Series LAN5

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Series 5 of Letters and Numbers ran from March to May 2012. It lasted for 43 episodes and didn't conclude with the finals. It was followed by the the repeat screenings of the finals matches from previous series and then by Masters Series.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Norm Do	6	369
2	Simon Walton	6	308
3	Ann Russell	6	292
4	Rob Fischer	5*	281
5	Ben Fisher	5	273
6	Jane Taylor	3	165
7	Mark Potter	3	143
8	Ian Phillips	2	116

NOTE: The table shows top 8 after 43 episodes. The series ended with Rob Fischer's fifth victory leaving unknown whether he could be a viscount.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
LAN401	12/03/2012	P	Norm Do	62 – 10	Patrick Johns	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN402	13/03/2012	P	Norm Do	58 – 13	Casey Duggan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	73
LAN403	14/03/2012	P	Norm Do	61 – 40	Gavin Griffith	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	80
LAN404	15/03/2012	P	Norm Do	59 – 43	Diana Greenslade	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN405	16/03/2012	P	Norm Do	62 – 6	Hans Pieterse	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN406	19/03/2012	P	Ann Russell	40 – 26	Marc Lissner	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN407	20/03/2012	P	Ann Russell	48 – 30	Peter Ghalayini	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN408	21/03/2012	P	Ann Russell	46 – 20	Cassie Palmer	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN409	22/03/2012	P	Ann Russell	62 – 35	James Cooper	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN410	23/03/2012	P	Ann Russell	49 – 35	Philip Scambler	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN411	26/03/2012	P	Ann Russell	47 – 16	John Morris	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN412	27/03/2012	P	Donald Piggott-McKellar	38 – 34	Margaret Zimmer	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN413	28/03/2012	P	Margaret Zimmer	37 – 10	Vishal Gandhi	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	84
LAN414	29/03/2012	P	Margaret Zimmer	52 – 61	Louise Broadbent	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN415	30/03/2012	P	Louise Broadbent	38 – 45	Craig Hill	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN416	2/04/2012	P	Craig Hill	40 – 55	Ben Fisher	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN417	3/04/2012	P	Ben Fisher	53 – 26	Ian Wanless	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	70
LAN418	4/04/2012	P	Ben Fisher	63 – 21	Kylie Alexander	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN419	5/04/2012	P	Ben Fisher	42 – 30	Scott Morrow	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN420	6/04/2012	P	Ben Fisher	60 – 24	Zaid Abbas	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN421	9/04/2012	P	Ben Fisher	21 – 32	Mathew Thomas	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN422	10/04/2012	P	Mathew Thomas	25 – 34	Steve Malcolm	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN423	11/04/2012	P	Steve Malcolm	37 – 47	Jane Taylor	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	98
LAN424	12/04/2012	P	Jane Taylor	54 – 34	Andrew Boyden	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN425	13/04/2012	P	Jane Taylor	64 – 23	Bonnie McAllister	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN426	16/04/2012	P	Jane Taylor	40 – 48	Steve Hibbert	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN427	17/04/2012	P	Steve Hibbert	35 – 41	Carey McManus	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN428	18/04/2012	P	Carey McManus	35 – 41	Mark Potter	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN429	19/04/2012	P	Mark Potter	51 – 29	Jack Maloney	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN430	20/04/2012	P	Mark Potter	51 – 21	Susan Morrison	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN431	23/04/2012	P	Mark Potter	40 – 57	Ian Phillips	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN432	24/04/2012	P	Ian Phillips	59 – 26	Brent Dalton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN433	25/04/2012	P	Ian Phillips	49 – 65	Simon Walton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	99
LAN434	26/04/2012	P	Simon Walton	47 – 43	Mark O'Carrigan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	80
LAN435	27/04/2012	P	Simon Walton	49 – 37	Neil Croft	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	96
LAN436	30/04/2012	P	Simon Walton	47 – 42	Jean Watson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN437	1/05/2012	P	Simon Walton	45 – 37	Mark Niciejewski	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN438	2/05/2012	P	Simon Walton	55 – 40	Andrea Boyd	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN439	3/05/2012	P	Rob Fischer	61 – 10	Andrew Fischer	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN440	4/05/2012	P	Rob Fischer	44 – 21	Nic Brown	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN441	7/05/2012	P	Rob Fischer	45 – 31	Lara Irvine	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	80
LAN442	8/05/2012	P	Rob Fischer	56 – 45	Paul Bishard	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN443	9/05/2012	P	Rob Fischer	75 – 30	Joseph Liebhaber	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
19–27 June 2012: Masters Series

Since no known online word list is available for the Macquarie Dictionary, maximum scores are approximations only.