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− | + | * ...that during [[Series 42]] '''[[Helen Wrigglesworth]]''' had the word {{word|ROADSIDE}} disallowed by [[Mark Nyman]], prompting ''[[Countdown]]'' to revert to the previous edition of the [[ODE]] for adjudications during the rest of the series? | |
− | * ...that | + | * ...that in [[Episode 5499|his first heat game]], '''[[Ben Nicholson]]''' had his offerings disallowed in five consecutive [[letters round]]s – but still won by 32 points? |
− | * ...that [[ | + | * ...that the third letters round on '''[[Episode 5555|26 September 2012]]''' produced the selection {{word|SIENUEDST}}, which could be rearranged to spell the name of resident [[lexicographer]] [[Susie Dent]]? |
− | * ...that | + | * ...that eleven games have contained two '''[[numbers round]]s''' with the same target, but it has never been possible to solve two rounds exactly the same way in a given episode? |
+ | <noinclude>{{episode|previous=Template:DYK January|next=Template:DYK March}}</noinclude> |
Revision as of 12:53, 14 April 2013
- ...that during Series 42 Helen Wrigglesworth had the word ROADSIDE disallowed by Mark Nyman, prompting Countdown to revert to the previous edition of the ODE for adjudications during the rest of the series?
- ...that in his first heat game, Ben Nicholson had his offerings disallowed in five consecutive letters rounds – but still won by 32 points?
- ...that the third letters round on 26 September 2012 produced the selection SIENUEDST, which could be rearranged to spell the name of resident lexicographer Susie Dent?
- ...that eleven games have contained two numbers rounds with the same target, but it has never been possible to solve two rounds exactly the same way in a given episode?