Episode CLAN47

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Episode CLAN47, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 11 was a special episode uploaded on the SBS streaming service on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Geraldine Hickey, Merrick Watts and Lizzy Hoo were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Geraldine Hickey winning by 49 – 44 – 35 and she won the "non-branded" flying disc from Hing's 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 6, Geraldine declared 789, but the solution led to the result of 791. She still receives 7 points for her solution.

NOTE 2: In Round 8, Geraldine declared 931, but with a little help from Michael she got the exact solution. She still receives 10 points for the solution, so she must ended the show with the score of 46. This not affects her victory.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Geraldine Hickey	Merrick Watts	Lizzy Hoo	Score	Others	Max
1	A T N S I E D R N	STRAINED	DRAINS	DRAINS	8 – 6 – 6	DETRAINS, RANDIEST*, ENTRAINS*, TRANNIES*	8
2	T E I P N M G A E	TIME	MEETING	PAEGEN ☓	12 – 13 – 6	GEMINATE	16
3	25 50 9 7 6 3 → 382		382 50 × 6 + 25 × 3 + 7	283	12 – 23 – 6		26
TTT	HEADWORM	As a song, it's bound to worm into your head.				HOMEWARD
4	C O I S Q E N L O	NOISE	CLONES	COLONS	17 – 29 – 12	COLONIES, COLONISE, ECLOSION*	34
5	A E G T S A N J H	STAG	GATES	HATES	21 – 34 – 17	AGNATES*, THANAGE*	41
6	100 25 50 6 8 9 → 792	791** 100 × 8 − 9	—	697	28 – 34 – 17	L​S: 792 = 100 × 8 − 50 ÷ 25 − 6	51
TTT	FEISTYINN	Become stronger at the feisty inn.				INTENSIFY
7	F R U I T R E W V	FRUIT	FRUIT	FRUITER	33 – 39 – 24	FURTIVE, TURFIER*	58
8	50 75 100 9 7 6 → 932	932** 100 × 9 + 75 − 50 + 7	942	925	43 – 44 – 29		68
TTT	NULLBITE	Good readers digest a null bite.				BULLETIN
9	D R B O S A O S M	BOARDS	BREAM ☓	BROOMS	49 – 44 – 35	DOOSRAS, ADSORBS*, MASOORS*	75
10	W E V P N I I O T				49 – 44 – 35	VIEWPOINT	85