Episode 6500

Episode 6500 was broadcast on 18 January 2017, as part of Series 76.

Notably, in Round 7, Cockerill requested a consonant as the sixth letter, but Rachel Riley gave him an I from the vowel box instead.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Ian Cockerill	Score	Louise Wilson	Others	Max.
1	NIETBASEM	MEANEST	0 – 8	BEAMIEST	BASEMENT, BETAINES*, MATINEES	8
2	HITAZMETN	HITMEN	6 – 8	TITAN	ANTHEM, HENTAI, HETMAN, HITMAN, INMATE, MANTIE, MATTIE, MATTIN, MENTHA, METHAI, MITHAN, MITTEN, TAIMEN, THAMIN, ZENITH	14
3	25 50 10 1 8 6 → 230	226	6 – 18	230 (25 − (8 − 6)) × 10		24
TTT	THEIRSAME	They have their same holiday, in the same month, in the same place, every single year.			TIMESHARE
4	GATOWSEGR	goaters ☓	6 – 25	SWAGGER	GAGSTER, GEOTAGS, GORGETS, ORGEATS, STAGGER, STORAGE, STOWAGE, TAGGERS, TOERAGS, TOWAGES	31
5	LPMAUSNOI	PIANOS	12 – 25	LIMPS	PULMONIAS*	49
6	50 25 6 7 2 1 → 507	506 (7 + 2 + 1) × 50 + 6	19 – 32	506 (7 + 2 + 1) × 50 + 6	RR: 507 = (6 − 1) × 2 × 50 + 7	59
7	STEUDIUXN	stined ☓	19 – 38	DUTIES	UNITUDES, UNSUITED	67
8	RIPEWHOFE	WIPER	24 – 43	WIPER	WHEREOF*	74
9	75 100 2 3 5 8 → 975	975 (8 + 5) × 75	34 – 53	975 (8 + 5) × 75		84
TTT	LOVEDMORE	She loved nothing more than going for a bike ride here.			VELODROME
10	ROLISGERD	SLIDER	34 – 60	GIRDLES	GIRDLERS, REGIDORS*	92
11	RCAEDLAVT	crevate ☓	34 – 66	CRAVED	ADRECTAL*	100
12	NOSAVDIRO	savior ☓	34 – 66	radions ☓	ADVISOR, INDOORS, INROADS, NARDOOS, ORDAINS, SINDOOR, SORDINO*	107
13	TLUIBTEID	debuilt ☓	34 – 72	BUTTED	BUTTLED	114
14	100 25 4 7 3 6 → 897	897 (6 + 3) × 100 − (7 − 4)	44 – 82	897 (6 + 3) × 100 − (7 − 4)		124
15	CARATCLIP		44 – 82		PRACTICAL	134