Episode 6796

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Episode 6796 was broadcast on 2 April 2018, as part of Series 78.

George Armstrong played Noel Jongwe, with George Armstrong winning 78 – 68, after a tie-break conundrum. The Dictionary Corner guest was Jay Rayner, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

NOTE: This game actually featured three conundrums, with the solution to the second conundrum being POLEAXING. However, due to time constraints, this second conundrum was cut.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	George Armstrong	Score	Noel Jongwe	Others	Max.
1	NRATOUNAE	ORNATE	6 – 6	TANNER	AERONAUT	8
2	RLCRTIUAE	clutter ☓	6 – 6	curater ☓	RECRUITAL*, RETICULAR	26
3	25 100 50 4 3 2 → 208	208 (100 + 4) × 2	16 – 16	208 (100 + 4) × 2		36
TTT	SPEEDRIMS	Plenty of speed and lovely rims; I'm quite taken with this new car.			IMPRESSED
4	IOUILTNGM	MUTING	16 – 24	MOULTING		44
5	RUSFETUAB	BRUTES	16 – 31	FUTURES	ARBUTUS*, AUTEURS*, BUREAUS*	51
6	75 25 4 2 2 10 → 952	950 (75 + 25 − 4 − 2 ÷ 2) × 10	23 – 31	—	RR: 952 = (4 × 10 − 2) × 25 + 2	61
7	RELTUNMAG	GRANULE	30 – 31	muntage ☓	ARGUMENT, GUNMETAL, REGULANT*	69
8	EAOEAPXRH	heaper ☓	30 – 37	HOAXER	RAPHAE*	75
9	100 25 75 3 10 7 → 157	157 100 + 75 − 25 + 7	40 – 47	157 100 + 75 − 25 + 7		85
TTT	UNDERFLOW	According to James and Donna, it's definitely this sort of life.			WONDERFUL
10	DYSLPIOEA	SPOILED	47 – 54	DEPLOYS	ELASIPOD*, OPALISED*	93
11	VOSRETLOA	LOOTERS	54 – 61	LOOTERS	LEVATORS*, OSETROVA*, OVERSALT*, ROSOLATE*	101
12	OIEIWTFDN	FONT	58 – 61	fonted ☓	TOWNIFIED	119
13	JEDSOPIVL	lopside ☓	58 – 68	SPOILED	DESPOIL*, DIPOLES*, PELOIDS*, PLOSIVE	126
14	100 25 75 50 9 10 → 782	782 75 × 10 + 25 + 9 − 100 ÷ 50	68 – 68	784		136
15	BLUERINSE		68 – 68		NEBULISER	146
TB	SQUEERTED	REQUESTED (1.75 seconds)	78 – 68			146

External Links

• Watch this episode on Dailymotion (part 1)