Episode CLAN44

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Episode CLAN44, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 4, Episode 8 was a special episode uploaded on the SBS streaming service on 12 February 2024 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers. Later it was broadcasted on SBS Viceland on 16 September 2024.

Harley Breen, Oliver Twist and Angie Kent were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Harley Breen winning by 54 – 39 – 34 and he won the Hing's teenage diary from his childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Kirsty Webeck, 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 1, Oliver initially declared that he had a four-letter word, but then gave a five-letter word. He still receives 5 points for his word.

NOTE 2: In Round 3, Angie didn't get the declared result but she pulled it off with the big help of the panel members. She still receives 10 points for the solution, so she must ended the show with the score of 24. This not affects Harley's victory.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Harley Breen	Oliver Twist	Angie Kent	Score	Others	Max
1	A D S G U E N H I	DENGHI ☓	NUDES**	DUG	0 – 5 – 3	ANGUISHED	18
2	O L E E Q W R K B	BEER	WORK	WEEK	4 – 9 – 7	BOWLER, BLOWER, REEBOK*	24
3	50 75 100 9 4 3 → 379	379 100 × 3 + 75 + 4	379 100 × 3 + 75 + 4	379**	14 – 19 – 17		34
TTT	HERAWARD	Tough clothes and sharp tools are her award.				HARDWARE
4	I A I E L F G T S	SALT	SAIL	STIFLE	18 – 23 – 23	FILIATES	42
5	O E K A S B O O P	SPOOK	SPOOK	BOOK	23 – 28 – 27	POOKAS*	48
6	100 75 9 3 2 4 → 989	985 100 × 9 + 2 × 3 + 75 + 4	985 100 × 9 + 2 × 3 + 75 + 4	976	30 – 35 – 27	L​S: 989 = 100 × 9 + (3 + 4) × 2 + 75	58
TTT	ARAIDGUN	A raid gun protects the young.				GUARDIAN
7	U N F E I T P E N	PINT	FINE	PUN	34 – 39 – 30	PUNNET, NIENTE*, TENPIN*, PINENE*	64
8	100 75 50 7 5 3 → 288	288 100 × 3 − 7 − 5	250	225	44 – 39 – 30		74
TTT	SPRYBARER	This spry barer is feeling fruity.				RASPBERRY
9	O A D M E R N T A	TRADER ☓	OREANT ☓	NAME	44 – 39 – 34	EMANATOR, MANDATOR	82
10	M A N V D L A S I	VANDALISM (9.5 SECONDS)			54 – 39 – 34		92