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Notes from the organizer: Most people have got both Round 1 & 2 played so we move on to R3. Our defending champion - Tass - is one of those who’s yet to get started, so the leaderboard may change, but currently stands at:

1. Matthew Brockwell - 270
2. Florence C-L - 267
3. Tom Cappleman - 253
4. David Holmes - 247
5. Roger Peak - 228

Full leaderboard can be found here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rrnBp8HEPf_j9e5d0gNVPsHP4iI324_b/edit?gid=251771468#gid=251771468&range=A1:J1

We move to something a little different this time - and the focus is consecutive repeated letters. It’s also an upgrade in format to a Hypertouch Letter Attack.

The aim of this round is to declare words containing consecutive repeated letters. In any round where you declare a word using these, your score for that round counts towards your total and that don't... won't, so if you fail to declare a double letter word, that round counts for nothing.

IMPORTANT - there’s no crashing out in this round, so you can keep scoring even if you fail to meet the double letter criteria above in a round or declare an invalid word i.e. don’t stop if you dud a round!

BEEP would score 4 points.
HAMMER would score 6 points.
SUMMATION gets you 9 points
MATRIX gets you nothing but it DOESN’T end your game.
etc.

There is a multiplier on offer - if you declare a word with either two instances of double letters, or three - your score for that word will be doubled or tripled respectively. I’m unaware of any words that used 4 x double letters.

i.e.

DEEPNESS would score you 16 points.
BOOKKEEPER would score you a cool 30 points (hence the round name)

Good luck!

Ran from: 15 – 18 November 2024. Format: Hypertouch Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 43. Completed: 40.

Results and fixtures

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)