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 | Dave Robjohns | — |
Format: 5 rounds of 60 seconds.
[Vote for the next Duel's format]
Latest Pencils
Top DogDiscussions
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New character idea: Craig Revel Horwood
Game feature request by Rhys Benjamin. 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]
22 8 6
New character idea: Gary Lineker
Game feature request by Bradley Holland. 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]
14 1 2
Tourney search
Website feature request by Rhys Benjamin. Status: Unconfirmed.
Trying to search for tourneys you didn't play in is excruciatingly difficult if you didn't play in them and they're not series-linked or have an accompanying ticket. Could it please be possible to search ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
18 4 10
New item: charlotte
Game feature request by Johnny Canuck. Status: Unconfirmed.
Inspired by Giles and Dylan's battle royale in the CoC XIV semi-finals (featuring the conundrum solution CHARLOTTE), the charlotte would be awarded at the end of a 15 Rounder or 15 Rounder +TB, always ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
20 5 1
Incorrect conundrum guesses to be searchable
Website feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Following this ticket, which wasn't described correctly [ link] this is now the replacement ticket. When someone incorrectly guesses a conundrum, you cannot ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
14 0 75
Xmas Specials
Miscellaneous topic by John Beresford. Status: Unconfirmed.
The series final for 2020 airs on Fri Dec 18. C4 have asked for 3 shows for Mon Dec 21 to Wed Dec 23.... so how about some one-off stand alone specials? Interested ? Then leave word here. Filming on ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
16 6 4
Variant idea: Firstdown
Variant idea by Kirk Bevins. Status: Accepted. Priority: 1.
Request description: If both players declare a word of the same length, only the player who locked theirs in first (by pressing end round early) would get the points. Alternately, the faster player ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
22 0 3
Time axis on superstats graphs to report actual dates, not "days ago"
Website feature request by Graeme Cole. Status: Unconfirmed.
I read Jack Hurst's C4C post about Letters Max Progression [
link] with interest, but the choice of labelling on the X-axis of the graphs makes interpreting ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
10 5 5
Chat teasers to be highlighted if they are unpencilled
Game feature request by Simpatico Jones. Status: Unconfirmed.
Like this, basically. "2020-10-19 14:49:13 Your new teaser is NIGHEST+E. You have 60 seconds to answer! 2020-10-19 14:49:21 George Armstrong got it first. You have 51.8 seconds left. 2020-10-19 14:50:13 Time's ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
18 1 3
Variant idea: Pardown
Variant idea by Ian Volante. Status: Accepted. Priority: 2.
Request description: A range of points are scored depending on how far above/below the 'par' declaration a player is, like the Stableford per-hole golf scoring system. [link] ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
5 3 2
A Temporary "Delete" Button for Tickets and Replies?
Website feature request by Philip Aston. Status: Unconfirmed.
When you post a comment on a game or statistics page, you have a 15-minute time frame to delete it by clicking on the "Delete" button – useful as it saves you from re-commenting to amend a typo or if ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
16 0 2
More landmark requests
Website feature request by Ben Wilson. Status: Accepted. Priority: 2.
Request description: Other stuff that could be added to landmarks: -100th/1000th/10 000th conundrum solved -100th/1000th/10 000th maxed letters round -100th/1000th/10 000th numbers game solved -1st ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
16 0 3
Comment notification option
Website feature request by Julie McCarthy. Status: Unconfirmed.
Maybe, when a user comments on something on apterous (be it a tourney page or stat page or whatever), how about a box to tick (and fill in with relevant username) to send a notification to a particular ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
15 6 3
Variant idea: Scrabbledown
Variant idea by Matt Morrison. Status: Accepted. Priority: 1.
Request description: Scrabble-inspired letters values, so you score many more points for tougher letters. Would be badly weighted if exact Scrabble scoring was used, but there could be a set of letters ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
18 4 6
New character idea: Lord Alan Sugar
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]
11 1 0
Apterous Masters 2020 - sign ups open!
Announcement by Thomas Carey. Status: Unconfirmed.
Sign ups are now open for this year's Apterous Masters tournament! Anyone can enter - sign up here [ link] [Read more] [More miscellany]
14 6 3
Announcement of new tournaments
Website feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
When there is a new tournament that might interest me, it sometimes passes me by because there isn't always anything obvious to draw my attention to it. Some people make tickets, but that's often to discuss ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
15 1 4
Prune to pick Nicely
Game feature request by Adam Gillard. Status: Pending.
Could you make it so that Prune picks for a chance at the highest possible max in Nice, like he does in other variants? This would have to take into account letters that have come out twice already, e.g. ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
11 7 20
Player-contributed conundrum scrambles
Game feature request by Graeme Cole. Status: Unconfirmed.
Inspired by this forum post: [ link] I've nothing against the automatic conundrum-shuffler algorithm apterous uses, especially when it comes up with stuff ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Classic Games: new Editor's Picks wanted
Brainstorm by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
We're getting pretty close to the long-awaited Classic Games update, which should see over 3500 new classic games available to play. So I call on you, dear friends, to help me select which of the ~5400 ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
News
28 October 2020
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Rob Foster's 150 - 109 game with Ronan M Higginson received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Rhys Benjamin commented on Top 4 large players.
- Rhys Benjamin commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: North Yorkshire. [+1 other]
- William R Draper's 144 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- William R Draper tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Tom Coldron, who lasted 12 rounds with a target of 7. Woof!
- Conor Travers tied the record number of maximums for Speed Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- The Duel was won by 2 people (Elliott Mellor and Bradley Horrocks) with a score of 106 from 110.
27 October 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Jack Worsley's 1095 - 0 Mocktorun win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- George Armstrong tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Matty Artell's 127 - 125 game with Sam Cappleman-Lynes received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Carlo Harrison commented on AptoLeague: S4 Premier League. [+5 others]
- Hazel Drury's 12 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×6]
- Oliver Garner's 125 - 89 game with Jojo Apollo received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Oliver Garner tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- William R Draper commented on Hazel Drury's game with The Duellist. [+8 others]
- Rob Foster 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.
- Eoin Jackson commented on his game with Anthony Endsor.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Dave Robjohns commented on Ben H's game with Edward Ashcroft.
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: Season 5: Sign-ups & Playoffs.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Ben H, who lasted 9 rounds with a target of 7. Woof!
- Rhys Benjamin commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: East Lothian .
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Lincolnshire.
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Mid Sussex.
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Chichester.
- The Duel was won by Hazel Drury with a score of 12 from 12.
26 October 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Fife.
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Blaby .
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Dartford.
- Andy SC commented on Apterous Council Elections 2021: Bassetlaw.
- Stephen R's 115 - 58 game with Marcus Hares received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- William R Draper tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare's 197 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Tracey Mills commented on Toby McDonald's game with The Duellist. [+5 others]
- Toby McDonald's 46 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×5]
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Speed Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Rhys Benjamin commented on Apterous Football League Cup: 2020: Round 2.
- Conor Travers's 166 - 126 game with Apterous Prime received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- Ben H commented on AptoLeague: S4 Division 4. [+4 others]
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: S4 Division 5.
- Dave Robjohns commented on AptoLeague: S4 Division 3.
- Ian Volante commented on AptoNHL: Playoffs: Round of 16. [+1 other]
- Elliott Mellor's game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Jason Larsen commented on his game with Apterous Waldorf.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
23 October 2020
- News: Bradley Horrocks has been crowned champion of Letters Numbers Conundrums!
22 October 2020
- News: Hazel Drury has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S2 Cup)!
20 October 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by James Rowan's 176 - 166 15 Rounder win against Hazel Drury! This week's vote is now open.
19 October 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
17 October 2020
- News: Johnny Canuck has been crowned champion of Apto NHL: Challenge Cup!
13 October 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Fiona T's 119 - 70 15 Rounder win against Dave O'Donnell! This week's vote is now open.
12 October 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
6 October 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by William R Draper's 127 - 83 15 Rounder win against Jason Turner! This week's vote is now open.
5 October 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 October 2020
- News: A total of 32 Duel Necklaces were awarded for September 2020.
- News: Thomas Cappleman has been crowned champion of Tiddlywinks !
1 October 2020
- News: The Duel for September 2020 was won by Elliott Mellor!
29 September 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Edward Ashcroft's 170 - 0 win against The Duellist! This week's vote is now open.
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