Episode 2679

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Episode 2679 was broadcast on 3 January 2000, as part of Series 42.

Helen Wrigglesworth played Joanna Newman, with Helen Wrigglesworth winning 53 – 40. The Dictionary Corner guest was Richard Digance, and the lexicographer was Mark Nyman.

NOTE 1: Mark Nyman introduced the 10th edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary at the start of this game, mentioning that new words such as CYBERPUNK would now be allowed (though a selection producing CYBERPUNK would be invalid as it has only two vowels). However, the new dictionary was abandoned after only one day's filming with the rest of Series 42 reverting to the 9th edition.

NOTE 2: This was the first show of the 2000s decade.

NOTE 3: Starting from this episode, Countdown was back to square one for the eleventh time to discover new eventual finalists and series champions post-Championship of Champions X.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Helen Wrigglesworth	Score	Joanna Newman	Others	Max.
1	TGDIEALSO	GLOATED	7 – 7	DILATES	DIASTOLE*, DOGSTAIL*, GODETIAS*, GODLIEST*, ISOLATED, SODALITE*	8
2	IEEXPRKMA	EXPIRE	13 – 13	EXPIRE	EPIMERA*, PEAKIER	15
3	VGRCIEOAL	CLOVER	13 – 20	GLACIER	CALORIE*, CARIOLE*, CLAVIER*, GRACILE*, LORICAE*	22
4	25 100 10 1 8 5 → 943	938	13 – 27	942 (100 − 5) × 10 − 8	CV: 943 = (100 − 5) × 10 − 8 + 1	32
SST	GLIBNESS				BLESSING
5	UEINNSBCE	BUNNIES	20 – 34	BUNNIES	BENNIES*, INCENSE	39
6	DYTAOEWFI	WAITED	26 – 40	WAFTED	TIDEWAY	46
7	AENGMSOZA	MANAGES	33 – 40	AMAZES	AMAZONS, MANGOES*, SAMANGO*, SANGOMA*	53
8	75 7 6 5 1 10 → 429	429 75 × 6 − (10 + 5 + 7 − 1)	43 – 40	425		63
9	EQUALCRED	LACQUERED (11.25 seconds)	53 – 40			73

External Links

• Watch this episode on YouTube (part 1)