During the filming of Channel 4’s popular daytime quiz show Countdown and an eight letter word brought the round to a standstill.
Countdown wordsmith and number cruncher Rachel Riley tweeted out a picture of the suggestive word this evening.
Sometimes these words just pop up unexpectedly...gotta love the day job! @C4Countdown pic.twitter.com/8YGJ66C2ks
— Rachel Riley MBE 💙 (@RachelRileyRR) September 30, 2014
Twitter of course was a minefield of excellent puns.
@RachelRileyRR @C4Countdown stiff task getting that word!
— Adam Bridge (@abridge75) September 30, 2014
@RachelRileyRR @C4Countdown impressive length 😉 must have scored pretty well...
— Cameron Blake (@Cameron15Blake) September 30, 2014
@RachelRileyRR @C4Countdown 8 letters? That's a hard one
— Steven Taylor (@stevietequila) September 30, 2014
The numbers round has a lot to live up to!