Episode 5947

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Episode 5947 was broadcast on 30 June 2014, as part of Series 71.

James Wall played Tricia Blatherwick, with James Wall winning 68 – 33. The Dictionary Corner guest was Jon Culshaw, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

NOTE 1: This episode was the first to use the Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO), meaning that Dictionary Corner started using a laptop instead of a paper dictionary for the first time in the history of Countdown.

NOTE 2: In Round 10, Blatherwick's declaration of furnitures ☓ was disallowed for three reasons: it's not a valid word, it contains the letters that weren't in the selection and it was misdeclared as a nine. (A declaration was previously been disallowed for three separate reasons on 16 May 2011.)

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	James Wall	Score	Tricia Blatherwick	Others	Max.
1	MCEPHAOEN	MENACE	6 – 0	cephane ☓	CHAPMEN*, CHEAPEN*, PACEMEN*, PHONEME*	7
2	UGOSANISO	SONGS	11 – 0	ooing ☓	SOUSING, SUASION*	14
3	50 4 8 9 8 2 → 817	817 8 × 2 × 50 + 9 + 8	21 – 0	815		24
TTT	HORSECAP	They'll cook eggs and fish which they've acquired illegally.			POACHERS
4	ELDOERBGU	BLUDGER	28 – 7	BURGLED	REDOUBLE	32
5	ASMRIGLDE	GRIMED	34 – 13	RIDGES	REGALISM*	40
6	50 8 1 10 7 1 → 329	330 (50 − 8 − 7 − 1 − 1) × 10	41 – 13	329 ☓	RR: 329 = (50 − (10 − 8 + 1)) × 7	50
7	TWLOATVES	VOLES	41 – 19	TOWELS	SOLVATE*, WATTLES	57
8	IMREDOITJ	REMIT	41 – 25	MITRED	DIORITE, TIMIDER*	64
9	75 2 6 9 3 1 → 264	262 75 × 3 + (6 − 2) × 9 + 1	48 – 25	258	RR: 264 = (3 + 1) × 6 × (9 + 2)	74
TTT	ONEDROVE	One drove to the restaurant to avoid eating the tough meat.			OVERDONE
10	USENRIFET	infester ☓	48 – 25	furnitures ☓9	INTERFUSE	92
11	ANSPIODBI	PIANOS	48 – 33	OBSIDIAN		100
12	RAZESOEMA	amazers ☓	48 – 33	reamazes ☓	AMAZES, AROMAS*, MAZERS, RAMOSE*, SEAMER*, ZEROES*	106
13	CPSEUHIPL	spices ☓	48 – 33	pilches ☓	PLUSHIE*, SCHLEPP*, SPICULE*	113
14	9 10 8 8 3 4 → 864	864 ((10 + 3) × 8 + 4) × 8	58 – 33	—		123
15	VINEGOURD	DEVOURING (2.25 seconds)	68 – 33			133