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 | Matty Artell | — |
Format: 5 rounds of 35 seconds.
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Latest Pencils
Top DogDiscussions
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Conundrum Stock list
Announcement by Sean Fletcher. Status: Unconfirmed.
Bit of a long shot but I'm compiling a stock list of conundrums for future use, but may have some on there that have recently been used at other events. So, if any organisers have records or can remember ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Two week free bonanza!
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
To celebrate ten years of apterous, *everyone who has ever subscribed* has a free subscription from today until two weeks from now. If you're still in touch with members of yesteryear, please invite them ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Make auto-aptomail organisation threads the default for all tournaments
Website feature request by Matt Morrison. Status: Unconfirmed.
If you've played in any of the last few aptoSOS tournaments, or the last AWC you'll have seen one of these emails. You add a fixture, and apterous automatically sets up a new aptomail thread between the ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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COLIN XV- Countdown in Lincoln, 19-20 January 2019
Announcement by Ben Wilson. Status: Unconfirmed.
COLIN's back for a fifteenth consecutive year! And has barely changed in all that time. Here's the c4c page- [
link] And here are the Facebook event ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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How is it decided whether a word is valid?
Brainstorm by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Obviously the basic rules about how to determine what the valid inflections are, but looking at this ticket [
link] it seems that SWOONIER and SWOONIEST have ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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New item idea: Echo
Game feature request by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
An item for declaring the same word twice in a row. Example: [ link] If this sounds like it would be too commonplace in some variants, ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Suggest A Duel
Game feature request by Rhys Benjamin. Status: Unconfirmed.
Rather than have the semi-random duels, people should be able to suggest duels for the vote. This would, in theory, stop ridiculous votes where people have to choose between being punched in the face (Welsh ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Quick tourney convo area
Brainstorm by Spike Guthrie. Status: Unconfirmed.
Presently struggling to get onto play area, but seem to be onto here. Just say if this also you and this can be used as an area for dialogue. [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Possible Apterous ATP Tour Revival
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
After the revival of several things over the last few years such as Crystal Maze, Generation Game, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, etc, I feel it might be time to revive something to proved to be ever ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Ten years of apterous...
Announcement by Matt Hamer. Status: Unconfirmed.
It seems to have slipped past largely unnoticed... but apterous has turned 10 years old! (Not sure if there's an official birthday, but Charlie became the site's first registered user on 29 June 2008. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apto football score predictor
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I have had an idea for an Apto Football results predictor. It will entail me picking 20 football matches for you to predict the score of each Saturday and for other days when there is special fixtures ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Allow tournament fixture notes on completed fixtures
Website feature request by Adam Gillard. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi, Please can you extend the tournament fixture notes functionality to allow notes to be added to completed games? I can enable the Notes column by clicking the button but I can't type anything in there; ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Looking to sell my laptop prize
Miscellaneous topic by Zarte Siempre. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi all, sorry to post this here, but after recalling Martin doing the same for his dictionaries, I thought I'd give it a go for catching people outside my Facebook list. Part of my prize for winning the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Countdown C of C Details....
Announcement by John Beresford. Status: Unconfirmed.
The C of C is set to be filmed from Mon Oct 1st through to Wed Oct 3rd. The draw has been made and below are the fixtures. Please note, a couple of people are yet to confirm 100% that they can take part. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Monthly duel winner announcement links to page that hasn't been updated
Website feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
At the end of the month, the monthly duel winner is announced and there is always a link here [ link] But this page is never updated in time so the relevant month's duel information ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Option to Disable Spectation Notification
Brainstorm by Philip Aston. Status: Unconfirmed.
Elliott Mellor and I have recently agreed that there should be a settings option to disable the notification that reads “(Whoever) is watching you” during a game. Understandably, some people find ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous 10th Birthday Championship
Announcement by Phil Collinge. Status: Unconfirmed.
The Apterous 10th Birthday Championship will take place as a live event over two consecutive evenings, Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th August 2018. Finals night will coincide with the 10th Anniversary of ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous World Cup: an apology
Announcement by Matt Morrison. Status: Unconfirmed.
Sorry guys. It literally didn't even click until half way through the final on Sunday that I'd forgotten to run a World Cup tournament. I'm genuinely really sad about it. The last one was absolutely epic, ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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July 2018 dictionary update
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
From tomorrow, 37 new words will be permitted [link] and 2 removed [link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Premier League Fantasy Football 18/19 + Superbru 18/19
Announcement by Zarte Siempre. Status: Unconfirmed.
2018/19 season is go. [link] 550603-118093 - Classic 550603-118118 - H2H League name - Down for the Count ____________________________________ [link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
News
21 August 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Stephen R's 168 - 0 15 Rounder win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- Luke Johnson-Davies commented on Ian Birdman's game with Jojo Apollo. [+8 others]
- Zarte Siempre commented on Apterous Masters 2018: Preliminary Stage. [+2 others]
- Hazel Drury's 294 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×18]
- John Cowen commented on his game with Sherpa Shilty.
- Ian Birdman commented on Hazel Drury's game with Apterous Prune.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Mervyn Tong tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Mervyn Tong tied the high score for Junior Numbers 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 Stephen R, who lasted 11 rounds with a target of 8. Woof!
- Thomas Carey commented on Alternative CoC: Matches.
- The Duel was won by 3 people (Sean Fletcher, Matthew Tassier and Elliott Mellor) with a score of 85 from 85.
20 August 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- New: apterous History: July 2018.
- 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 set a new high score for Goat Attack with 294 points.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Flat 9 with 9 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Flat 9 with 9 maxes.
- Philip Aston commented on his game with Sherpa Shilty.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Speed Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Speed Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Speed Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Andy SC commented on Everything Counts V: Final. [+2 others]
- Andy SC commented on Everything Counts V: Semi Final. [+2 others]
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Norm Ahmad tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Ian Birdman's 122 - 104 game with Jojo Apollo received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×14]
- Tim Down tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Thomas Cappleman commented on Pro Ranks for 20 August 2018. [+3 others]
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Ian Birdman's 98 - 88 game with Spike Guthrie received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Spike Guthrie's 96 - 94 game with Ian Birdman received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- 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.
- Jack Slane tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Callum Todd's 136 - 211 game with Apterous Rex received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Rhys Benjamin commented on Numbers Numbers Numbers: Round 1: Junior.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Sam Prouse, who lasted 13 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Rob Foster with a score of 96 from 96.
19 August 2018
- Ben Andrews tied the record number of maximums for Junior Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Philip Aston commented on aptoSOS: 07.
- Martin Hurst tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Ian Birdman 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.
- Callum Todd tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
14 August 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Sarah Johnson's 122 - 0 15 Rounder win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
13 August 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
8 August 2018
- News: Zarte Siempre has been crowned champion of Apterous 10th Birthday Championship!
7 August 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Rob Foster's 210 - 203 Goatdown win against Transude Transude! This week's vote is now open.
6 August 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 August 2018
- News: The Duel for July 2018 was won by Chris Hare!
- News: A total of 25 Duel Necklaces were awarded for July 2018.
31 July 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Chris Hare's 225 - 66 Hyper Unlimited Letters Attack win against Apterous Velvet! This week's vote is now open.
30 July 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
24 July 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Elliott Mellor's 165 - 0 15 Rounder win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
23 July 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
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