Notes from the organizer: Three rounds down and we have an unsurprising sort of leaderboard with defending champion Tom C (434) and all-time great Zohaib R (442) sitting at the top.
Zohaib and Martin T posted a new record score for Start At The End with 142 usurping Florence’s previous best of 140. That helped Martin (408) sit 3rd with Harry FL (406) in 4th. Past winners Florence CL (405) and Matthew T (400) are the only other players over 400.
Tournament specialists, Richard Decker and Mike Lee, follow closely behind.
All to play for and three new rounds to get your teeth into.
Full leaderboard - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GbMgZiPM3Sf8HcUqhsfy3L4Fz4AQ_BTb/edit?gid=818273497#gid=818273497&range=A1:O1
This round may see some lower game scores as the aim is to declare words that begin and end with the same letter. As a result, we return to Touchdown.
A failure to do this will result in no score for that round and a 10 point penalty. Again, a minimum word length of 4 is in place, so declarations of A or AA or BOB or any 1, 2 or 3 letter word will also be penalised with no score and a 10 point penalty.
NOUN is good, as is DEBATED. RAINING is bad, as is BAD (GOOD is also bad).
Palindromes once again play a part in the bonus points. In this round a 1 point bonus will be on offer for every valid palindrome you declare.
Example game:
NEON
WILLOW
GOING
POOP (+1 palindrome bonus)
DUCKED
CIVIC (+1 palindrome bonus)
ROTOR (+1 palindrome bonus)
FLUFF
POOP (+1 palindrome bonus)
TAUGHT
SERVICES
BIB (3-letter word, no score and -10 points)
ERODE
SERIOUS
NOON (+1 palindrome bonus)
ALLUDE (doesn’t follow format, no score and -10 points)
REAR
HITCH
TYRANT
LEVEL (+1 palindrome bonus)
Game score = 80 (includes +6 palindrome bonus and -20 points penalties)
Tom Cappleman broke the all-time Same Is The Game record last year with a score of 128.
Best of luck everyone!
Runs from: 9 – 15 November 2026. Format: Touchdown Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Tie-breakers played. Approved.
Matches: 54. Completed: 1.
Fixtures: 54. Played: 1. Unplayed: 53.
Fixtures: 54. Played: 1. Unplayed: 53.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser.
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