What is apterous?
The first thing to say is that apterous is definitely not Countdown. It is not endorsed by Countdown, Channel 4 or anyone important at all. However, it is a game with rounds including numbers, letters and conundrums. This may sound familiar. You can play against your friends over the Internet, or other people's friends if you don't have any of your own. To play, just register and then log in. If you're having problems, head over to our FAQ and, if that doesn't work, please do email me and I'll do my best to help.
Current Duel Leaders
| # | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Barcet | — |
Format: 11 rounds of 30 seconds.
[Vote for the next Duel's format]
Latest Pencils
Top Dog
| # | Player | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda McGrory | 58% |
These are the finest bones dug up lately,
in Mr Dog's opinion (patent pending).
Discussions
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Funeral of Phillip Harcort Collinge
Announcement by S J. Status: Unconfirmed.
To All member, Most of us already knew that Phillip Collinge's passed away. The funeral will take place at Pitsea Crematorium at 3 pm on 27 January 2020. if anyone want to attend please let me know. Supee ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Game of the Year (GotY) 2019
Announcement by Elliott Mellor. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi there, Nominations are now open for Game of the Year (GotY) 2019 and will close on Saturday 22 February 2020 at 11.59pm. The full details and rules are on the forum thread [
link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Talking to yourself - aptomail warning if you haven't added a recipient
Website feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Looking down my aptomail, I've found 4 messages that I've successfully managed to only send to myself. I think what I've possibly been doing is typing the intended recipients name in the box and picking ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Brexit Tournament - Referendum
Brainstorm by Matthew Tassier. Status: Unconfirmed.
As a nation heroically gets Brexit done*, it's time to celebrate with a tournament. But what sort of a future tournament would you like? Please vote below either ... "Remain" - After 40 successful years ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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iPad view
Miscellaneous topic by Mich H. Status: Unconfirmed.
the challenge and chat icons are off the bottom of the screen when playing on iPad, does anyone know how to correct this please? [Read more] [More miscellany]
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New collectable - Max thief
Game feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Suggestion for new collectable - max thief - when you deny your opponent a max game by stealing the conundrum :) (only if you're not on a max game too (I wish!)) [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apterous Seniors 2020
Announcement by Phil Collinge. Status: Unconfirmed.
2020 tournament now open for business. Reverting to a straight-knockout format for this year. Sign Ups Close Sunday 12th January [
link] [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Focal Talk podcast - Episode 1 out now!
Announcement by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
Introducing: the Focal Talk podcast. Hosted by myself and Paul Anderson, this podcast will be a monthly release discussing all the latest news and events in the Countdown community: online, on TV, and ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Character update - James Robinson
Game feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
James Robinson says: We had ACUPOINTS for 9! Still, in the semi-finals of series 48, Julian Fell got FOUR nine-letter words and 146 points, a record which still stands today!!! :-O :-D That record's ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Reverse-Stemmer
Website feature request by George Ford. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi, in the Lexplorer there is the 'stemmer' function which shows you all of the possible stems for the word searched. I am requesting a reverse of this feature, a tab of the Lexplorer that shows all of ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apto 2020 Goals
Brainstorm by Neil Collins. Status: Unconfirmed.
I remember a similar thread from last year [ link], which I didn't contribute to, but always had a couple in the back of my mind (max 9r + max 15r were the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Oldest Countdown champion
Miscellaneous topic by Steve H. Status: Unconfirmed.
Does anyone know who is the oldest person to be a Countdown series champion and how old they were? Thanks Steve [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Two letter word list - aegilops
Miscellaneous topic by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Been playing a bit of aegilops recently, and as a (not very good) scrabbler, it's a gamble on the two letter words as to which are going to be allowed. So I've pulled together a list of the valid 2 letter ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Countdown in Manchester 2020
Announcement by Zarte Siempre. Status: Unconfirmed.
(Copied from Innis' ticket he made before realising he wasn't subscribed) Manchester (/Salford) has, since 2009, been where brave wordsmiths and arithmeticians have ventured in order to test their mettle ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Ability to tag users
Website feature request by Bradley Horrocks. Status: Unconfirmed.
I think this would be particularly useful in the comment section of pages such as statistics or tourney page, so the person you're mentioning doesn't have to scroll through the welcome page to find the ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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New character idea: Graham Taylor
Game feature request by Anthony Endsor. Status: Unconfirmed.
This ticket was created by the Character Spindlomatic, which you should use to create your own characters! [ link] --------------------------------------- I suggest the ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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December 2019 dictionary update (large)
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
From tomorrow, 2532 new words will be added [link] and 107 removed [link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Chat notifications
Game feature request by Mark D. Status: Accepted. Priority: 2.
You know how in messenger programs like MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Facebook, etc, there's a notification of some description (a pop sound, a flashing bar, or whatever) that signifies you got a message? One of them ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Spoon of Awesome nomination for Andy SC
Miscellaneous topic by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
After (very) successfully reviving Marcus's apterous ATP tour for 2019, Andy SC has just announced that he will be making the herculean effort of running the tour yet again in 2020: [ link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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PBs etc announced in chat
Game feature request by Anglo Italian. Status: Accepted. Priority: 1.
Request description: In the record of the game where we can comment and consider for GOTW, it would be useful if a symbol or phrase came up automatically to signify: THIS WAS FRED'S PERSONAL BEST PRISCILLA ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
19 January 2020
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Hazel Drury's 330 - 338 game with Apterous Rex received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Elliott Mellor's 220 - 188 game with Jack Worsley received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×7]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Keith C Williams, who lasted 15 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Callum Todd with a score of 113 from 124.
18 January 2020
- Linda McGrory's 57 - 47 game with Andy SC received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Jim M tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Liam Hughes tied the high score for Jnr. Goatundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Joseph H's 181 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×6]
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Joseph H set a new record number of maximums for Beanstalk Letters Attack with 22 maxes.
- Callum Todd tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Hazel Drury tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Linda McGrory, who lasted 13 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 11 people (Edward Ashcroft, Thomas Cappleman, Robin M, Cammy L-, Johnny Canuck, Steve H, Jon Elmer, Miles Elliott, Hazel Drury, A A Hirsi and Roger Vincent) with a score of 49 from 57.
17 January 2020
- Jim M tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jim M tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Matthew S Rutherford tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Eddy Byrne tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Rob Foster's 127 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- Hazel Drury tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jim M commented on Top 4 large players. [+1 other]
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Eoin Jackson commented on his own Landmarks.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Alex H, who lasted 9 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 3 people (Rob Foster, Tim Down and Callum Todd) with a score of 69 from 69.
16 January 2020
- Marcus Hares commented on Apterous Seniors Championship 2020: Round 1.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor's 148 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×12]
- John Beresford commented on Tim Down's game with The Duellist. [+3 others]
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- John Beresford commented on Elliott Mellor's game with Apterous Prune.
- Jim M tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Joseph H tied the high score for Junior Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jim M tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Joseph H tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor's 1054 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×6]
- Bradley Horrocks tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Tim Down tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor commented on his game with Apterous Prune.
14 January 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Jim M's 118 - 116 15 Rounder win against Apterous Rex! This week's vote is now open.
13 January 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
7 January 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Apterous Rex's 670 - 663 Goatdown win against Rob Foster! This week's vote is now open.
6 January 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
4 January 2020
- News: Stephen R has been crowned champion of Co:Apterous 3!
2 January 2020
- News: A total of 23 Duel Necklaces were awarded for December 2019.
1 January 2020
- News: The Duel for December 2019 was won by Elliott Mellor!
31 December 2019
- News: Game of the Week was won by Edward Ashcroft's 200 - 0 Hyper Nasty Numbers Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- News: Matthew S Rutherford has been crowned champion of Beat Your Bot!
30 December 2019
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
28 December 2019
- News: Andy SC receives the Spoon of Awesome, the first one in 2½ years. [Discussion]
24 December 2019
- News: Game of the Week was won by Vincent Barcet's 200 - 0 French Conundrum Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
23 December 2019
- News: Callum Todd has been crowned champion of 12 Weeks of Christmas Series!
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 December 2019
- New: apterous History: November 2019.
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