Episode CLAN43

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Episode CLAN43, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 7 was a special episode uploaded on the SBS streaming service on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers. Later it was broadcasted on SBS Viceland on 13 September 2024.

Dave Thornton, Alex Lee and Sami Shah were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Alex Lee winning by 50 – 60 – 36 and she won the old chain wallet from Hing's childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Bridie Connell, and the lexicographer was David Astle.

In this version of the game, three players competing with each other instead of traditional two. Also, this version notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each valid word or solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores").
In Letters Rounds of this version, all the words are checked by their presence in Collins Dictionary instead of Oxford, meaning that American and other spellings of the words are eligible.
In Numbers Rounds of this version, players receive points for their declarations, even if the solutions for players' declarations were not provided in the show, assuming they were cut out from broadcasting to speed up the show. Also, player can get points if their solution leads to the result which not matches with the declared result, but it's still in scoring margin.

NOTE 1: In Round 3, Dave declared 912, but the solution led to the result of 911. He still receives 7 points for his solution.

NOTE 2: In Round 9, Sami declared that he had a five-letter word, but decided to give a seven-letter word afterwards. Before the final round, Sami stated that his initial word was BONUS.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Dave Thornton	Alex Lee	Sami Shah	Score	Others	Max
1	L O H T U M E R V	HOVER	REMOULT ☓	VOLUME	5 – 0 – 6	VERMOUTH	8
2	A C P E T A G S O	POETS	PAGES	TAPES	10 – 5 – 11	SCAPEGOAT	26
3	100 75 7 2 8 3 → 916	911** (7 + 2) × 100 + 8 + 3	908	925	17 – 10 – 16	L​S: 916 = (8 + 3) × 75 + 100 − 7 − 2	36
TTT	DOESSONG	A well-behaved Scottish monster. Gracious me!				GOODNESS
4	T R S R F E O A E	RESTORE	ROASTER	ARREST	24 – 17 – 22	FORESTER, REFOREST, FERRATES*, FOSTERER*	44
5	I E O I N K R M S	MINERS	SINKER	NOISER ☓	30 – 23 – 22	MONIKERS, ERMINOIS*	52
6	100 25 8 9 1 2 → 734	734 (8 − 1) × 100 + 25 + 9	732/736	—	40 – 30 – 22		62
TTT	SINONHOME	A sin at, on or in the home during prohibition.				MOONSHINE
7	D T E D A I M S E	MEATS	DEMISTED	SEDATED	45 – 38 – 29	STEADIED, MEDIATES, MEDIATED, MISDATED, SIDEMEAT*	70
8	75 100 8 4 3 9 → 798	782	797 100 × 8 − 3	797/799	45 – 45 – 36	Hing: 798 = 100 × 8 − 9 + 4 + 3	80
TTT	SIRFORCES	Sir forces his army through angry flames.				CROSSFIRE
9	B N O U T S E G N	BUNTS	GUSTO	BESTUNG** ☓	50 – 50 – 36	BONNETS, TONGUES, NEUSTON*, GUENONS*	87
10	L I D F U Q I A E	LIQUIDIFY ☓ (3.75 SECONDS)	QUALIFIED (4 SECONDS)		50 – 60 – 36		97