COUNTDOWN - Game Eight soon

[doctorwho]

W D T D N E E A E

And here comes the clock...

(expired on 2016-05-09 20:00:00)

[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

Let's have a look...

BipolarChemist: 6 (NEEDED)

Yup!

D3f3nd3r: 6 (WANTED)

Also good. Six points each for that round.

Dictionary Corner

: I think we'll let D3f3nd3r sum this up...

...so many sixes but I can't find any sevens.

Indeed, six was the best you could do here. Well done!

With four rounds to go, it's now 29-23 as we look to D3f3nd3r for his letters.

[Cheery Dog]

they wanted a 6 and a 6 was all that they needed.

[Mitillos]

But... Daneweed...

[D3f3nd3r]

Five consonants and four vowels.

[doctorwho]

Apologies for the wait...

L L R T M A O I O

There we go, nine in the line; twenty four hours, here's your time...

(expired on 2016-05-11 22:10:00)

[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

I apologize for the absence - real life over virtual life, as they say.

D3f3nd3r: 6 (MORTAL)

Absolutely!

BipolarChemist: 6 (TAILOR)

Also good.

Dictionary Corner:

There were a couple of obscure sevens in there:

maillot

, which is a pair of tights worn by ballet dancers especially, and

timolol

, a form of synthetic compound. Otherwise, well done!

35-29 now, as we go to BipolarChemist for the final letters game of this match.

[doctorwho]

BipolarChemist?

[BipolarChemist]

5 consonants 4 vowels

Thx to a lovely nascar lover for pointing this out >_>

[doctorwho]

Okay, let's see if I remember how to do this...

R L R C H A A A U

Here we go...

(expired on 2016-06-30 22:20:00)

[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

Alright, here's how that one worked out.

BipolarChemist: 5 (RURAL)

D3f3nd3r: 5 (LURCH)

Both are well and good for five points each.

Dictionary Corner:

Okay, let's face it: unless you knew what an achaar was (a type of pickle in which the food is preserved in spiced oil) or knew that something could be crural (relating to the leg or thigh), you weren't getting more than five on that one. That said, good job!

40-34 with a possible 20 points up for grabs in these next two rounds - anything can happen as we as D3f3nd3r to pick large and small for our second numbers game.

[D3f3nd3r]

Two large.

[doctorwho]

100 25 4 2 10 7

And we're headed for...

927

(expired on 2016-07-02 20:10:00) to try to get there.

[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

And how'd we get on with this one?

D3f3nd3r: 927

BipolarChemist: 927

Another perfect round, or so they both claim. Let's have a look at the work...

D3f3nd3r:

100*10=1000
7-4=3
25*3=75
75-2=73
1000-73=927

Absolutely, 10 points for that.

BipolarChemist:

25*10 = 250

250*7 = 1750

1750 + 100 + 4 = 1854

1854/2 = 927

Different route, but it got you to the same destination, so 10 points for you as well!

It's now 50-44 as we reach the final round. Nine letters to unscramble into one nine letter word - the first player to find it gets 10 points, and with them the game, considering how close this is. Good luck to both of you - can we please now reveal today's CRUCIAL Countdown Conundrum!

(the board flips to reveal...)

T H E I R C O P Y

(expired on 2016-07-03 13:55:00)

[racefan12]

/in

[D3f3nd3r]

Pass.

[doctorwho]

NOTE: One of our contestants submitted their response through PM for this round. I will accept it this time, but for future references, responses for the Conundrum should be posted in the thread.

*BRRRRRRRRRRRING!*

And that's BipolarChemist, about a tenth of the way down the clock.

HYPOCRITE

Let's have a look...

H Y P O C R I T E

*applause*

Well, that was certainly an exciting match - D3f3nd3r, you played a great game, and 50 points is certainly nothing to be ashamed of - we'll be happy to have you again if you'd like to play again at some point down the line. But with a score of 54, staging a last-second comeback, is our first champion, BipolarChemist!

*applause*

We'll move straight along to game 2, with our new player being Mitillos, who's been playing along with us a decent chunk of this last game. Mitillos, would you sign in please?

[Mitillos]

Hello.

[BipolarChemist]

Hey how's it going

[doctorwho]

On we go, then! BipolarChemist, we have some fresh piles of letters waiting to go, all you have to do is decide between vowels and consonants.

[BipolarChemist]

4 vowels, 5 consonants plz

[doctorwho]

A O E I R N M S P

And our second match is all set to go, best of luck players, here comes the clock...

(expired on 2016-07-07 20:09:00)

[StrangerCoug]

/in

[doctorwho]

*ba-da ba-da ba-da-da-da BOWWWWWWW!*

How'd we get on this time?

BipolarChemist: 7 (REMAINS)

A good spot, there.

Mitillos: 8 (MORAINES)

They're in the Oxford, a moraine is a mass of rocks and sediment carried down or deposited by a glacier. The plural of that gets Mitillos an eight-point start!

Dictionary Corner:

Eight was the best you could do on that. You also had ROMAINES and RAMPIONS (a kind of plant) there.

It's 8-0 as Mitillos takes the early lead, and it's also his turn to pick the letters.

[Mitillos]

5 vowels and 4 consonants, please. (You can expect that there will never be any variation on that, on my end.)