My chances of submitting an entry for the last two word games were ruined by my ridiculous propensity to ration my oh-so-sacred words. I found myself chained to my usual method of working in stages: thinking up ideas, jotting down some notes and perhaps the odd sentence or two, before going all out for the final thing. This time I've decided to take a somewhat cooler approach, slapping down words like salmon in a fishery. Yeah, okay, give me a chance. No longer will I loiter for days on end with nary a phrase to show for it. Nope, while yesterday I burped, today I write! And thus I have moulded a piece of prose with the grandeur of a lunar crater. Signing, dating and submitting!

My scorecard for the 5625th game of Countdown, followed by the usual word game rules and the round-up of last week's moving and insightful article from Tearose (complete with bonus article from the archives).

Rnd Selection Declaration Score
1 neduixrpw ruined 6
2 eoawsvtsg stages 12
3 ullocermo cooler 18
4 aiatdgnsm dating 24
5 8 5 4 2 6 1 → 973 — 24
TTT sheslaps splashes1  
6 auenrctir crater 30
7 tqroinaea ration 36
8 eoihyfsrg fishery 43
9 escanihdv chained 50
10 50 100 25 75 6 3 → 381 381
100 × 3 + 75 + 6		 60
TTT namenerd mannered2  
11 dslueimdo moulded 67
12 eaimrztlo loiter 73
13 bejaurpdk burped 79
14 50 75 25 100 3 2 → 379 379
100 × 3 + 75 + 50 ÷ 2 + 2		 89
15 grabalice (algebraic) 89

1 Solved by Rosie
2 Solved by Rosie

Game

Words: ruined stages cooler dating crater ration fishery chained moulded loiter burped
Rules: Comment or write an article on your own blog, utilising all of the words
Hints: If you blog here on BCUK, use the trackback-URL when publishing your entry and a snippet of your entry will then appear here as a comment

Round-up of last week's entry

'Retirement Sucks… Sometimes' by Tearose