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Series 1 of Letters and Numbers, the Australian equivalent to the British game show Countdown, ran from August to December 2010. It was won by Andrew Fisher, who had also participated in Series 8 of Countdown twenty-four years earlier. Notably, on his début Letters and Numbers episode, Fisher scored 95 points, significantly higher than the top score of 83 achieved in the Countdown 9 round format.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Andrew Fisher	6	415
2	Naween Fernando	6	411
3	David Jones	6	346
4	Liam Bastick	6	324
5	Dom Saric	6	308
6	Kashi Ross	5	246
7	Veronica Corrigan	4	233
8	Esther Perrins	3	219

NOTE: Chris Scholten-Smith also became a viscount with a total of 265 points and would have qualified for the finals as #6 seed, but was unable to attend.

Finals progress

• QF1: Andrew Fisher (#1) beat Esther Perrins (#8)
• QF2: Naween Fernando (#2) beat Veronica Corrigan (#7)
• QF3: David Jones (#3) beat Kashi Ross (#6)
• QF4: Liam Bastick (#4) lost to Dom Saric (#5)
• SF1: Andrew Fisher (#1) beat David Jones (#3)
• SF2: Naween Fernando (#2) beat Dom Saric (#5)
• GF: Andrew Fisher (#1) beat Naween Fernando (#2)

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
LAN001	2/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	45 – 33	Elaine Miles	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN002	3/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	47 – 19	Nick Taubert	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN003	4/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	48 – 27	Helen Robinson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN004	5/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	47 – 38	Chaitanya Rao	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	73
LAN005	6/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	38 – 37	Jason Stockdale	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN006	9/08/2010	P	Chris Scholten-Smith	40 – 29	Alan Stewart	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN007	10/08/2010	P	Jenny Blair	33 – 51	Aaron Tyrrell	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	94
LAN008	11/08/2010	P	Aaron Tyrrell	35 – 25	Michael Gin	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN009	12/08/2010	P	Aaron Tyrrell	61 – 35	Lara Cassar	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN010	13/08/2010	P	Aaron Tyrrell	18 – 26	Stephen Farrelly	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN011	16/08/2010	P	Stephen Farrelly	30 – 15	Dawn Tuftan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN012	17/08/2010	P	Stephen Farrelly	30 – 37	Sudesh Piyatissa	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN013	18/08/2010	P	Sudesh Piyatissa	57 – 41	Tanya Ithier	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN014	19/08/2010	P	Sudesh Piyatissa	34 – 52	Rob York	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN015	20/08/2010	P	Rob York	42 – 95	Andrew Fisher	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	109
LAN016	23/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	63 – 32	Alexis Harley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN017	24/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	64 – 29	Adib Surani	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN018	25/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	67 – 35	Andrew Patterson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN019	26/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	67 – 23	Jane Cleary	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN020	27/08/2010	P	Andrew Fisher	59 – 25	Les Ramsay	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN021	30/08/2010	P	Kashi Ross	48 – 31	Erez Gordon	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN022	31/08/2010	P	Kashi Ross	46 – 28	Michael Clark	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN023	1/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	34 – 24	Robin Wedd	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN024	2/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	41 – 39	Jonathan Scarlett	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN025	3/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	45 – 17	Carol Campbell	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	86
LAN026	6/09/2010	P	Kashi Ross	32 – 73	Naween Fernando	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN027	7/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	60 – 21	Jim Bailey	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	98
LAN028	8/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	64 – 21	Daniel Pratt	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN029	9/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	94 – 10	Frances Weinberg	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	100
LAN030	10/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	64 – 5	Andrew Bullen	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN031	13/09/2010	P	Naween Fernando	56 – 6	Paul Hughes	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN032	14/09/2010	P	Stavroula Nicholls	24 – 53	Geoff Heard	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN033	15/09/2010	P	Geoff Heard	35 – 63	David Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN034	16/09/2010	P	David Jones	63 – 17	Arthur Barrs	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN035	17/09/2010	P	David Jones	50 – 39	Kiao Inthavong	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN036	20/09/2010	P	David Jones	61 – 30	Ben Strate	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN037	21/09/2010	P	David Jones	55 – 34	Beckett Rozentals	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN038	22/09/2010	P	David Jones	53 – 22	Brendan Murphy	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN039	23/09/2010	P	James Pho	32 – 48	Rob Mould	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN040	24/09/2010	P	Rob Mould	22 – 35	Ian See	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN041	27/09/2010	P	Ian See	51 – 24	Brian Lynch	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN042	28/09/2010	P	Ian See	27 – 63	James Weatherhead	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN043	29/09/2010	P	James Weatherhead	54 – 45	Pravin Dullur	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN044	30/09/2010	P	James Weatherhead	47 – 58	Angus Kidman	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN045	1/10/2010	P	Angus Kidman	45 – 55	Esther Perrins	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN046	4/10/2010	P	Esther Perrins	43 – 20	Matt Woodley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN047	5/10/2010	P	Esther Perrins	75 – 65	Sam Chow	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN048	6/10/2010	P	Esther Perrins	46 – 48	Liam Bastick	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN049	7/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	60 – 7	Dean Schwab	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN050	8/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	48 – 24	Rachael Bausor	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN051	11/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	46 – 35	Chris Ryan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN052	12/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	50 – 40	Amanda Mendizza	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN053	13/10/2010	P	Liam Bastick	72 – 28	Tristan Leech	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN054	14/10/2010	P	Bassem Abousaid	12 – 50	Jayanthi Viswanathan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN055	15/10/2010	P	Jayanthi Viswanathan	56 – 39	Keith De La Rue	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN056	18/10/2010	P	Jayanthi Viswanathan	34 – 49	Peter Stegelman	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN057	19/10/2010	P	Peter Stegelman	33 – 39	Rolli Pick	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN058	20/10/2010	P	Rolli Pick	31 – 38	Yolanda Sztarr	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN059	21/10/2010	P	Yolanda Sztarr	49 – 22	Mark Mota	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN060	22/10/2010	P	Yolanda Sztarr	40 – 41	Veronica Corrigan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN061	25/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	60 – 34	Paolo Navidad	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN062	26/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	54 – 27	Dave Wilson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN063	27/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	35 – 29	Jonathan Campbell	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	73
LAN064	28/10/2010	P	Veronica Corrigan	43 – 53	Ian Campbell-Fraser	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN065	29/10/2010	P	Ian Campbell-Fraser	40 – 38	Michael Phillips	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN066	1/11/2010	P	Ian Campbell-Fraser	27 – 22	Michael O'Neill	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN067	2/11/2010	P	Ian Campbell-Fraser	34 – 44*	Kathryn Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN068	3/11/2010	P	Kathryn Jones	41 – 44	James Parton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN069	4/11/2010	P	James Parton	44 – 25	Desire L'Etang	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN070	5/11/2010	P	James Parton	48 – 14	Jason Taylor	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	84
LAN071	8/11/2010	P	James Parton	46 – 49	Dennis Callegari	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN072	9/11/2010	P	Dennis Callegari	47 – 53	Dom Saric	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN073	10/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	52 – 8	Robert Lukunic	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN074	11/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	50 – 31	Yvonne Wake	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN075	12/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	45 – 16	Damian Foong	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN076	15/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	51 – 12	Billy Lowe	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN077	16/11/2010	P	Dom Saric	57 – 7	Rebecca Daley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN078	17/11/2010	P	Peter Smith	24 – 17	Mark Duggan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN079	18/11/2010	P	Peter Smith	43 – 46	Christopher Weldon	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN080	19/11/2010	P	Christopher Weldon	54 – 51	Jasper Johnson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN081	22/11/2010	P	Christopher Weldon	56 – 24	Paul Power	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN082	23/11/2010	P	Christopher Weldon	44 – 54*	Nick Carr	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN083	24/11/2010	P	Nick Carr	44 – 26	Christine Hodges	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN084	25/11/2010	P	Nick Carr	39 – 50	Robert Jackson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN085	26/11/2010	P	Robert Jackson	17 – 42	Leif Cooper	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN086	29/11/2010	P	Leif Cooper	53 – 19	Brett Newton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN087	30/11/2010	P	Leif Cooper	61 – 24	Rod Goulding	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN088	1/12/2010	P	Leif Cooper	37 – 45	Phil Moore	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN089	2/12/2010	P	Phil Moore	44 – 20	Mita Navidad	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN090	3/12/2010	P	Phil Moore	21 – 25	Brett Chaiyawat	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN091	6/12/2010	P	Brett Chaiyawat	59 – 29	Rikki Irwin	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN092	7/12/2010	P	Brett Chaiyawat	28 – 26	Belinda Smith	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN093	8/12/2010	P	Brett Chaiyawat	42 – 23	Adam Dawson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN094	9/12/2010	QF	Andrew Fisher	55 – 49	Esther Perrins	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	81
LAN095	10/12/2010	QF	Naween Fernando	75 – 13	Veronica Corrigan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	97
LAN096	13/12/2010	QF	David Jones	54 – 37	Kashi Ross	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN097	14/12/2010	QF	Liam Bastick	34 – 46	Dom Saric	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN098	15/12/2010	SF	Andrew Fisher	57 – 48	David Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN099	16/12/2010	SF	Naween Fernando	62 – 53	Dom Saric	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN100	17/12/2010	GF	Andrew Fisher	68 – 52	Naween Fernando	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum Since no known online word list is available for the Macquarie Dictionary, maximum scores are approximations only.