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 | Zohaib Rehan | — |
Format: 9 rounds of 30 seconds.
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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]
26 0 5
Words by Usefulness - August 2024
Announcement by Rob Foster. Status: Unconfirmed.
Here's the latest usefulness doc following the huge dictionary shrink: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/111UyEWPgSV9QleQ3tjrtlgQEnZe36c9b/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102346750340488444279&rtpof=true&sd=true ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Only One News Announcement When Conor Travers Ties The Record Blitz Maxes 9 Times
Website feature request by Richard Brittain. Status: Unconfirmed.
I feel that the News feed on the main page has been unduly cluttered by this. I feel that one line could suffice, rather than nine. In addition, Jono's 3 comments on them could, debatably, be compressed ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
32 0 10
Amalgamate multiple instances of max records by one person on the front page
Website feature request by Matty Artell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Currently, when one of the top players goes through ascension (or anything similar, such as repeatedly doing touch jnr conundrum attacks for no reason), the front page ends up looking like this; http://i.imgur.com/Iz6KHaD.jpg ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
4 9 32
Clear button on numbers
Game feature request by Matt Fife. Status: Unconfirmed.
As I often play on my phone it is a very annoying when I accidentally hit the wrong number/function and it is impossible to change it, which usually happens as I’m rushing to beat the time bar before ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
23 0 7
Consolidate front page high score announcments
Website feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Suggestion is that instead of 20 announcements that "Player X tied the high score for Junior Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes." there is just one ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
13 0 4
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]
15 0 3
Add OED search to the lexplorer links
Website feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Since the demise of lexico, there hasn't been a good source for definitions. OED do a definition preview which isn't paywalled. e.g. https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=APTEROUS ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
17 1 7
Calling all parkrunners!
Announcement by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
I've created a Countdowner parkrunners group on Strava - if you're an apto parkrunner, and on Strava, please join up! https://www.strava.com/clubs/c4cparkrunners You might also be interested in the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
33 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]
3 1 10
How do I improve at the game?
Brainstorm by Dashan Delany. Status: On-going.
Firstly sorry if this is the wrong place to ask such a question. I've just made an account and it's unusual to have a web forum handle its bug reports and public discussions via the same front-end ticket ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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96,000+ words removed from the game! (full list of deletions)
Announcement by Eoin Jackson. Status: Unconfirmed.
Oxford Dictionaries dropped a nuclear bomb on the game we love. It was to undo a silly change implemented in 2015, so ultimately is a good thing, however much of a pain it is in the short term. If you ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
26 0 8
Words by Usefulness - January 2024
Announcement by Rob Foster. Status: Unconfirmed.
The latest version of the Words by Usefulness Doc is out. Special mentions go to ANTIPOSE and ANTIPOLE for being among the most useful additions. As for UNDERBOOB - must try harder. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DAcyuWyoLBx6T32mlw0eYWPmvl3PoNWL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102346750340488444279&rtpof=true&sd=true ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Report user button
Website feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
For those hopefully very rare situations where it is necessary to report a user, it would be useful to have a 'report' button against a profile, which would raise a private ticket linking to that profile ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
18 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]
6 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]
11 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]
14 0 10
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]
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Major Dictionary Change
Announcement by Ray Wilding. Status: Unconfirmed.
All the words imported from the OED since 2015 (e.g. https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=3146), are now no longer in premiumoxforddictionaries.com - maybe they'll come back, but I doubt it. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
34 0 25
Automatic Exit of Tutorial
Website feature request by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I think it would be a good idea if Newbies are automatically directed to the home screen of Apterous once they complete the tutorial because to my knowledge a few people took a while to figure out how ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
8 September 2024
- Andy SC commented on Bot Luck: 2024: Round 7. [+1 other]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Sam Manojlovic, who lasted 11 rounds with a target of 5. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 2 people (Ryan Lam and Callum Todd) with a score of 82 from 84.
7 September 2024
- Zohaib Rehan's 200 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×8]
- Dylan Taylor's 281 - 275 game with Conor Travers received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×7]
- Martin Thomas's 61 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Martin Thomas tied the high score for Greek 9 with 61 points, and set a new record number of maximums with 6 maxes.
- Callum Todd's 84 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×5]
- Callum Todd commented on Bot Luck: 2024: Round 13.
- Andy SC commented on Bot Luck: 2024: Round 6. [+1 other]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Jon Elmer, who lasted 17 rounds with a target of 5. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Callum Todd with a score of 84 from 84.
6 September 2024
- Dylan Taylor tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Conor Travers tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Sam Cappleman-Lynes commented on Zohaib Rehan's game with Apterous Prune.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Octorock Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Octolock Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Steven Grady's 130 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elwin Carlos commented on Bot Luck: 2024: Round 12. [+1 other]
- Andy SC commented on Bot Luck: 2024: Round 5. [+2 others]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Ben Bazzard, who lasted 16 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 2 people (Zohaib Rehan and Matt OC) with a score of 77 from 77.
5 September 2024
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Steven Grady tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Nasty Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Nasty Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Nasty Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Callum Todd tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Adam Dexter tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Ned Telling's 132 - 122 game with Adam Dexter received a self-nomination for Game of the Week.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Elwin Carlos commented on Bot Luck: 2024: Round 4. [+5 others]
- Dave Ryan commented on his game with The Duellist. [+1 other]
- Nick W tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Tal Lessner tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Dan Southwell, who lasted 12 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 2 people (Rob Foster and Conor Travers) with a score of 53 from 53.
4 September 2024
- Mike Lee tied the high score for Lockdown Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Gulshan R tied the high score for Junior Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare's 200 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Tal Lessner commented on his game with Mr Dog.
- Philip Aston tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Gabriel Thallon tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
3 September 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Ian Wray's 194 - 187 Numbers Attack win against Thomas Carey! This week's vote is now open.
2 September 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- News: A total of 45 Duel Necklaces were awarded for August 2024.
1 September 2024
- News: The Duel for August 2024 was won by Matt Hamer!
31 August 2024
- News: Hazel Drury has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S29 League)!
27 August 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Apterous Rex's 1435 - 1417 Goatdown win against Jack Worsley! This week's vote is now open.
26 August 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 August 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Tal Lessner's 200 - 0 Bullet Hyper Numbers Attack win against Apterous Plum! This week's vote is now open.
- New: apterous History: July 2024.
19 August 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
13 August 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Nick W's 178 - 0 Numbers Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
12 August 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
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