Episode CLAN4

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Episode CLAN4, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 1, Episode 4 was a special episode broadcast on 23 October 2021 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Nikki Britton, Oliver Twist and Merrick Watts were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Merrick Watts winning by 44 – 39 – 45 and he won the 1981 edition of "C to D" section form the Oceaniapaedia encyclopedia.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Adam Richard, 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.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Nikki Britton	Oliver Twist	Merrick Watts	Score	Others	Max
1	W E L A A T H E L	LEATHAL ☓	WEALTH	LETHAL	0 – 6 – 6	WALLET, WALLAH*	6
2	G R I O D N Y A T	GRIND	GRIOT	GRIND	5 – 11 – 11	GYRATION, ROADYING*, TOADYING	14
3	25 50 7 2 4 9 → 621	623 (9 + 4) × 50 − 25 − 2	616	–	12 – 18 – 11	LS: 621 = 25 × 50 ÷ 2 − 4	24
TTT	THELEAST	The least they strive for is bronze.				ATHLETES
4	E E R C A D B K C	BREAD	CARD	CREEK	17 – 22 – 16	CRACKED, REDBACK, CREAKED	31
5	N U J E T O C D N	CONNED	ENUENDO ☓	DENT	23 – 22 – 20	CONTEND*, COUNTED, UNTONED*, JOUNCED	38
6	25 50 6 8 3 5 → 270	269 50 × 5 + 25 − 6	275	269 50 × 5 + 25 − 6	30 – 29 – 27	LS: 270 = (25 + 6 ÷ 3) × 50 ÷ 5	48
TTT	FLATLIPS	Before plumping flat lips beware of the dangers.				PITFALLS
7	W A R A O O J L G	WOOL	WOOL	WAR	34 – 33 – 30	JAROOL*	54
8	50 75 25 4 4 8 → 760	760 (75 + 4 ÷ 4) × (8 + 50 ÷ 25)	75000	770	44 – 33 – 35		64
TTT	REALNICE	This lovely clue is depending on you.				RELIANCE
9	R R N I U T N E N	NURRET ☓	UNITER	NUTRIENT ☓	44 – 39 – 35	RUNTIER*, RUNNIER	71
10	Y A T S Y E E R D			YESTERDAY (29.75 SECONDS)	44 – 39 – 45		81