Episode 6686

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Episode 6686 was broadcast on 12 October 2017, as part of Series 77.

Lawrie Western played Alex Smith, with Alex Smith winning 55 – 42. The Dictionary Corner guest was Michael Whitehall, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

NOTE: Western's Round 7 declaration of OUTEARN was disallowed by Dictionary Corner, though it can be found un-hyphenated in the Oxford Dictionary Online under the US Dictionary section. This error proved to affect the result of the game, which, had OUTEARN been allowed, would have gone to a tie-break conundrum following a 49 – 49 draw. This is the third incorrect disallowance of the series after SHAMER and DEFAMOUS.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Lawrie Western	Score	Alex Smith	Others	Max.
1	ERLIOPTOV	LOOPIER	7 – 7	OVERTIP	OVERPLOT*, OVERTOIL	8
2	MGCEUEDPA	pumage ☓	7 – 13	CAMPED	DECAMP, DUMPEE*, PEDAGE*, PEMUDA*	14
3	2 5 6 2 4 7 → 674	666 ☓	7 – 13	—	RR: 672 = 2 × 6 × 2 × 4 × 7	21
TTT	SIPSTEINS	He sips away at several steins of beer until he's affected by this.			TIPSINESS
4	LMCGAIEDI	CLAIMED	14 – 13	MAGIC	ALGICIDE	29
5	EBSNAOSHE	BANSHEE	14 – 21	BANSHEES		37
6	100 9 4 5 8 3 → 294	294 100 × 3 − (9 − 8 + 5)	24 – 21	295		47
7	ORNRTAUEZ	outearn ☓**	24 – 27	RETURN	ORNATURE*	55
8	NSLOEPLUS	supple ☓	24 – 33	PULSES	ENSOULS*, ONSELLS*, PUNLESS, SULLENS*, UPSELLS*	62
9	6 2 7 8 5 2 → 122	126	24 – 43	122 6 × 2 × (8 + 2) + 7 − 5		72
TTT	LEEISCALM	Lee is calm until he goes to fill up the kettle; it's full of this.			LIMESCALE
10	NGDEIESSU	seedings ☓	24 – 50	SEEDING	DINGESES*, DINGUSES*, EDGINESS, GENIUSED*, GENIUSES	80
11	PIRNTUOVB	TURNIP	30 – 50	POINT	ROBINUT*, RUPTION*, UNIPORT*	87
12	NRXIAARTI	TRAIN	35 – 55	TRAIN	ARRANT*	93
13	AOWDREOMR	ARROWED	42 – 55	morrowed ☓	WARDROOM*	101
14	25 3 2 4 7 2 → 413	412 ☓	42 – 55	421 ☓	RR: 413 = (25 × 2 + 4 + 3 + 2) × 7	111
15	AIRFIDGET	grafitied ☓ (5.25 seconds)	42 – 55		GRATIFIED	121