Episode 8583

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Episode 8583 was broadcast on 15 August 2025, as part of Series 92.

Rob Moss played Paul Warriner, with Paul Warriner winning 79 – 64. The Dictionary Corner guest was Dr Ranj Singh, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

NOTE: The second teatime teaser was illegal as it is two words in the ODO, either hyphenated or not. Additionally, Dictionary Corner's offering of gorsiest ☓ is not valid in the current version of the ODO.

• In Round 12, Moss was awarded seven points despite only writing down the first four letters of his word. This though did not impact the final result of the game.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Rob Moss	Score	Paul Warriner	Others	Max.
1	DUMREDMAE	DRUMMED	7 – 0	MADDER	DREAMED	7
2	BISWECORL	BROWSE	7 – 7	BOILERS	BLOWSIER, CORBEILS*	15
3	25 4 6 10 9 10 → 998	1000	7 – 14	999 4 × 25 × 10 − (10 − 9)	RR: 999 Best: 998 = (25 × 10 − 9 + 6) × 4 + 10	25
TTT	REELBURST	He reels off one burst of hot air after another.			BLUSTERER
4	PAEFOTDKN	TANKED	13 – 20	PANTED	NOTEPAD, TONEPAD	32
5	LISNDETAI	SALIENT	13 – 28	DAINTIES	DENIALIST, DISENTAIL	50
6	50 7 2 3 10 4 → 968	—	13 – 28	—	RR: 968 = (50 × 10 − (7 − 3) × 4) × 2	60
7	ZOESGNIRP	IGNORES	20 – 28	SINGER	REPOSING, SPONGIER	68
8	GUTPEAFTN	FATTEN	26 – 34	PEANUT	ATTUNE, PATENT*, PATTEN*, TAUTEN*	74
9	100 3 10 10 2 1 → 574	580	26 – 41	579 2 × 3 × 100 − 10 − 10 − 1	RR: 574 = (100 − 1) × 3 × 2 − 10 − 10	84
TTT	HAVEWORST	I have the worst radio — it can only pick up this.			SHORTWAVE**
10	STOGSIURE	STORIES	33 – 48	GORIEST	GORSIEST**, GRISEOUS*, GROUSEST*, STRIGOSE*	92
11	SPAMRETDO	SPORTED	40 – 55	STAMPED	ADOPTERS, PASTORED, READOPTS*	100
12	VEITNRUCS	CURSIVE**	47 – 62	CURSIVE	CURVIEST, INCURVES*, UNRIVETS*, VENTURIS*	108
13	GOLMARNEB	GAMBLER	54 – 69	GAMBLER	ALMONER, EMBARGO*, GAMBREL*, MANGLER, MEGARON*, MONGREL*	115
14	50 6 1 7 7 4 → 564	565	54 – 79	564 (7 + 4) × 50 + 7 + 1 + 6		125
15	DUBLLZERO	BULLDOZER (3.75 seconds)	64 – 79			135