Episode LAN166

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Episode 166 of Letters and Numbers was broadcast on 21 March 2011, as part of Series 2.

Mel Cox played Had Thomas, with Mel Cox winning 52 – 37.

NOTE: In Round 4, David stated that BOATRACES is a valid word for scoring 18 points, however it is not recognised as a single word in the Oxford Dictionary.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Mel Cox	Score	Had Thomas	Others	Max.
1	CDOUNEGFU	FOUND	5 – 5	FOUND	FONDUE, FNUDGE, FECUND*	6
2	OIAMPDISF	MAIDS	10 – 5	DAMP	MAFIOSI*, DAIMIOS*	13
3	50 3 7 6 1 10 → 360	360 7 × 50 + 10	20 – 5	366		23
WM	WORD UPON	When it rains on your parade.			DOWNPOUR
4	CTAOARSBE	COARSE	20 – 12	COASTER	BOATRACES**, ASCORBATE*	41
5	SGUORTVAE	GRAVEST	27 – 12	STARVE	OUTRAGES	49
6	100 25 2 4 5 3 → 177	177 100 + 3 × 25 + 2	37 – 22	177 (3 + 4) × 25 + 2		59
WM	CLUNGKID	Not really ugly.			DUCKLING
7	DNIROICDE	DRONE	42 – 27	NICER	ONEIRIC, CRINOID*	66
8	50 75 1 6 4 6 → 312	312 (50 + 1) × 6 + 6	52 – 37	312 4 × 75 + 6 + 6		76
9	SALTMINED		52 – 37		DISMANTLE	86