Episode CLAN1

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Episode CLAN1, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 1, Episode 1 was a special episode broadcast on 2 October 2021 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Suren Jayemanne, Jennifer Wong and Merrick Watts were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Suren Jayemanne winning by 52 – 36 – 44 and he won the 1981 edition of "B to C" section form the Oceaniapaedia encyclopedia.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Bridie Connell, 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 5, Suren declared 913, but the solution led to the result of 917. He still receives 7 points for his solution.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Suren Jayemanne	Jennifer Wong	Merrick Watts	Score	Others	Max
1	A T U A G R U D W	GRAD	AWARD	GUARD	4 – 5 – 5	GARUDA	6
2	R E C O A R B O D	DOORBRACE ☓	BROCADE	ROARED	4 – 12 – 11	BROADER, CORDOBA*, REBOARD*, CORRODE*, BROODER*, BRACERO*, BOARDER, BARCODE	13
3	50 100 25 2 5 7 → 138	137/139	8	137	11 – 12 – 18	LS: 138 = 100 + 50 − 7 − 5	23
TTT	BOYTIRES	The solemn boy tires and turns to tottler.				SOBRIETY
4	L E P I N A S E T	NEPALIS ☓	ALPINES	LAPINS	11 – 19 – 24	PENALTIES	41
5	100 25 75 8 6 3 → 913	917** (6 + 3) × 100 + 25 − 8	800	925	18 – 19 – 24	Best: 913 = (100 × 25 + 8 + 6) ÷ 3 + 75	51
TTT	EELTROUT	Eel and trout are fish, but this game is all about the chips.				ROULETTE
6	D O N V E I G W A	WAGONED	EVADING	WAGON	25 – 26 – 29	AVOWING*, WENDIGO*, WEAVING, WIDGEON, WINDAGE*	58
7	25 100 7 2 8 1 → 809	809 8 × 100 + 7 + 2	809 8 × 100 + 7 + 2	809 8 × 100 + 7 + 2	35 – 36 – 39		68
TTT	AIMMERIT	The wedding hour is a naval matter.				MARITIME
8	D Y E A S W I R I	DIARIES	DRAWERS ☓	YEARS	42 – 36 – 44	DAIRIES, DIARISE, AIRSIDE*, SIDEWAY, WAYSIDE	75
9	U P L O N O L I T	POLLUTION (14.5 SECONDS)			52 – 36 – 44		85