![]() ![]() ![]() Lots of other losing scores with centuries have been recorded – see the list of double century games. Interestingly, prior to this match, Taylor had been the holder of this record, having achieved a losing score of 116 in the Series 69 grand final. The game was poised 125 – 117 in Platt's favour going into the conundrum MINUTEPUN which Taylor solved, leaving Platt as the loser with 125 points. The highest ever losing score was Andy Platt's 125 against Dylan Taylor in the second quarter-final of Championship of Champions XIV.The record number of nine-letter words declared by a contestant in one game is four, held jointly by Dinos Sfyris in his Series 80 quarter-final (two of which were valid), and Edward Byrne in his Championship of Champions XVI last-16 match (one of which was valid).Ronan Higginson, who found INTRIGUER, AMBROSIAN and ALPENROSE in his seventh heat game, along with IGNORABLE, ENSILAGED and PECORAITE in his grand final.Cillian McMulkin, who found CARBONITE, MOLESTING and MALIGNERS in his fifth heat game of Series 87, followed by DEMONICAL, EPISTERNA and RADICULES in his semi-final.Tom Stevenson, who found BRIMSTONE, MAINLINER and OVERSIGHT in his fourth heat game.Quinn Bartlett, who found DRAGONETS, PLANETOID and SPEARMINT in his first heat game.Ahmed Mohamed, who found FETALISED, REDEPOSIT and SPECIATED in his Series 84 quarter-final.Stu Harkness, who found HORTENSIA, RENOVATES, and TRITANOPE in his first heat game of Series 84.Luke Boynton, who found PATRONISE, REDINGOTE, and CLAMOURED in his fifth heat game of Series 83.Martyn Simpson, who found FORMALISE, RESEATING, and IDOLATERS in his sixth heat game of Series 82.James Haughton, who found NEFARIOUS, MONRADITE and UNROASTED in his Series 81 quarter-final.Elliott Mellor, who found NODALIZES, ANIMATEUR and INFRACTED in his second heat game.Zarte Siempre, who found LARCENOUS, BLOWSIEST, and DIVAGATED in his Championship of Champions XV quarter-final.Tom Cappleman and Glen Webb, both of whom found DIVESTING, FASCINATE and DEVIATORS in their Championship of Champions XIV last-16 match.The record number of nine-letter words spotted by a contestant in one game is three.These and the highest-maxing old 15-rounder are the only games to date in which five nines have been available. The highest possible score, also the highest in any daytime Countdown game, was 175, in episodes 6745, 73, with all these episodes having five nines available.The highest ever total over 11 games, the maximum possible in one series, was 1,435 by Series 87 champion Ronan Higginson.Andy Platt scored eight centuries in his run, but half were in the old format and half in the new format. Mellor, Higginson, Boynton, Johnson-Davies, Stevenson, Taylor, Byrne, Siempre, Byrom, Hutchings, Haughton, Steadman, O'Connor, McMulkin, Cappleman-Lynes, Savage, Cappleman, Mohamed, Carey, Wynn, Read, Murray, Robin McKay and Toby McDonald are the only players to have scored eight centuries in their run of eight games. Other players who scored over 900 are Dylan Taylor, who scored 974, Edward Byrne who scored 969, Zarte Siempre and Dan Byrom who both scored 967, Giles Hutchings who scored 965, James Haughton who scored 958, Jen Steadman who scored 952, Matt O'Connor who scored 949, Glen Webb who scored 945, Cillian McMulkin who scored 944, Dan McColm who scored 942, Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Harry Savage who both scored 939, Tom Cappleman and Ahmed Mohamed who both scored 927, Paul Erdunast who scored 925, Thomas Carey who scored 923, Jonathan Wynn who scored 922, Dinos Sfyris who scored 918, Stephen Read who scored 915, and Mark Murray who scored 902. Luke Johnson-Davies became the second person to pass the 1,000 point barrier with 1,024 points in Series 82, Luke Boynton became the third with 1,032 points in Series 83, Tom Stevenson became the fourth with exactly 1,000 points in Series 86, and Ronan Higginson became the fifth with 1,041 points in Series 87. The highest ever total score over an octochamp's eight preliminary games was 1,061, set by Elliott Mellor.Harkness had already appeared once before in Series 57, so the matter of who holds the record for highest debut score is somewhat controversial. ![]() The highest score for a debutant was 140, set by Dan Byrom.
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