Episode 4747

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Rachel Riley before the start of the final.

"Is it GANDISEEG?"

Episode 4747 was broadcast on 30 January 2009, and was the Championship of Champions XIII grand final.

Charlie Reams played Steve Briers, with Steve Briers winning 88 – 67. The Dictionary Corner guest was Paul Zenon, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

Reams started with LEPTON while Briers had OPULENT for seven. Briers maintained this lead until he had REENACT disallowed. Briers then took the lead again, first with SNOOZED, then another seven points when Reams went wrong on the numbers. A seven, a six and a five for both players meant that Reams had to beat Briers on the final numbers game to force a crucial conundrum. However Reams declared nothing, and Briers declared 5 away. Briers had won the tournament, and just the conundrum remained. The conundrum was ELITEBOUT. Briers first buzzed in with LIBOUETTE which was wrong, and then comically Reams buzzed in with GANDISEEG, referring to Richard Brittain's guess at the conundrum in the first round.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Charlie Reams	Score	Steve Briers	Others	Max.
1	PJLNEUOTO	LEPTON	0 – 7	OPULENT	PELOTON*	7
2	PTWYUEOLC	OCTUPLE	7 – 14	COUPLET	COUPLEY*	14
3	MDBDAUAIF	MAFIA	12 – 19	MAFIA	BADAM*	19
4	LNRMEAONI	MANLIER	19 – 26	MINERAL	MINNEOLA*	27
5	100 8 4 3 1 9 → 659	658 (100 − (9 − 3)) × (8 − 1)	26 – 33	658 (100 + 8 + 1) × (9 − 3) + 4	Best: 659 = ((9 − 1) × 8 + 100) × 4 + 3	37
TTT	DARKMERE	Said something about the corrected exam paper.			REMARKED
6	NCRTEAEEA	CATERAN	33 – 33	reenact ☓	CATENAE*, CRENATE*	44
7	STRTOAEIG	GAROTTES	41 – 41	TOASTIER		52
8	LISEPERIR	REPLIERS	49 – 49	REPLIERS		60
9	DZHNEOOOS	DOZENS	49 – 56	SNOOZED		67
10	50 25 10 10 6 6 → 832	830 ☓	49 – 63	835 (50 + 25) × (10 + 6 ÷ 6) + 10	Best: 831 = (10 + 6) × 50 + 6 + 25	74
TTT	DARTROPE	It runs away with itself, followed by a lot more.			TEARDROP
11	LSNTIOEEE	LENITES	56 – 70	ESTOILE	ENLISTEE*, SELENITE*	82
12	VMRNIAABH	AIRMAN	62 – 76	MARINA	BARMAN*, BHAVAN*, BRAHMA*, MIHRAB*, MINBAR*, VIHARA*	88
13	PTQAUEASU	QUEST	67 – 81	SQUAT	TUQUES*	94
14	75 4 4 7 9 2 → 874	—	67 – 88	869 (7 + 4) × (75 + 4)	RR: 873 = (75 × 4 − 9) × (7 − 4) Best: 874 = ((75 + 9 × 4) × 4 − 7) × 2	104
15	ELITEBOUT	gandiseeg ☓ (29.5 seconds)	67 – 88	libouette ☓ (29 seconds)	OUBLIETTE	114

External Links

• Watch this episode on YouTube (part 1), (part 2), (part 3), (part 4)

Charlie Reams Conundrum Joke: [1]