Episode CLAN28

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Episode CLAN28, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 3, Episode 4 was a special episode broadcast on 24 October 2022 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Ben Lee, Alex Lee and Hamish Blake were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Hamish Blake winning by 48 – 50 – 57 and he won the Hing's first pair of glasses from his childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Carlo Ritchie, and the lexicographer was David Astle.

In this version of the game, three players competing with each other instead of traditional two. Also, this version notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each valid word or solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores").
In Letters Rounds of this version, all the words are checked by their presence in Collins Dictionary instead of Oxford, meaning that American and other spellings of the words are eligible.
In Numbers Rounds of this version, players receive points for their declarations, even if the solutions for players' declarations were not provided in the show, assuming they were cut out from broadcasting to speed up the show. Also, player can get points if their solution leads to the result which not matches with the declared result, but it's still in scoring margin.

NOTE 1: In Round 3, Hamish declared 234, but the solution led to the result of 233. He still receives 7 points for his solution.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Ben Lee	Alex Lee	Hamish Blake	Score	Others	Max
1	P T O I E N L T A	TOILET	TOILET	PLANET	6 – 6 – 6	POTENTIAL	18
2	O K R E P S I R U	POKERS	POKER	RESPUR ☓	12 – 11 – 6	SUPERIOR, SPRUIKER	26
3	25 75 100 8 2 5 → 236	235 ☓	233 100 × 2 + 25 + 8	233** 100 × 2 + 25 + 8	12 – 18 – 13	L​S: 236 = (100 + 8) × 2 + 25 − 5	36
TTT	LOONYMOP	Avoid jail, take full control of the loony mop.				MONOPOLY
4	S E D I T E C D O	TIDES	DECIDES	DECIDES	17 – 25 – 20	DIOCESE, DECEITS*, DECODES*, DISCOED*, TEDDIES*, TODDIES*, CESTODE*	43
5	L N U A V D O E J	NOVA	VALUED	VALUED	21 – 31 – 26	UNLOVED	50
6	100 75 3 8 5 9 → 422	422 100 × 5 − 75 − 3	424 (9 − 5) × 100 + 3 × 8	422 100 × 5 − 75 − 3	31 – 38 – 36		60
TTT	SCOWLALE	Scowl ale is popular at barbecues.				COLESLAW
7	R Z W U A O R S I	ROARS	ROARS	ROARS	36 – 43 – 41	ARROWS, RAZORS*, WAZIRS*	66
8	100 25 50 3 6 5 → 558	557/559	556/560	558 100 × 6 − 50 + 5 + 3	43 – 50 – 51		76
TTT	AMBERLOVE	Amber love is easily taken away.				REMOVABLE
9	N C G A E N O S I	SCONE	SEANCE ☓	CASING	48 – 50 – 57	CANOEING, CANONISE*, COINAGES*, ENCASING*	84
10	B R E U H N G O I				48 – 50 – 57	NEIGHBOUR	94