Cambridge Charity Countdown Challenge

The Cambridge Charity Countdown Challenge was a charity match between Julian Fell and Chris Cummins. Both were students at the University of Cambridge and both were series champions – Julian Fell in Series 48 and Chris Cummins in Series 50. Julian Fell won the match composed of two games 2 – 0, although both games were close.

NOTE: The conundrum in game two was illegal as WATER POLO is only specified in the NODE as two words.

Game 1

Rnd	Selection	Chris Cummins	Score	Julian Fell	Others	Max.
1	SCPRLHUEA	PURCHASE	8 – 8	PURCHASE	SPECULAR	8
2	RMDEOUHGP	GROUPED	15 – 15	MORPHED	GRUMPED, GUMDROP, ROUGHED	15
3	DMDZTIUEY	TIMED	15 – 21	TEDIUM	DUTIED	21
4	NLBOEEQDT	BLONDE	15 – 28	BENDLET		28
5	2 5 3 9 5 7 → 910	910	25 – 38	910		38
6	IEIGRKVBO	BROKE	30 – 43	GROVE	VIBRIO	44
7	SFSRFGIOO	RIFFS	35 – 48	RIFFS	FORGO, FRIGS, FROGS, GIROS, GOOFS, GRIFF, GROSS, ROOFS	49
8	COEGDATPE	epacted ☓	35 – 55	ECOTAGE	ADOPTEE, GOATEED	56
9	RJNWSLAIO	JAILS	35 – 61	SAILOR	ASWIRL, JOWARS, LOWANS, NORIAS, ROWANS	62
10	25 3 1 7 1 6 → 684	680	42 – 61	683 ☓	Best: 683 = (25 + 6) × (7 × 3 + 1) + 1	69
11	RSNGTAEAF	STRANGE	42 – 69	TANAGERS	ENGRAFTS	77
12	NCRREUIDF	INCURRED	50 – 77	INCURRED		85
13	TPCFSUOOW	SCOOT	50 – 84	OCTOPUS		92
14	50 10 4 8 6 8 → 710	710	60 – 94	710		102
15	ERECTPENI	EPICENTRE (25 seconds)	70 – 94			112

Game 2

Rnd	Selection	Julian Fell	Score	Chris Cummins	Others	Max.
1	PCTEAALYM	PLAYMATE	8 – 0	PLACATE		8
2	RFLDFDIOI	FLORID	14 – 6	FLORID	FORDID	14
3	IOUSNVEMD	ENVIOUS	21 – 13	ENVIOUS	DEVIOUS, MENUDOS, NIVEOUS, UNMOVED, VEINOUS	21
4	FGPUIARBJ	FIGURA	27 – 13	BRAG	JABIRU, PUJARI	27
5	25 4 10 2 10 7 → 997	997	37 – 23	997		37
6	WMTHSIAOS	matsohs ☓	37 – 28	WHIST	HOISTS, HOSTAS, MIAOWS, SHAWMS, SHOATS, SIWASH, SMITHS, STOMAS, SWAMIS, SWATHS, TOWAIS, WAISTS, WHATSO	43
7	QAEITHLDT	DETAIL	43 – 34	HALTED	DILATE, HAILED, HALIDE, HALITE, HATTED, HILTED, LATHED, TAILED, TILTED, TITHED, TITLED	49
8	NXPCSNAOA	CANONS	49 – 40	CANNAS	CAPONS	55
9	GRDLEOIET	LOITERED	57 – 40	GLORIED	DOLERITE	63
10	9 1 10 5 4 7 → 101	101	67 – 50	101		73
11	ZUAFNOCGE	CANOE	72 – 55	OUNCE	CONGA, CONGE, COZEN, FANGO, FUNGO, GANEF, GAUZE, GENOA, GENUA, GUANO, OCEAN	78
12	KSMWBINUA	IAMBUS	78 – 61	ANIMUS	BUSKIN, BUSMAN, MUNIAS, NIMBUS, SUBMAN, UMIAKS, UNMASK	84
13	EUARTHGRD	DAUGHTER	86 – 69	DAUGHTER		92
14	4 2 6 2 8 6 → 376	376	96 – 79	376		102
15	POWERALOT		96 – 89	WATERPOLO** (20 seconds)		112