Episode 7932

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Episode 7932 was broadcast on 16 January 2023, and was the third quarter-final of Championship of Champions XVI.

Ahmed Mohamed played Luke Johnson-Davies, with Ahmed Mohamed winning 132 – 100. The Dictionary Corner guest was Rick Edwards, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

NOTE 1: The first "half" of this game marked the first time both contestants scored the theoretical maximum number of points in any "half", with both getting back-to-back nine-letter words and 10 points from the numbers game in the first three rounds.

NOTE 2: Both contestants' Round 11 offering of DOUGLAS (the plural of DOUGLA) was cut from the broadcast, because DOUGLA is marked as a derogatory ethnic term in Oxford Dictionaries Premium.

NOTE 3: This episode featured both series champions who did not lift the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy on air: when Johnson-Davies won Series 82 and when Mohamed won Series 84.

This was the last episode to be sponsored by Recliner Factory.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Ahmed Mohamed	Score	Luke Johnson-Davies	Others	Max.
1	GRIOSETNR	RESTORING	18 – 18	RESORTING	ROSTERING*	18
2	CSSNOAECI	ACCESSION	36 – 36	ACCESSION		36
3	25 2 3 6 10 2 → 179	179 (10 − 3) × 25 + 2 + 2	46 – 46	179 (10 ÷ 2 + 25) × 6 − (3 − 2)		46
TTT	ANYYEARS	The sort of person to turn down Leo.			NAYSAYER
4	RYMNEIEBA	AMBREINE	54 – 46	BREYANI		54
5	TREUNAHOW	WAREHOU	61 – 53	ANOTHER	HAUNTER, NOUTHER*, NOWTHER*, OUTWEAR*, UNEARTH	61
6	4 9 3 9 1 8 → 827	828 (9 × 8 − (4 − 1)) × (9 + 3)	68 – 53	828 ☓	RR: 827 = ((9 + 3) × 8 − 4) × 9 − 1	71
7	MTEIPAWRU	WIRETAP	75 – 60	WARTIME	MURIATE*, PRIMATE, TEMPURA	78
8	TSPSEIOPR	STOPPERS	83 – 68	RIPOSTES	PERIOSTS*, POPSTERS*, PROSIEST*, PROSTIES*, REPOSITS*, SOPPIEST, TRIPOSES*, TROPISES*	86
9	75 2 2 3 10 5 → 549	549 (75 + 2) × (10 − 3) + 5 × 2	93 – 68	—		96
TTT	DRAINAGE	Without good drainage, it'll struggle to grow.			GARDENIA
10	LZSHAOANI	ALAZONS	100 – 75	ALAZONS		103
11	DSOATUGLG	7 not asked**	107 – 82	7 not asked**		110
12	LRVNEIEFT	LIFERENT	115 – 90	LIFERENT		118
13	JTOUSADTI	JUDOIST	122 – 90	ADJUST	AUTOIST*	125
14	100 4 9 1 10 5 → 751	750	122 – 100	751 (100 − (5 + 1) × 4) × 10 − 9		135
15	OATNIACIN	NICOTIANA (2.5 seconds)	132 – 100			145