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Notes from the organizer: Adam has now started to stretch his lead marginally, but it can all still change quickly.

Leaderboard - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YSYOdmZKGElwGkMRG89M4PBvmvH6vu-9/edit?gid=1911279472#gid=1911279472&range=A1:M1

Round 7 is one that I’ve considered previously but opted against (largely due to the marking of it potentially frying my brain), but this year we give it a go.

It’s a Hyper Letters Attack with one key rule - every word you declare needs to valid words and contain letters in alphabetical order to keep your game alive.

If you make a mistake and declare a word with letters out of alphabetical order, an invalid word or no word at all then your game scoring ends.

However, there is no minimum word length rule in play, so you could plod your way through with one letter words for a guaranteed 20 points if slow and steady is your style,

Examples - DEFT would be a deft touch, LEFT would see you left behind. BEGIN would be a great way to start, FINISH would be a terrible way to end.

A word such as AFFIX, which repeats the same letter consecutively, will be counted as being in valid alphabetical order so will get you points.

- There is a 5 point bonus if you score in every round without resorting to 1 or 2 letter words.
- And another 5 point bonus if you find a single word of 5+ letters that meets the scoring criteria.

Good luck!

Runs from: 19 – 30 November 2025. Format: Hyper Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 49. Completed: 6.

Results and fixtures

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)