And so we emerge breathless from Countdown's spellbinding 30th Birthday Championship. Lest we keel over from the sheer excitement of it, just have my scorecard for game #5655, the word game rules and round-up of last week's entry from Lucy.

Rnd Selection Declaration Score
1 lpsreuona planes 6
2 wieotdlar trailed 13
3 ytpioentd pointed 20
4 eaipmseds impasse 27
5 75 100 25 50 8 4 → 373 375
100 × 4 − 25		 34
TTT broadale adorable1  
6 bxdoarhig radio 39
7 nsbkoearw wankers 46
8 nmsiuelcu uncles2 51
9 mntjaeapt meant 56
10 50 25 5 1 10 4 → 219 219
(50 + 1) × 4 + 10 + 5		 66
TTT truefans aftersun3  
11 qnrveoisf nosier 72
12 touerzatr rotter 78
13 cgnseaoem mangoes 85
14 25 50 9 1 6 4 → 865 — 85
15 amberlove (removable) 85

1 Solved by Rosie
2 Rachael found MINUSCULE for nine
3 Solved by Rosie

Game

Words: planes trailed pointed impasse radio wankers uncles meant nosier rotter mangoes
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 entries

'The Gin Trap' by LucyMGreenfield