Countdown: The game

Originally posted by jimmyb270
*Feet up on desk, looking pleased with the fact that he refused to settle for the paltry 6 he got immediately.*

**The Plumber wades through all the E's and finds a 7-letter word (worries that there's an 8 out there, but....)**

Originally posted by The Plumber
**The Plumber wades through all the E's and finds a 7-letter word (worries that there's an 8 out there, but....)**

Originally posted by wucky3
***wuckys still working on it...have to find an 8..impress plumby 😉

* alcra crawls in with a 7...

There better not be an 8 there I seem to be stuck on 7s at the mo

If just one of the Es was an A, we could find a nice 9-letter partridge in there.

another 7

ya hard with all the e's

1 a unstead of an e and a few 9's appear i think

Originally posted by The Plumber
If just one of the Es was an A, we could find a nice 9-letter partridge in there.

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Nope *cut to Gyles in Dictionary Corner, with hand over ear, eyebrows down as though he is listening intently to something*

There would not in fact be any 9s if 1 of the E's was an A. There would be 4 eights however.

G

Originally posted by The Plumber
au contraire, mon ami....

If you change an E to an A, you have a Pear Tree, and we all know that every Pear Tree has a partridge....😀😲

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Touche.

D

Originally posted by The Plumber
Thank you. I worked very hard for that one.....😏

Stop scratching ye're heads and get over to the Prose Competition 2, and vote for your esteemed host's entry.
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=22910

Just waiting for a few slow coaches to submit their entries before we continue on with Countdown.

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* reaches DEEP down and retrieves countdown "the thread that will not die" from page 2.