User:Mglovesfun/List of my amateur Countdown games

This is a list of Martin Gardner's Countdown games at the Edinburgh Countdown Club and COLIN 2005. This page is not really considered an article as its relevance to televised Countdown in tenuous. Instead it's a user sub-page and is part of User:Mglovesfun.

Edinburgh Countdown Club, 2004

Games were sorted only by points and not by wins. Therefore I know despite winning three games out of four I finished in the bottom half, as I got a beating from Melanie Beaumont in my final game, which was all that stood between me and four wins out of four.

Games 1 and 2

I don't seem to have a record of these games anymore. All I know is that I played two Edinburgh locals and won both games.

Game 3

Jenny Haldane played Martin Gardner with Martin Gardner winning 50-46. The lexicographer was Melanie Beaumont.

Rnd	Selection	Jenny Haldane	Score	Martin Gardner	Others	Max.
1	VPBIAUCCG	PUBIC	5 – 5	PUBIC	CUBIC	5
2	STVUIIENP	PUNITIVE	13 – 5	PUNIEST		13
3	TKQIEASFT	FATTIES	20 – 12	FATTIES		20
4	100 2 1 3 8 5 → 765	765	30 – 22	765		30
5	RSLIUIAZY	AIRILY	36 – 22	RAILS		36
6	RSNAEIOCL	LANCERS	36 – 40	CENSORIAL	LONICERAS	54
7	TSTAAEHHL	sheathe ☓	36 – 40	healths ☓	STEALTH	61
8	4 3 2 10 10 7 → 340	340	46 – 50	340		71
9	DATEGRAIN		46 – 50	denigrate ☓ (6 seconds)	TRAGEDIAN	81

Game 4

Martin Gardner played Melanie Beaumont with Melanie Beaumont winning 67 - 33. The lexicographer was Jenny Haldane.

Rnd	Selection	Martin Gardner	Score	Melanie Beaumont	Others	Max.
1	TFDIAOFLS	FLOATS	0 – 7	DISTAFF		7
2	KDQOEITTY	KITTED	6 – 13	KITTED		13
3	ZRLEIAESL	REALIZES	14 – 21	REALIZES	SLEAZIER	21
4	75 2 1 3 6 5 → 925	—	14 – 31	925		31
5	RLHIOIRTH	TOIL	18 – 35	LOTH	LITHO, THIOL, TRIOL	36
6	JLSTAOOAC	COAST	18 – 42	COASTAL		43
7	NSRAEESGB	BARENESS	26 – 50	BARENESS		51
8	100 75 50 25 6 8 → 368	367	33 – 57	367	CV: 368 = (50-100/25)*8	61
9	LINECURVE		33 – 67	VIRULENCE		71

COLIN 2005

I played at the first COLIN but haven't done once since. I certainly hope to do COLIN 2009 but it's too far in advance to know what will happen then. Anyway I played 6 games and won 4 of them, had I got the conundrum in the last game against Ben Wilson I would have finished second behind Chris Wills. Note that for most of these games, I'm listed as starting but I may not have, because I didn't make a note about the order of play. The maximums are also probably not correct, and the last two conundrums are given in vowel-consonant order, because I have the answers but not the scrambles.

Game 1

Martin Gardner played Anthony Endsor with Martin Gardner winning 58 - 45. The lexicographer was Kirk Bevins.

Rnd	Selection	Martin Gardner	Score	Anthony Endsor	Others	Max.
1	EEERCSFEE	FREES	5 – 5	FREES	CREESE	6
2	MGHAOESPO	HOMAGES	12 – 12	HOMAGES	PHAGOSOME	24
3	OIECRGRGD	RIGGED	18 – 12	gordier ☓	ERGODIC	31
4	7 100 3 5 3 6 → 897	897	28 – 22	897		40
5	LNPAIEWYL	PLAINLY	35 – 22	lineplay ☓	ALIENLY	47
6	IAIRTNIVO	RATION	41 – 28	RATION		53
7	QTLAEEDDN	DELATED	48 – 35	DELATED		60
8	75 10 2 1 8 9 → 990	990	58 – 45	990		70
9	UNDERTILE		58 – 45		INTERLUDE	80

Game 2

Martin Gardner played Kirk Bevins with Kirk Bevins winning 57-47. The lexicographer was Anthony Endsor.

Rnd	Selection	Martin Gardner	Score	Kirk Bevins	Others	Max.
1	IAEDSHTJT	SHITTED	7 – 7	SHITTED	ATHEIST	7
2	TDVEIARTE	DEVIATE	7 – 15	DERIVATE	ITERATED	15
3	AEELMSSYC	MEASLES	14 – 22	MEASLES		22
4	5 4 10 8 6 7 → 827	820	14 – 29	826		32
5	LWBIUAZKS	waulks ☓	14 – 34	WAILS	BAULKS	38
6	AUIFSNANR	FARINAS	21 – 41	FARINAS		45
7	PXTUUAEBS	EXPATS	27 – 47	BEAUTS	UPBEAT	51
8	75 2 10 4 6 5 → 431	431	37 – 57	431		61
9	BAKEKROOM	BOOKMAKER (6 seconds)	47 – 57			71

Game 3

Martin Gardner played Jeff Clayton with Martin Gardner winning 66-37. The lexicographer was Alex Lacey.

Rnd	Selection	Martin Gardner	Score	Jeffrey Clayton	Others	Max.
1	UOEDSQZOC	COOED	5 – 0	coques ☓	ESCUDO	6
2	JWTSAAIAK	WAIST	10 – 5	WAIST	AWAITS	12
3	EIETRNBGO	INTEGER	17 – 5	beeting ☓	GENITOR	19
4	10 9 7 6 9 10 → 534	534	27 – 15	534		29
5	CNTMOOOEE	ECOTONE	34 – 15	CEMENT		36
6	IIAVYRHOS	HAIRY	39 – 20	HAIRS	RAVISH	42
7	XTSOATERA	ROTATES	46 – 27	TOASTER		49
8	50 5 7 8 2 6 → 356	356	56 – 37	356		59
9	FIREKLOWD	FIELDWORK (6 seconds)	66 – 37			69

Game 4

Martin Gardner played Alex Lacey with Martin Gardner winning 65-38. The lexicographer was Jeff Clayton.

Rnd	Selection	Martin Gardner	Score	Alex Lacey	Others	Max.
1	AOEJPSRSD	SPREADS	7 – 0	PASSED		7
2	EUENHLPUL	HULL	11 – 4	PULL	LUNULE	13
3	IAESTFYRP	FAIREST	18 – 11	PARTIES	PIRATES, TRAIPSE	20
4	100 6 8 2 9 4 → 855	855	28 – 11	—		30
5	GCLFTEOEW	FLEET	33 – 16	TOWEL	CLEFT, ELECT	35
6	EAORBRSKZ	BEZOARS	40 – 23	BROKERS	BRAKERS	42
7	AIIACLDVD	AVAIL	45 – 28	VALID	CLIVIA	48
8	100 5 3 10 10 7 → 163	163	55 – 38	163		58
9	HAILGGTIN	ALIGHTING (10 seconds)	65 – 37			68

Game 5

Martin Gardner played Tom Hargreaves with Martin Gardner winning 58 - 40. The lexicographer was Ben Wilson.

Rnd	Selection	Martin Gardner	Score	Tom Hargreaves	Others	Max.
1	AAARNSICG	SCARING	7 – 7	SCARING		7
2	JYVRUIEWI	JIVER	12 – 12	JIVER		12
3	EAETSRPDE	DESPERATE	30 – 12	seperated ☓		30
4	75 5 9 2 1 2 → 588	588	40 – 22	588		40
5	LTGREIAPM	RAGTIME	47 – 29	MIGRATE	PALMIER, IMPALER, LEMPIRA, MARLITE, EPIGRAM, PRIMATE	47
6	OOIFWGFSM	MIFFS	52 – 34	WOOFS	GOOFS	52
7	SNLDAOOTC	TALONS	58 – 40	SALOON	COOLANTS	60
8	100 1 9 1 2 2 → 525	—	58 – 40	—		70
9	AEIIDMMSX		58 – 40		MAXIMISED	80

Game 6

Ben Wilson played Martin Gardner with Ben Wilson winning 44 - 36. The lexicographer was Tom Hargreaves.

Rnd	Selection	Ben Wilson	Score	Martin Gardner	Others	Max.
1	XKCLOEEDV	LOCKED	6 – 6	LOCKED	EVOKED	6
2	AAIBLHTAA	HABIT	11 – 11	LABIA	HIATAL	12
3	HNSYIOASN	ANIONS	17 – 11	SHINY	ANNOYS, SHINNY	18
4	100 1 2 9 1 2 → 406	406	27 – 11	407		27
5	EEOLSTRAT	RATTLES	27 – 29	TOLERATES		46
6	TDBRIEOCS	debitors☓	27 – 36	ORBITED	BISECTOR	54
7	EUEDNLFMU	fueled ☓	27 – 36	fueled ☓	NEEDFUL	61
8	3 10 9 9 6 8 → 361	360	34 – 36	—		71
9	AAICGMPRT	PRAGMATIC (4 seconds)	44 – 36			81