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The Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Watch the moment comedian rages ‘I'm fuming' after missing out on £50k Celebrity Catchphrase prize – could you solve it?
A TOP comedian raged 'I'm fuming' after losing out on the £50k prize on Celebrity Catchphrase - but could you work it out? The popular ITV game show challenges players to "say what they see" - but this isn't always easy. 5 5 Stephen Mulhern welcomed Chris Ramsey, Heather Small and Kelvin Fletcher to play Celebrity Catchphrase. And it was Geordie comedian Chris, 38, who advanced to the final round. He made fast work of the pyramid - and found himself facing the £50,000 jackpot puzzle with over 20 seconds on the clock. The riddle showed a group of seven '1's' standing on a stage, all holding trophies or wearing a first place ribbon. Chris guessed: "First place... first cup... first prize... first stage", but to no avail. His time ultimately ran out missing the jackpot - but he still bagged an impressive £25,000 for his charity. Asked by Stephen how he felt, Chris replied: "Great, but very annoyed that I'm playing for a theatre and the last one looked like it had something to do with theatre. "I'm absolutely fuming, what was it?" Stephen then revealed the elusive answer was actually "Everyone's a winner." Combined with the £6,400 Chris won in the earlier rounds, his charity The Customs House, which provides community arts and entertainment events on South Tyneside, landed an incredible £31,400. It's not the first time Catchphrase's tricky puzzles have stumped famous faces. Emily Atack was left flummoxed by three difficult riddles in a nightmare finale. The Rivals actress competed alongside Brenda Edwards and Martin Kemp. In the final round, the wheels quickly fell off for the actress as she struggled to get an answer to secure £2,500. The first catchphrase saw a man chop into a cauliflower in his kitchen, revealing cheese inside. After a couple of unsuccessful guesses, Emily moved on to another, which featured two men shaking hands over a loaf of bread. They then smashed it with mallets, but Emily didn't have a clue and cried: "What? These are hard!" She then moaned "Oh no!" before deciding to move on to another, but the situation did not improve. As the clock ticked down, she was shown a box on a street which opened to show letters inside. She passed, and went for a fourth go at securing £2,500, with the catchphrase showing a couple trying to check into a hotel, with a fully booked sign next to the front desk. Ultimately, she won £2,500 and added to the money she had won earlier in the show, took a total of £7,200 to her chosen charity. Celebrity Catchphrase airs on ITV1 and ITVX. 5 5
Forbes
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's Wordle #1496 Hints And Answer For Thursday, July 24th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Wednesday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: How To Solve Today's Wordle Yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and I handed out an extra riddle for you fine Wordlers to solve prior to tackling the daily Wordle. Today, I'll give you the answer. This was the riddle: FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder This is a very clever little riddle. The name is hidden in plain sight, beginning in July, moving on through August and then September, October and November. If you take the first letter of each of those months you spell out J-A-S-O-N, or Jason. Voila! Alright, now that's out of the way let's solve this Wordle! Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer: Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post. Today's Wordle Hints And Answer Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE My Starting Word Today: SNARE — 31 words remaining The Hint: Shake the very ground. The Clue: This Wordle has more vowels than consonants. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. SNARE was a pretty good opening guess, leaving me with just 31 words and two green boxes. I had almost gone with FLAKE for my opener, and went with FLICK for my second guess, since I assumed we probably didn't need more vowels (I was wrong) and wanted to try all new letters. This slashed my remaining choices down to just two: AWAKE or QUAKE were all I could think of, and I never guess a double letter if I can help it. I went with QUAKE and that was the Wordle. Huzzah! Today's Wordle Bot The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our July totals inch up to: Erik: 8 points Wordle Bot: 12 points The word "quake" comes from Old English cwacian, meaning to tremble or shake. It is of Germanic origin, related to Middle Dutch quacken and Middle Low German quaken, all meaning to shake or tremble. The word originally referred to trembling from fear or cold, and later came to describe earth tremors (as in earthquake). Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!
Forbes
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's Wordle #1495: Hints And Answer For Wednesday, July 23rd
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for a little help with today's Wordle? You've come to the right place. Whether you're stuck on your first guess or just need a final nudge, this daily guide offers hints, clues, and the answer to keep your streak alive—just watch out for spoilers! Looking for Monday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: How To Solve Today's Wordle It's Wordle Wednesday which can mean only one thing: It's time for an extra riddle to solve prior to tackling today's Wordle! Every Wednesday, I hand out a brain-teaser, riddle or logic puzzle just to keep things interesting. Then, on Thursday I provide the answer. Here's today's: FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Let me know if you solve this one! Now it's Wordle time! Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer: Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post. Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE My Starting Word Today: SPATE — 49 words remaining The Hint: A heady mix of oxygen and hydrogen. The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. SPATE was a good opening guess—pretty much like Wordle Bot's SLATE, I suppose—leaving me with just 49 words. ALTER cut that down to just 7. But the ones I had left were all so similar, each ending in ATER. EATER? CATER? WATER? HATER? I couldn't just guess one-by-one or I'd surely lose (or get lucky). I chose CHEWS to cut as many of these as possible, and the W sealed the deal: WATER for the win! Today's Wordle Bot The Bot and I each get 0 for guessing in four and 0 for tying. Our July totals remain: Erik: 7 points Wordle Bot: 11 points The word "water" comes from Old English wæter, which derives from Proto-Germanic watōr, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root wódr̥, meaning 'water' or 'wet.' This PIE root also gave rise to Latin unda (wave) and Sanskrit udán (water). The word has very ancient origins and is found across many Indo-European languages in similar forms. Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!
Daily Mail
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Celebrity Catchphrase stumps Derry Girls legend with final image - but can YOU rumble the riddle that tripped them up?
Celebrity Catchphrase caught out a Derry Girls legend in the final round - but can you solve the riddle that stumped her? The hit ITV show has always led with the 'say what you say' mantra, but as members of the public and more recently, celebrities have found out, it isn't as easy as it sounds. In a 2023 episode, Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney, 45, who played the no-nonsense Sister Michael in the Channel 4 comedy, took on the guessing game in the hopes of raising money for charity. Going head-to-head with EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks and Coronation Street 's Jimmi Harkishin (aka Dev Alahan), Siobhán sailed through to the final round. But with time ticking and pressure mounting, the actress came unstuck at the final Super Catchphrase puzzle. Can you crack the clue that tripped her up? In the animated scene, three people are working out. Two appear to be doing just fine - but the third is clearly struggling with bicep curls and looks miserable. On the floor in front of them? A triangle, a square, and a circle. Any ideas? Despite her valiant efforts, Siobhán didn't solve it in time. But she still walked away a winner - scooping £25,000 in the final round, on top of the £4,500 she'd already earned. That meant a total of £29,500 went to her chosen charity, The Maya Centre in North London, which provides counselling and holistic support to low-income and minoritised women. Once the game was over, host Stephen Mulhern, 48, asked if she wanted to know the answer, but the penny had already dropped. Free from the countdown clock, Siobhán quickly realised the catchphrase was: 'Out of shape' -a clever play on both the character's workout woes and the fact they were standing outside the circle. And it wasn't just Siobhán's charity that benefited. She also nailed the show's special double charity question, meaning both Charlie and Jimmi saw their winnings double too. Charlie raised money for breast cancer charity Future Dreams, while Jimmi donated to Baby Lifeline, which supports NHS staff in preventing injuries and deaths during childbirth. Earlier this month, host Stephen was left red-faced after giving away an answer to a question. A scene showed a man going into a coffee shop with rapidly increasing price tags until they burst through the ceiling, and Stephen declared: 'Literally, the prices have gone through the roof!' Following his accidental outburst, the contestants then stood in silence for a second as an embarrassed-looking Stephen clocked what he had said. Jeremy eventually broke the silence by pressing his buzzer and jokingly asked: 'Sorry, what? Was that the answer?' Stephen embarrassingly nodded before bursting into fits of laughter alongside the audience. He admitted: 'I have never in my life done that. In 10 years!'
Forbes
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's ‘Wordle' #1489 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, July 17th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Wednesday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It's Thor's Day which means yesterday was Wordle Wednesday. As I do every Wednesday, I gave you fine puzzle-solving Wordlers an extra puzzle to solve, this time in the form of a riddle. This was the riddle: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder It comes out first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter. The answer — from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit — is 'Darkness.' On to the Wordle! How To Solve Today's Wordle The Hint: Type of verb like 'must' or 'can' The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. If I'd realized only four words remained after my first guess — CREAM — I wouldn't have gone with MOIST as a second guess. I would have tried to guess the Wordle, and who knows? Maybe I would have gotten it on my second try. Oh well. MOIST left me with just one remaining possible answer: MODAL for the win! Today's Wordle Bot I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying the Bot. The Bot gets the same. Our July totals inch up to: Erik: 3 points Wordle Bot: 7 points The word "modal" comes from Latin modālis, meaning 'pertaining to a mode,' from modus ('measure, manner, method'). It entered English in the late 16th century, originally in grammar and logic, and later expanded to music, statistics, and more. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
