What is apterous?
apterous is a UK-based puzzle game where players compete to solve word and number puzzles. You can play in British English, French, German, Welsh, global English and a variety of other languages.
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Current Duel Leaders
| # | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Cappleman | — |
Format: 6 rounds of 30 seconds.
[Vote for the next Duel's format]
Latest Pencils
Top Dog
| # | Player | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judith Young | 92% |
These are the finest bones dug up lately,
in Mr Dog's opinion (patent pending).
Discussions
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How long does it take to get your photo uploaded??
Brainstorm by Dan Southwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Been waiting for my photo submission to be reviewed for a while… envious of all the other folk who aren’t monotone ants… how long does it take?? [Read more] [More miscellany]
12 0 1
MTO Season 3?
Announcement by Andres S.. Status: Unconfirmed.
Trying to get back on and get in the swing of things with Apto. And I think it's been a while since Make The Odds, but I first wanna see if there's still interest. If you want to see the previous seasons, ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
11 2 0
Post-Blackpool and FOCAL bits
Announcement by Darren Godfrey. Status: Unconfirmed.
Not Apto-related as such, but applies to many Countdown-loving folks, so just posting this here to increase visibility: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=16718 [Read more] [More miscellany]
8 1 3
Olympics Superbru
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Like the Olympics? Like predicting sporting results? Like sports in general? If you have answered yes to any of those questions then this is exactly for you. I've set up three polls on Superbru for ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
15 1 12
Ratings and new players
Brainstorm by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
AIUI you have to play 11(?) games in a variant to cement a rating in that variant. While you're provisionally rated, you can see swings of several hundred in your rating but it should pan out by the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
14 1 5
Conundrum difficulty selector
Game feature request by Etho Burrow. Status: Unconfirmed.
I've been practicing conundrums a lot lately, and one thing I find myself wishing for is some way to select the difficulty range of the conundrums I face in a particular game. I think the current system ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
8 2 13
People's Choice Weakest Link
Brainstorm by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I was thinking of ways that I could make the People's Choice Weakest Link different for when I next half it, whenever that might be. I've detailed various options I've come up with below. Open to other ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
8 1 5
Updating other language dictionaries
Brainstorm by Roger Peak. Status: Unconfirmed.
Can someone tell me - do the dictionaries for other languages ever get updated and what drives that ? [Read more] [More miscellany]
7 1 13
Effect of Dictionary Changes on Ascension
Miscellaneous topic by Steve H. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hello all Have been unable to find the ticket for the last time Ascension had a large conundrum update which IIRC addressed this issue so do bear that in mind, but what happens to Ascension when conundrums ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
8 3 31
Potential max game etiquette
Miscellaneous topic by Jason C.. Status: Unconfirmed.
This hasn't come up for me in the 2 years I've been here, but I imagine it will at some point... Is there an unwritten rule as to how a final conundrum should be played if your opponent is working on a ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
14 0 39
Have all the number permutations happened?
Brainstorm by Liam O. Status: Unconfirmed.
For normal numbers rounds, have all possible permutations been covered? And if so, how often does it happen? Is anyone good at figuring this out? Assuming there are four large and two of each small number ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
15 3 5
CoEvent bot training
Brainstorm by M S R. Status: Unconfirmed.
Trying something new to help in my slightly cock-eyed attempt to get better at this. Putting it out here so A-You can try it should you wish and B-I'm wanting to finesse things, and feedback is welcome ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
17 0 7
Calling all Irish Apterites Countdown in Dublin Saturday September 28th.
Brainstorm by Ed Byrne. Status: Unconfirmed.
I was trawling the pro rankings this morning and I noticed that quite a few users are Irish. I want to make you all aware of an in person Countdown Tournament I am running on Saturday 28th September. It ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
36 0 27
August 2024 word list update -- it's the big one
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
As many of you will have picked up from other threads, Oxford made a huge update recently including a huge number of deletions (nearly 100K!) and a few hundred new words too. It's been an epic effort by ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
20 0 7
Better indication of deadline for tourney games
Website feature request by Thomas Carey. Status: Unconfirmed.
At the moment, I have a lot of tourney games clogging up the purple front page box. Most of these are human games with a long deadline, which happens in some large round robin tourneys (most notably EC). ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
8 0 1
Fantasy football 24/25
Announcement by Adam Latchford. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi League is set up again for next season https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/9ezi6g If you were in the league last season and use your email again - you'll automatically be involved. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
13 0 1
Will bots' optimal picks be updated to reflect the much-reduced dictionary?
Miscellaneous topic by Sam Cappleman-Lynes. Status: Unconfirmed.
In this ticket (https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=5970) it was explained data had been crunched to enable optimal bot picking in a number of variants. I got the impression that bots do not ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
7 4 12
Resources for unlearning
Miscellaneous topic by M S R. Status: Unconfirmed.
I'm sharing this so I've got some more motivation to get the bloody thing finished. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12mRogu3C8-m7e0wtSCaqlcNsM5M9kt3LpLdMfU3-TqY/edit?usp=sharing ^Have nicked the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
7 1 2
People wanted for tourney
Announcement by M S R. Status: Unconfirmed.
Why hello. I'm looking for some people to leap in mid-season in my F1 tournament. Doesn't matter if you like fast-vehicles or not, it works on Apterous as follows.... QUALIFYING-Play a fast variant, try ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
9 1 5
Bot Tourney
Brainstorm by Sarah M. Status: Unconfirmed.
I would love to see a Bot Tourney that is a little bit easier than the current ones. Maybe a mix of games against various Bots and and various formats that are little bit easier for us more average players. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
News
15 October 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Ben Bazzard's 129 - 58 15 Rounder win against Tom B! This week's vote is now open.
- Tom Cappleman commented on Royal Rumble: 2024: Battle Royal. [+8 others]
- Andy SC commented on Royal Rumble: 2024: Individual. [+4 others]
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Adam Latchford's 130 - 113 game with Dylan Taylor received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Stephen R commented on Premier League 24-25: Match Week 5. [+3 others]
- Dave Robjohns tied the high score for Aegilops Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Dylan Taylor tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Adam Latchford tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Ben Bazzard's 114 - 104 game with James C received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Andy SC commented on Royal Rumble: Battle Royal Repechage. [+5 others]
- Florence C-L commented on her game with Apterous Prune.
- Matthew Brockwell commented on Hunger Games: Sign-ups Proper. [+1 other]
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Tracey Mills commented on Weakest Link Numbers Tournament - 2024: Round 7 - Lockdown Junior. [+3 others]
- Mike Lee's 150 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Tal Lessner tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Andy SC commented on Royal Rumble: 2024: Tag-Team.
- Elwin Carlos commented on AptoLeague: S30 Division 3. [+3 others]
- Dave Kempshall commented on his game with Adam Latchford.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Ben Bazzard, who lasted 11 rounds with a target of 7. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Chris Hare with a score of 96 from 120.
14 October 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Alex Williamson commented on AptoLeague: S30 Division 6. [+2 others]
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 9 with 9 maxes.
- Elizabeth Beer's 174 - 170 game with Matthew Brockwell received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Zohaib Rehan's 125 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- Andy Platt commented on Ahmed M's game with George Armstrong.
- David Holmes commented on AptoLeague: S30 Division 4. [+1 other]
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: Season 31 Signups. [+1 other]
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: S30 Division 5.
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: S30 Division 2.
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: S30 Premier League.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Ross K commented on his game with Apterous Prune.
- Trevor Potts tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Tim Down commented on Florence C-L's game with Apterous Rex.
- Tom Cappleman tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Dave Kempshall commented on his game with Apterous Rex. [+3 others]
- Amar Chotai commented on Pro Ranks for 14 October 2024.
- Adam Latchford's 90 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Trevor MacEoin's 130 - 95 game with Samuel Louis received a self-nomination for Game of the Week.
- Zohaib Rehan's 78 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Trevor MacEoin's 130 - 95 game with Samuel Louis received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Sam Manojlovic, who lasted 10 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Adam Latchford with a score of 90 from 100.
13 October 2024
- News: Elizabeth Beer has been crowned champion of Your Favourite Numbers Tourney 2024 (Your Second Favourite Numbers)!
- Matthew Tassier commented on Weakest Link Numbers Tournament - 2024: Round 10 - Normal.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Nasty Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
8 October 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Andres S.'s 121 - 0 15 Rounder win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
7 October 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 October 2024
- News: A total of 43 Duel Necklaces were awarded for September 2024.
1 October 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Tal Lessner's 260 - 250 Duckdown win against Adam Latchford! This week's vote is now open.
- News: The Duel for September 2024 was won by Tom Cappleman!
30 September 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
24 September 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Anglo Italian's 161 - 73 Italian Letters Attack win against Giorgio Senatore! This week's vote is now open.
23 September 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
22 September 2024
- News: Tal Lessner has been crowned champion of Your Favourite Numbers Tourney 2024 (Main)!
20 September 2024
- New: apterous History: August 2024.
17 September 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Zohaib Rehan's 200 - 0 Octolock Conundrum Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
16 September 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- News: Zohaib Rehan has been crowned champion of Bot Luck (2024)!
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