Countdown Game Show - Series 87 Week 6 (2023)

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Jamelia joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner.
Numbers Round List:
00:00 Monday, 27 February 2023
04:57 Tuesday, 28 February 2023
10:33 Wednesday, 1 March 2023
15:15 Thursday, 2 March 2023
19:54 Friday, 3 March 2023
SPIN-OFF
"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assuming their Countdown roles. The formation of the crossover with "8 Out if 10 Cats" began as a series of specials, the first of which was broadcast on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations eleven years ago.

[@ssebb2020]

Thank you for posting! I like that you left the 30 seconds in.

[@KarlPianoSnapshots]

Thanks for these! I prefer the numbers rounds over letters.

[@ResettisReplicas]

I’m in a countdown tournament right now and the numbers are my weaker rounds, so these have been a big help for practice, thanks tor uploading!!!

[@RyanADillon]

14:19 "Four large to finish the day, that's what I like" - Oh Rachel.

[@kelli217]

I didn’t use all the numbers on that last one but I did find a way to use four of them. 8 / 2 = 4; 25 x 4 = 100; 4 x 100 = 400.

[@MJKFanatic]

867 wasn't that bad Rachel! 10x75=750, 6x7-3=39x3=117 to add on

[@Marcel-2137]

Thank you so much for the upload! 19:54 Friday, first round (914): 4 AWAY (918) 50 / 25 = 2 100 + 2 = 102 5 + 4 = 9 102 * 9 = 918 21:12 Friday, second round (499): 100 * 5 = 500 500 - 10 + 9 = 499 22:06 Friday, third round (330): 5 * 2 = 10 100 + 10 = 110 75 / 25 = 3 3 * 110 = 330 23:26 Friday, fourth round (400): 4 * 100 = 400 😀 or using all the numbers (as Rachel suggested) 10 / 2 = 5 8 - 5 = 3 100 * 3 = 300 25 * 4 = 100 300 + 100 = 400

[@Qari256]

Lol I complicated the 330 one. I did 75+5+2 * 100 =8200+50 8250/25 =330

[@jamesrobert994]

The first game of the day I can’t believe no one realised it was 300-63 so you say (8/2*75)-(9*7)

[@TheSpotify95]

23:33 I need to clip this for the "Countdown Easiest Numbers" bloopers. Yep, it really is that easy. No need to write it down, save the ink.

[@raymondsummerlin1260]

Fun one (I think) for 953. 7+7+5 = 19 19x100 = 1900 1900 + 6 = 1906 1906/2 = 953

[@Zarren_Redacted]

For the last one. 8 * 2 = 16 + 10 = 26 - 25 = 1 * 4 * 100 = 400

[@jennywolswinkel8548]

For 733 100 - (8 + 7) = 85 85 x 9 = 765 + 8 = 773

[@fishjj76]

For the 773. (7×100) +( (8×8)+9). I think that was less confusing than Rachael's method.

[@easternbrown]

237 is also 75 + (9-10) + (8*(7+2))

[@smartgenes1]

Countdown is not just a numbers game.

[@daviddesreumaux338]

953 6+5=11 2×7=14 100-14=86×11=946 +7=9953

[@einSteppenwolf]

315=3×100+10+6-1=3×75+100-10=(6+1)×(75-3×10)=(6+3)×(100+10-75)

[@TheChrisD]

24:41 Alright, let's use all the numbers then. 100×2=200 25×4=100 10-8=2 100×2=200 200+200=400

[@bro91wn]

I did it a different way: 8*2=16, 25-16=9, 10-9=1, 1*4*100=400.

[@medusa_404]

Friday: 914 1 above 100 + 5 = 105 50 * 4 = 200 200 / 25 = 8 105 * 8 = 840 840 + 75 = 915 499 5 * 100 = 500 500 - 10 + 9 = 499 100 + 25 = 125 125 * 4 = 500 500 - 10 + 9 = 499 5 * 4 = 20 25 * 20 = 500 500 - 10 + 9 = 499 330 5 * 2 = 10 100 + 10 = 110 75 / 25 = 3 110 * 3 = 330 100 / 50 = 2 75 * 2 = 150 150 * 2 = 300 300 + 25 + 5 = 330 100 * 2 = 200 200 + 75 + 50 + 5 = 330 400 4 * 100 = 400 100 - 2 = 98 98 * 4 = 392 392 + 8 = 400 All small 8 + 2 = 10 10 * 10 = 100 100 * 4 = 400

[@sorenslothe]

As someone who doesn't regularly watch this version of Countdown, but rather the 8 Out of 10 Cats one, hearing Rachel getting away with saying "4 large to finish the day, that's what I like" without anyone remarking on it just feels wrong

[@twirdman2]

Using all the numbers 100/25=4 4 * 8=32 2 * 4=8 32+8=40 40 * 10=400

[@dmlfan928]

I got 100*10 = 1000, 25*4 = 100, 8-2 = 6. 100*6 = 600, 1000-600 = 400.

[@isaacking6305]

400 100 x 4 = 400

[@TheSpotify95]

Fantastic, you've just solved one of the easiest Countdown Numbers games we've ever seen :D

[@einSteppenwolf]

773=100+9×(75-8/8)+7

[@TheSpotify95]

2:48 I don't know my 11 times tables as high as that, maybe I should learn them...

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

It's the 75 times table you need help with.

[@timkokesh1968]

You don’t need to learn your times tables… I’m sure Rachel knows that if the difference between the sum of the hundreds and ones digits and the middle digit is either 0 or 11, the entire number is divisible by 11. That is, for 836, 8+6-3 = 11, therefore 836 is a multiple of 11.

[@Marcel-2137]

10:33 Wednesday, first round (949): 25 - 9 + 3 = 19 50 * 19 = 950 950 - 8 + 7 = 949 11:57 Wednesday, second round (412): 75 * 6 = 450 100 / 25 = 4 4 * 3 = 12 450 - 50 + 12 = 412 13:00 Wednesday, third round (722): 1 AWAY (723) 4 + 1 = 5 7 * 7 * 5 = 245 245 - 4 = 241 241 * 3 = 723 14:19 Wednesday, fourth round (160): 5 * 2 = 10 100 + 50 + 10 = 160

[@daviddesreumaux338]

836 75+1=76 10+1=11×76=836

[@einSteppenwolf]

203=8×25+4-1=(25+1)×8-4-1=(8/4×25+1)×4-1

[@isaacking6305]

173 100 + 75 = 175 6 - 4 = 2 175 - 2 = 173

[@medusa_404]

Wednesday: 949 25 - 9 + 3 = 19 50 * 19 = 950 950 - 8 + 7 = 949 50 - 9 - 3 = 38 25 * 38 = 950 950 - 8 + 7 = 949 8 * 7 = 56 25 - 9 = 16 56 * 16 = 896 896 + 50 + 3 = 949 412 100 + 3 = 103 50 / 25 = 2 6 - 2 = 4 103 * 4 = 412 75 * 3 = 225 225 - 25 + 6 = 206 100 / 50 = 2 206 * 2 = 412 75 * 6 = 450 100 / 25 = 4 4 * 3 = 12 400 - 50 + 12 = 412 160 5 * 2 = 10 100 + 50 + 10 = 160 75 + 5 = 80 80 * 2 = 160 100 + 75 = 175 175 * 2 = 350 350 / 50 = 7 25 + 7 = 32 32 * 5 = 160

[@catw461]

75+50=125 100/25=4 125+4+6=135

[@einSteppenwolf]

400=((10+2)×8+4)×100/25

[@Marcel-2137]

04:57 Tuesday, first round (867): 1 AWAY (868) 75 + 10 = 85 7 + 3 = 10 85 * 10 = 850 6 * 3 = 18 850 + 18 = 868 06:28 Tuesday, second round (773): 1 AWAY (774) 100 * 7 = 700 700 + 75 - 9 + 8 = 774 08:00 Tuesday, third round (953): 1 AWAY (954) 100 + 6 = 106 7 + 2 = 9 106 * 9 = 954 09:31 Tuesday, fourth round (315): 100 * 3 = 300 300 + 10 + 6 - 1 = 315

[@daviddesreumaux338]

315 100-75+10=35 6+3=9×35=315

[@stoatystoat174]

160 50 - (2 x 5) = 40 40 x 100 = 4000 4000 / 25 = 160

[@stoatystoat174]

135 (75 + 50) / 25 = 5 5 x 7 = 35 100 + 35 =135 Was totally blind to the easier method

[@boybawang1981]

10-7 = 3 8/2= 4+75 = 79X3 = 237 75+1 = 76 10+1 = 11x76 = 836 10+9 = 19x50 = 950+9+3 = 962 8-1 = 7 25+4 = 29x7 = 203 7+6 = 13x3 = 39X3 = 117 75x10 = 750+117 = 867 100X7 = 700 8X8 = 64 700+64+9 = 773 7X5 = 35 100-35 = 65X6 = 390X2 = 780-7 = 773 3x10 = 30 75-30 = 45 6+1 = 7x45 = 315 9-3 = 6 25-6 = 19 50x19 = 950 8-7 = 1 950-1 = 949 100+3 = 103 50/25 = 2 6-2 = 4x103 = 412 4+1 = 5 7X7 = 49x5 = 245-4 = 241x3 = 723 CLOSEST 75+5 = 80X2 = 160 6-4 = 2 25-2 = 23 100+50+23 = 173 6X6 = 36 8+1 = 9x100 = 900+36+2 = 938 100/25 = 4 75+50+6+4 = 135 6+4 = 10X7 = 70+9+3 = 82x5 = 820 9X6 = 54x5 = 270x3 = 810+7+4 = 821 CLOSEST 75+4 = 79 50/5 = 10 79X10 = 790+100+25 = 915 CLOSEST 10-9 = 1 100X5 = 500-1 = 499 100/50 = 2+2 = 4 75x4 = 300+25+5 = 330 25X8 = 200X2 = 400

[@isaacking6305]

499 100 x 5 = 500 10 - 9 = 1 500 - 1 = 499

[@daviddesreumaux338]

962 10+9=19×3=57+50=107×9=963-1=962

[@einSteppenwolf]

867=(10+3/3)×75+6×7

[@stoatystoat174]

330 (2 x 5) + 100 = 110 75 / 25 = 3 3 x 110 = 330

[@einSteppenwolf]

237=(10-7)×(75+8/2)

[@einSteppenwolf]

836=(10+1)×(75+1)

[@stoatystoat174]

949 50 - 9 - 3 = 38 25 x 38 = 950 950 + 7 - 8 = 949

[@isaacking6305]

315 100 x 3 = 300 10 + 6 = 16 16 - 1 = 15 300 + 15 = 315

[@Marcel-2137]

00:00 Monday, first round (237): 75 * 2 = 150 10 * 8 = 80 150 + 80 + 7 = 237 01:18 Monday, second round (836): 75 + 1 = 76 10 + 1 = 11 76 * 11 = 836 02:51 Monday, third round (962): 10 + 9 = 19 50 * 19 = 950 950 + 9 + 3 = 962 03:57 Monday, fourth round (203): 25 * 8 = 200 200 + 4 - 1 = 203

[@einSteppenwolf]

953=(6+5)×(100-2×7)+7

[@stoatystoat174]

412 6 - (50 / 25) = 4 100 + 3 = 103 103 x 4 = 412

[@daviddesreumaux338]

867 10×75=750 6+7=13 3×3=9×13=117 +750=867

[@stoatystoat174]

400 (all the numbers) ((4 / 2) + 8) x 10 x 100 = 10000 10000 / 25 = 400

[@rottingemptiness]

The last one , indeed .... 🤔🥶🤯☠👻👽🤬

[@syntaxlost9239]

Spot the Apterite.

[@rottingemptiness]

The last one .... 🤔🥶🤯☠👻👽🤬

[@isaacking6305]

962 10 + 9 = 19 19 x 50 = 950 9 + 3 = 12 950 + 12 = 962

[@isaacking6305]

203 25 x 8 = 200 4 - 1 = 3 200 + 3 = 203

[@sturgeon2888]

Nice. I found another way that starts out the same but uses all the numbers: 10 + 9 = 19 19 x 3 = 57 50 + 57 = 107 107 x 9 = 963 963 - 1 = 962

[@Marcel-2137]

15:15 Thursday, first round (173): 100 + 75 - 6 + 4 = 173 16:23 Thursday, second round (938): 8 + 1 = 9 100 * 9 = 900 6 * 6 = 36 900 + 36 + 2 = 938 17:27 Thursday, third round (135): 75 + 50 = 125 125 / 25 = 5 7 * 5 = 35 100 + 35 = 135 18:31 Thursday, fourth round (820): 4 AWAY (816) 5 + 4 = 9 9 * 9 = 81 7 + 3 = 10 81 * 10 = 810 810 + 6 = 816

[@isaacking6305]

160 100 + 50 = 150 2 x 5 = 10 150 + 10 = 160

[@ismayb754]

Can't be bothered with the "6 small" or "4 large" rounds. The contestants may think they're showing off but for the average viewer it's too difficult to try and results in boring TV.

[@KarlPianoSnapshots]

There were times where I liked 4 large, but to be honest I've gone off them LOL I absolutely loathe 6 small rounds.

[@noeljones386]

I was getting a little fed up of all the 4 large or 6 small as well tbh

[@rodrigomarinho1807]

And the guy who chose six small ones didn't get not even close to the target. Sometimes you don't get to it but we expect them to get real close.

[@rubenhumbertoroquesalas2273]

I'm sure some choose those just to throw off their opponents. Just like when you are winning and choose 2 large numbers because they are easy.

[@TheSpotify95]

See, I am no good at 4 large or 6 small, but I really like these selections being chosen as it makes it way more interesting than a bog-standard 1 large or 2 large.

[@Nullifidian]

Monday Countdown In the first round, I saw Rachel's solution and also had these solutions: 75 x 2 = 150 10 x 8 = 80 150 + 80 + 7 = 237 8 / 2 = 4 75 x 4 = 300 9 x 7 = 63 300 - 63 = 237 In the second round, I saw Rachel's solution and also had this one I expected to occur to one of the contestants: 75 - 1 - 1 = 73 73 x 10 = 730 730 + 100 + 6 = 836 In the third round, I saw Tony's solution, and I also had this: 50 + 3 + 1 = 54 9 + 9 = 18 54 x 18 = 972 972 - 10 = 962 Plus, I'm not sure how Seán got 963, but the one way I saw leaves the 1 to take away: 10 + 9 = 19 19 x 3 = 57 57 + 50 = 107 107 x 9 = 963 963 - 1 = 962 If that's the way they did it, then that would be heartbreaking. In the fourth numbers round, I saw the contestants' solution, but also had this one from factoring (29 x 7 = 203): 25 + 4 = 29 8 - 1 = 7 29 x 7 = 203 And I also had these: 25 x 4 = 100 100 + 1 = 101 8 / 4 = 2 101 x 2 = 202 202 + 1 = 203 25 - 8 = 17 4 - 1 = 3 17 x 3 = 51 51 x 4 = 204 204 - 1 = 203

[@Nullifidian]

Tuesday Countdown In the first round, I saw Rachel's solution, and I also had this one based on factoring: (17^2 x 3 = 867): 75 x 3 = 225 10 x 7 = 70 70 - 6 = 64 225 + 64 = 289 289 x 3 = 867 I tried coming up with 51 x 17, because of the 10 and 7 there, but there wasn't any way I could find to make that work. However, I also had these: 10 x 7 = 70 75 + 70 = 145 145 x 6 = 870 870 - 3 = 867 75 x 10 = 750 7 + 6 = 13 13 x 3 x 3 = 117 750 + 117 = 867 In the second round, the contestant was agnozingly close to the right answer. She would have had it if she had only done this: 75 + 9 = 84 84 x 8 = 672 672 + 100 = 772 8 - 7 = 1 772 + 1 = 773 And I also had the following related solutions: 100 + 7 = 107 107 x 8 = 856 856 - 75 - 8 = 773 9 - 7 = 2 8 - 2 = 6 100 + 6 = 106 106 x 8 = 848 848 - 75 = 773 In the third round, I had Rachel's solution. However, I got it within 30 seconds along with this related one: 7 x 5 = 35 100 + 35 = 135 135 x 7 = 945 945 + 6 + 2 = 953 Another solution was: 7 + 6 = 13 13 x 7 = 91 100 + 91 = 191 191 x 5 = 955 955 - 2 = 953 And I had this from considering the fact that the 100 and 6 were twice what I wished them to be: 7 + 7 + 5 = 19 100 x 19 = 1900 1900 + 6 = 1906 1906 / 2 = 953 In the final round, I saw the contestants' solution, and also simplified it with: 6 - 1 = 5 100 + 5 = 105 105 x 3 = 315 However, I also had some more materially different solutions, like: 3 + 1 = 4 10 x 6 x 4 = 240 240 + 75 = 315 10 x 3 = 30 75 - 30 = 45 6 + 1 = 7 45 x 7 = 315 100 + 75 = 175 175 x 6 = 1050 1050 x 3 = 3150 3150 / 10 = 315

[@Nullifidian]

Wednesday Countdown In the first round, I saw Rachel's solution and also had this related one: 50 - 9 - 3 = 38 38 x 25 = 950 8 - 7 = 1 950 - 1 = 949 But I also had this different alternative: 50 + 8 = 58 25 - 9 = 16 58 x 16 = 928 7 x 3 = 21 928 + 21 = 949 In the second round, I saw Dan's solution, but also had these: 75 x 3 = 225 225 + 6 = 231 231 - 25 = 206 100 / 50 = 2 206 x 2 = 412 100 + 3 = 103 50 / 25 = 2 6 - 2 = 4 103 x 4 = 412 100 + 3 = 103 103 x 50 = 5150 5150 x 6 = 30900 309000 / 75 = 412 The last is a bit of a cheat, because all I was doing was using the ratio of 50 / 75 to turn 6 into 4. In the third round, I saw Rachel's solution for 723 but it's the only one. In the fourth round, I saw the contestants' solution, but I also had these: 75 + 5 = 80 80 x 2 = 160 5 x 2 = 10 50 - 10 = 40 100 / 25 = 4 40 x 4 = 160 50 + 2 = 52 75 x 52 = 3900 3900 + 100 = 4000 4000 / 25 = 160 100 + 5 + 2 = 107 107 x 75 = 8025 8025 - 25 = 8000 8000 / 50 = 160

[@Nullifidian]

Thursday Countdown In the first round, I saw both contestants' solutions, but if you want a fancy solution you can do this: 50 - 6 = 44 100 x 44 = 4400 4400 - 75 = 4325 4325 / 25 = 173 Since 100 / 25 is 4 and 75 / 25 is 3, it's the equivalent of (50 - 6) x 4 - 3 = 173. In the second round, I saw both contestants' solution, but also had this one from factoring (67 x 7 x 2 = 938): 6 x 6 = 36 100 + 36 = 136 136 - 2 = 134 8 - 1 = 7 134 x 7 = 938 And I also had this: 2 + 1 = 3 6 x 3 = 18 100 + 18 = 118 118 x 8 = 944 944 - 6 = 938 In the third round, I saw Dan's solution, but also had these: 25 - 6 = 19 19 x 7 = 133 100 / 50 = 2 133 + 2 = 135 50 - 7 = 43 75 / 25 = 3 43 x 3 = 129 129 + 6 = 135 75 + 50 = 125 125 / 25 = 5 7 x 5 = 35 100 + 35 = 135 And finally this fancy solution: 50 - 6 = 44 75 x 44 = 3300 3300 - 100 = 3200 3200 / 25 = 128 128 + 7 = 135 Again, 75 / 25 = 3 and 100 / 25 = 4, so it's equivalent to (50 - 6) x 3 - 4 + 7 = 135. In the final round, I had Rachel's solution for one-below as well as this one: 9 x 5 = 45 45 - 6 = 39 39 x 7 x 3 = 819 And I had this for 1 above: 6 x 3 = 18 18 + 5 = 23 23 x 9 x 4 = 828 828 - 7 = 821

[@Nullifidian]

Friday Countdown In the first numbers round, I had a few solutions for 915: 50 / 25 = 2 4 x 2 = 8 100 + 75 + 8 = 183 183 x 5 = 915 100 + 5 = 105 50 / 25 = 2 105 x 4 x 2 = 840 840 + 75 = 915 50 - 4 = 46 100 x 46 = 4600 4600 - 25 = 4575 4575 / 5 = 915 This last is based on the fact that 100 / 5 = 20 and 25 / 5 is 5, so it's the equivalent of (50 - 4) x 20 - 5 = 915. In the second round, I saw the contestants' solution, but if you wanted to use all of the numbers, you could do this: 100 + 25 = 125 125 - 5 = 120 120 x 4 = 480 480 + 10 + 9 = 499 There's not really any point in finding more solutions for such an easy target, though. In the third round, I saw Rachel's solution, and few more ways out of the million to do it are: 5 x 2 = 10 100 + 10 = 110 75 / 25 = 3 110 x 3 = 330 75 - 5 = 70 100 / 25 = 4 70 x 4 = 280 280 + 50 = 330 75 / 5 = 15 100 + 50 + 15 = 165 165 x 2 = 330 100 + 75 = 175 50 / 5 = 10 175 - 10 = 165 165 x 2 = 330 75 + 5 + 2 = 82 100 x 82 = 8200 8200 + 50 = 8250 8250 / 25 = 330 The logic of the above solution is that since I'm dividing by 25, 100 is equivalent to 4 and 50 to 2, so it's functionally the same as (75 + 5 + 2) x 4 + 2 = 330. Again, the fourth round isn't really worth doing, but for the sake of doing something this is my solution using all of the numbers: 25 x 2 = 50 100 / 50 = 2 8 + 2 = 10 10 x 10 x 4 = 400

[@daviddesreumaux338]

773 100+8=108×7=756 +8+9=773

[@einSteppenwolf]

962=(10+9)×50+9+3

[@daviddesreumaux338]

203 8-1=7 25+4=29×7=203

[@medusa_404]

Thursday: 173 50 / 25 = 2 100 + 75 - 2 = 173 100 + 75 - 6 + 4 = 173 100 / 50 = 2 75 - 2 = 73 25 * 4 = 100 100 + 73 = 173 938 8 + 1 = 9 9 * 100 = 900 6 * 6 = 36 900 + 36 + 2 6 * 6 = 36 36 - 2 = 34 100 + 34 = 134 8 - 1 = 7 134 * 7 = 938 6 + 1 = 7 8 * 7 = 56 100 + 56 = 156 156 * 6 = 936 936 + 2 = 938 135 75 - 50 = 25 25 / 25 = 1 6 - 1 = 5 7 * 5 = 35 100 + 35 = 135 50 + 25 = 75 75 / 75 = 1 6 - 1 = 5 7 * 5 = 35 100 + 35 = 135 100 / 25 = 4 75 + 50 + 6 + 4 = 135 820 1 above 6 * 5 = 30 9 * 30 = 270 270 * 3 = 810 810 + 7 + 4 = 821 1 below 6 * 5 = 30 30 + 9 = 39 39 * 7 = 273 273 * 3 = 819