tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post9202724276359213165..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: Ep 1: Chris Scholten-Smith, Elaine Miles (July 9, 2012; originally aired August 2, 2010)Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-55339081421069945202012-07-10T15:25:34.615+10:002012-07-10T15:25:34.615+10:00Thanks Geoff as ever for your analysis. It really ...Thanks Geoff as ever for your analysis. It really helps us learners! As do the comments. <br /><br />I had SOILING to begin with, and thereafter a bunch of fives (so to speak). I did not see the obvious solution to the 750 target (I actually did Jan's method - looking for an excuse to use my 75 times tables! <br /><br />Oh well, practice practice practice.Mike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-8208595128960448692012-07-10T13:22:23.349+10:002012-07-10T13:22:23.349+10:00Good to have you back in action also, Sam. I also...Good to have you back in action also, Sam. I also noticed the almost-LEGATIONS; perhaps Chris was aiming for this after all. I naturally thought of you when the heavyweight was called for, but what a disappointing target to get.Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-8689009788493086512012-07-10T12:14:15.462+10:002012-07-10T12:14:15.462+10:00Hi Geoff, good to see the blog back in action, and...Hi Geoff, good to see the blog back in action, and thanks to Mike Backhouse for alerting me to the 3pm repeats of early episodes in a recent comment.<br /><br />I don't think I saw the show's debut, but I can't have missed too many, as I think I saw some of Andrew Fisher's early episodes. The contestant co-ordinator went hard early by starting with a cute player, and the standard of answers was quite decent with the exception of Elaine bombing 750 (worst miss ever?). I haven't read the L&N books, so a lot of these games will be clean for me; I didn't watch religiously for quite a while.<br /><br />The letter mixes were a lot less friendly in the early days of the show, especially with these two vowel-happy contestants.<br /><br />I was a bit suspicious of TOILINGS when David OKed it, as the Macquarie does not classify that many -ING words as nouns.<br /><br />My answers:<br />TOILING (noticed LEGATIONS was near)<br />ATRIUM (too out of practice for MURIATE)<br />557 = 9*(75 - 2) - 100<br />CAREER (tempted by COWERER)<br />OBTUSE<br />750 = 7*100+50 (the target was a real disappointment here)<br />FAKES<br />780 = (8*25-5)*4 (got Lily's way after a few minutes)<br />~2sSam Gaffneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-35452659590331377312012-07-10T11:44:02.144+10:002012-07-10T11:44:02.144+10:00G'day Jan, great to hear your results! I part...G'day Jan, great to hear your results! I particularly liked your route to 750 -- 11*75 is one of those intermediates which appeals to me.<br /><br />The first series had a fair few words that would not be considered valid later on. It's understandable that the policies were under development at the time -- some things you only get a handle on through experience. Also, I think that the first series had a very high proportion of Scrabble players so the default position was to assume that a word was probably correct provided there was a listing for the base word.<br /><br />Aside: TOYER would have been acceptable instead of RETOY.<br /><br />No joy with CROWER; in fact, it was while checking up on it that I found the listing for CROWEA. The -ER agent nouns are a bit fickle like that.<br /><br />A shame that you could not do the conundrum this time, but still an excellent score. I hope that I and the others who post here can provide a good sense of competition for you.Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-63078145278905066112012-07-10T09:55:18.843+10:002012-07-10T09:55:18.843+10:00Hi Geoff, I am glad you are going to be blogging a...Hi Geoff, I am glad you are going to be blogging about the repeats.<br />I would have won last night against the players on the show, but would not have beaten you.<br />Rd 1 - I had toilings like Elaine. Surprised to read that this is not acceptable, after David giving it thumbs up (8)<br />Rd 2 - mature (6)<br />Rd 3 - 5*100 + 75 - 7-9-2 = 557 (10)<br />Got the word mix<br />Rd 4 - crower. Since you didn't mention it, I guess it is not in the dictionary (0)?<br />Rd 5 - about (5)<br />Rd 6 - (7+4)*75=825 - 25-50 =750 (10)<br />Got the word mix<br />Rd 7 - fakes (5)<br />Rd 8 - (7+8)*50=750+25+5=780 (7)<br /><br />Because I could only listen to it on my iPad and not watch it, I couldn't do the conundrum, so my score on the first 8 rounds was 51<br /><br />I am happy with that, but making you one of my opponents, I hope, will improve my playing.<br /><br />Looking forward to watching it this arvo, not just listening to it.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />JanJan Snoreply@blogger.com