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 was specified as one word in the free version of Oxford Dictionaries Online when the US Dictionary section was not separate from the UK Dictionary section at the time of broadcast. 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.

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