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Dave Kempshall I'm now removing anyone that misses two rounds from the tournament, so we are down to 41 competitors. 5 days to play this round. R5 will also go live shortly with a similar deadline.

Anthony Endsor Successfully not following instructions since November 2024 :)))))))))))))))))))

Tom Cappleman Is the palindrome bonus a one off or each time you do it?

Dave Kempshall Just the once Tom. 5 points max.

Trevor Potts Here you are Martin :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mSeenvBJXAJVd7DVf1tKbepSPlyQVt4jrBnc6lxo3O8/edit?usp=sharing

Dave Kempshall Trevor - I think a few people dislike the sharing of research / word lists during tourneys, so might be better to keep any research / lists private.

Trevor Potts Thanks Dave, will do! Apologies if I trod on any toes.

Dave Kempshall No need to apologise, you weren't to know.

Mike Lee Dave (and with apologies to Trevor for pointing this out) you’ve given Trevor the value of his invalid word in your spreadsheet (as things stand). The score should be 134 not 142

Fiona T 109 I think - isohels fails the rule!

Trevor Potts oh yeah I made the plural mistake earlier than I realised! I am an even sillier boy

Elwin Carlos Normally only have half a tin of soup for lunch. Don't know what possessed me to pluralise it. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Dave Kempshall Cheers for pointing out mistake guys, fixed now (114 including palindrome bonus).

Trevor Potts Dave if it helps I've stuck another sheet on that spreadsheet linked above where you should be able to just paste the url of a game in cell A1 and it'll calculate the score for you and check bonuses, validity, etc.

I've made the sheet request access only after the brief chat earlier so if you want to use it just drop a request in.

Dave Kempshall Cheers Trevor, extremely handy. I don't possess the spreadsheeting skills you do :)

Trevor Potts No problem! I've been trying to develop my computery skills recently and nothing presents a fun sandbox like a Countdowny thing with quirky rules so thanks for providing practise material for me! :)

That's the thing with the lists too, I've never been one to faff around with studying word lists but I know some folk like them and as much as I cba using them, producing them is fun and good Python practise! So I'll keep making them for tourneys like this but will be sure not to publicise them in future, or at least not until after the tournament round has concluded. Available on request though :)

David Holmes No YOU got confused between touchdown and goatdown... 🤦

Dan Southwell FFS Gutted! Played 3 practice games, made sure I was ready, nice and steady away then misclicked as the time was running out, selected a word I knew wouldnt count - as i was trying to remove it from my list the time ran out and i accidentally submitted instead!!!! ARGH!!!!!
So that's just 27 Dave, nice and easy for you to score that one!
:(

Dave Kempshall UL Dan

Ian Wray So, Prune picked the atrocious OIHBKYTDS - 1 x valid 5 and 3 x valid 4s apparently… neither of which are words I’m familiar with!!!!!!

Ian Wray To be fair I had an invalid plural some rounds before that……

R Choudhary Out of curiousity, was it possible to find a word, of at least 4 letters, in the VCV or CVC pattern, with these letters -
UVGPIYNAL ?

Roger Peak PINA shows up as a valid word in Lexplorer . . .