What is apterous?
apterous is a UK-based puzzle game where players compete to solve word and number puzzles. You can play in British English, French, German, Welsh, global English and a variety of other languages.
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Current Duel Leaders
| # | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Hare | — |
Format: 12 rounds of 25 seconds.
[Vote for the next Duel's format]
Latest Pencils
Top Dog
| # | Player | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Manojlovic | 97% |
These are the finest bones dug up lately,
in Mr Dog's opinion (patent pending).
Discussions
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Co:Durham 2024 - Saturday, 6th July
Announcement by Adam Beach. Status: Unconfirmed.
Another new city, another new host, and another exciting co-event to add to the mix. For the first time, letters, numbers and conundurhams are coming to the historic cathedral city of Durham. This will ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Cancel other challenges when game is started
Game feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
I think it would be useful if, when a game is accepted, other challenges are cancelled. Some players (often newer ones) send multiple challenges. The suggestion is that once a challenge is accepted, ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apterous Masters 2024 - sign ups open!
Announcement by Thomas Carey. Status: Unconfirmed.
Sign ups are now open for 2024's Apterous Masters tournament, the longest-running tournament on apterous! :) Anyone can enter - everyone welcome! Details and sign ups here https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=5552 ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Glitchy Numbers
Miscellaneous topic by Liam O. Status: Unconfirmed.
Has anyone reported this as a bug by any chance? Long delays between selecting the numbers and the appearance of the round/clock/target. [Read more] [More miscellany]
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PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (and friends)
Brainstorm by Martin Hurst. Status: Unconfirmed.
An interesting posed by Elwin Carlos on the following tournament: https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=5513 ***Does it count as cheating to have that (MH: the Pneumo word) copied to your device's ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
10 2 5
CO:Sheffield - Saturday 18th May 2024
Announcement by George Armstrong. Status: Unconfirmed.
Countdown has found itself a new Yorkshire home in the beating industrial heart of Sheffield! We will be at St Bartholomews, Primrose Hill, Langsett, Sheffield, S6 2UW. Just a 15 minute drive or 20 minute ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous still thinks there's GOTW voting when there's no nominations, and where's my ostracon?
Website feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
This week there appear to be no games to vote on in Game Of The Week. But it still has the thing at the top of the page asking if you want to vote. This doesn't go away after you click "Take me there". ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
18 1 1
c4countdown.co.uk should work over HTTPS
Website feature request by Graeme Cole. Status: Unconfirmed.
Following from here: http://c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=16379 c4countdown.co.uk still uses HTTP rather than HTTPS, which means all our activity, including login details, are sent unencrypted. If ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Words by Usefulness - January 2024
Announcement by Rob Foster. Status: Unconfirmed.
The latest version of the Words by Usefulness Doc is out. Special mentions go to ANTIPOSE and ANTIPOLE for being among the most useful additions. As for UNDERBOOB - must try harder. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DAcyuWyoLBx6T32mlw0eYWPmvl3PoNWL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102346750340488444279&rtpof=true&sd=true ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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previous games
Miscellaneous topic by Anan Nathan. Status: Unconfirmed.
is there a way of retrieving previous games or is that not possible [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Co:Ox - Saturday 15 June 2024
Announcement by Darren Godfrey. Status: Unconfirmed.
Oxford. Countdown. Euro 2024 opening weekend. Me. What more do you need? C4C: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=16167&sid=e2dad96b40d5e268afcf628bf3cf1566 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v9jXu57UCxjwMQaB/ ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Dictionary update?
Website feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Whilst not directly related to apterous, the 2024 FOCAL (countdown events) season kicks off next week with Lincoln. FOCAL events traditionally use apterous for dictionary adjudication, but the word list ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Custom challenge buttons on profile pages
Game feature request by Marty P. Status: Unconfirmed.
I thought it would be handy if you let users pre-configure custom challenges for their preferred game formats and include links to these on their profile pages so other users could straightforwardly send ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
18 1 5
Football-style scoring for Champions League format
Website feature request by Philip Aston. Status: Unconfirmed.
Borrowing from George Armstrong’s ongoing and successful Premier League/EFL Championship tournaments (with his permission ;) At present, Champions League format uses Winners only scoring. The aforementioned ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
10 1 2
Light border around timer bar in dark mode
Game feature request by Jon O'Neill. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi, it would be nice if there was a little bit more contrast on the timer bar vs. the background as it's hard to see how much time is left from the corner of the eye. Here is my proposed CSS for this: ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
12 2 4
Conundrums when playing via mobile
Game feature request by Mike Lee. Status: Unconfirmed.
Can the keyboard for solving a conundrum appear automatically at the beginning of the conundrum round when playing by mobile? I find my first focus in this round is pressing the box to bring the keyboard ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Conundrum difficulty selector
Game feature request by Etho Burrow. Status: Unconfirmed.
I've been practicing conundrums a lot lately, and one thing I find myself wishing for is some way to select the difficulty range of the conundrums I face in a particular game. I think the current system ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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New character idea: Michael Owen
Game feature request by Dave Robjohns. Status: Unconfirmed.
This ticket was created by the Character Spindlomatic, which you should use to create your own characters! https://www.apterous.org/spindlomatic.php --------------------------------------- I suggest the ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Tournament licence
Website feature request by Charlie Reams. Status: On-going.
A small number of people run most of apterous' many excellent tournaments, and currently they spend a lot of time waiting around for me to approve them. I suggest a system in which people with a reasonable ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Help me understand!
Miscellaneous topic by Maurice Conway. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hey, I can't make sense of the rating system and how points are allocated at the end of a game. Could you help me understand please? [Read more] [More miscellany]
News
16 April 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Jack Worsley's 133 - 123 15 Rounder win against Tom Cappleman! This week's vote is now open.
- Chris Hare's game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Gabriel Thallon tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Dave Robjohns tied the high score for Nasty Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Florence C-L tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Florence C-L tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Florence C-L tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Florence C-L tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Chris Butler's 97 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×5]
- Adam Latchford commented on Chris Butler's game with The Duellist. [+1 other]
- Tal Lessner tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Jon Elmer, who lasted 10 rounds with a target of 7. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Chris Butler with a score of 97 from 103.
15 April 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Andy SC commented on Europa League: 2024: Last 16. [+2 others]
- Andy SC commented on Jason C.'s game with Adrian Fletcher.
- Andy SC commented on Adrian Fletcher's game with Jason C..
- Jon Elmer tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Nasty Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Thomas Carey's 70 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Nick W's 114 - 112 game with Apterous Prime received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Philip Aston's 144 - 65 game with Ben Bazzard received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Anglo Italian's 148 - 56 game with Giorgio Senatore received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Florence C-L tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Tasneem Rana commented on Reach your rating: Round 1 - 9 rounder. [+1 other]
- Fraser Allatt's 169 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Anglo Italian set a new record number of maximums for Italian Letters Attack with 14 maxes.
- Zohaib Rehan tied the high score for Nasty Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Matthew Tassier commented on Apterous F1: 2024 Japan Race. [+2 others]
- Zohaib Rehan tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Ethan Mahal tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Ian Wray, who lasted 10 rounds with a target of 5. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Thomas Carey with a score of 70 from 70.
14 April 2024
- Andy SC commented on Champions League: 2024: Last 16. [+3 others]
- Andy SC commented on Dan Byrom's game with Matthew Tassier.
- Andy SC commented on Dan Byrom's game with Matthew Tassier.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Andy SC commented on Matt Gould's game with Darren Godfrey.
- Andy SC commented on Darren Godfrey's game with Matt Gould.
- Andy SC commented on Ian Linton's game with Jason Turner.
- Andy SC commented on Ian Linton's game with Jason Turner.
- Andy SC commented on Matt OC's game with Hazel Drury.
- Andy SC commented on Matt OC's game with Hazel Drury.
- Andy SC commented on Jonny D's game with Elwin Carlos.
- Andy SC commented on Elwin Carlos's game with Jonny D.
13 April 2024
- News: Adam Latchford has been crowned champion of 5 Round Championships (2024)!
9 April 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Apterous Rex's 1257 - 1249 Goatdown win against Rob Foster! This week's vote is now open.
8 April 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 April 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Gulshan R's 114 - 112 15 Rounder win against Anthony Endsor! This week's vote is now open.
- News: A total of 47 Duel Necklaces were awarded for March 2024.
1 April 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- News: The Duel for March 2024 was won by Matt Hamer!
27 March 2024
- News: Sam Cappleman-Lynes has been crowned champion of 1 vs 100(ish)!
26 March 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Patrick Thompson's 145 - 145 15 Rounder draw with Ahmed M! This week's vote is now open.
25 March 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 March 2024
- New: apterous History: February 2024.
19 March 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Paul W's 117 - 85 15 Rounder win against Bendu Olo! This week's vote is now open.
18 March 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
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