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Four three-letter words are shown to the teams, each word is the starting point for a word chain. One team chooses a starting word, and the host reads a clue to another word (which may be a proper noun or abbreviation); the player must change one letter in the starting word to make the correct word (e.g., CAT to CUT).
Letters and Numbers is an Australian game show on SBS.It is hosted by former newsreader Richard Morecroft, co-hosted by David Astle and Lily Serna.Although it is based on the French game show Des chiffres et des lettres, its structure is similar to the UK version of the show, Countdown - with the titular difference being used to avoid confusion with the Australian music program Countdown.
Lily Serna is an Australian mathematician and television presenter, [1] best known for co-presenting the SBS game shows Letters and Numbers (2010−2012 [2]) and Celebrity Letters and Numbers (2021−), as well as the cooking show Destination Flavour (2012). She works as a data analyst for Atlassian in Sydney. [3]
Each team attempts to solve as many words as they can in two minutes. In season one, words alternated between five-letter words worth 5 points each and six-letter words worth 10 points each; in season two, all words are five letters and score 1 point. The team who won more money in their match decides who goes first.
Each word is worth up to £500 but its value decreases by £50 for each attempt. Both the four-letter word and five-letter word games are followed by an eleven-letter puzzle word (twelve-letter puzzle word in Series 1) worth up to £1000 but its value decreases by £180 per letter after the first one as more letters are revealed.
Celebrity Letters and Numbers is an Australian comedy panel game show on SBS which premiered on 2 October 2021. It is a revived version of the game show Letters and Numbers , which aired on SBS from 2010 to 2012, with an altered format with celebrity contestants competing rather than members of the public. [ 1 ]
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The programme was presented by Richard Whiteley for 23 years until his death on 26 June 2005. It was then presented by Des Lynam from October 2005 until December 2006, Des O'Connor from January 2007 until December 2008, Jeff Stelling from January 2009 until December 2011 and Nick Hewer from January 2012 until his retirement in June 2021, with Colin Murray standing in for Nick Hewer during part ...