	Kashi Ross	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN097	14/12/2010	QF	Liam Bastick	34 – 46	Dom Saric	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN098	15/12/2010	SF	Andrew Fisher	57 – 48	David Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN099	16/12/2010	SF	Naween Fernando	62 – 53	Dom Saric	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN100	17/12/2010	GF	Andrew Fisher	68 – 52	Naween Fernando	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum Since no known online word list is available for the Macquarie Dictionary, maximum scores are approximations only.