{"id":621329,"date":"2026-09-11T11:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621329\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:08:19","slug":"austen-allen-leaves-rival-stumped-as-countdown-streak-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621329\/","title":{"rendered":"Austen Allen leaves rival stumped as Countdown streak continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ardara man Austen Allen breezed to his latest win on Channel 4\u2019s Countdown today.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital worker notched up his fifth straight win on the popular show, beating opponent Farrukh 110-60.<\/p>\n<p>It is the Donegal man\u2019s highest scorer to date and he has broken the century on each appearances, scoring 108, 108, 107 and 104.<\/p>\n<p>Austen opened up by spotting MURIATES for eight points.<\/p>\n<p>Austen also scored eight with APOSTLES, NEGATORS, DENOTING and UNDERHIT.<\/p>\n<p>The Donegal brainbox also scored with DICIER and ATONES for six as well as the seven-letter FLOWERS, PLAGUES and MONOCLE.<\/p>\n<p>Chartered accountant Farrukh, a chartered accountant, found Austen a tough nut to crack on the numbers, too.<\/p>\n<p>Austen and Farrukh were one off the 152 target on then first numbers game before being likewise on the next. Austen was a little too late calling 436 when the target was 437 with Farrukh scoring seven points having got to 438.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/council-urged-to-go-back-to-the-drawing-board-ahead-of-buncranas-mill-bridge-works-649147\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Council urged to &#039;go back to the drawing board&#039; ahead of Buncrana&#039;s Mill Bridge works\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/council-urged-to-039-go-back-to-the-drawing-board-039-ahead-of-buncrana-039-s-mill-bridge-works.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Council urged to 'go back to the drawing board' ahead of Buncrana's Mill Bridge works\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lead-stories\/kilcars-nabla-diver-celebrates-incredible-107th-birthday-649148\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Kilcar&#039;s N\u00e1bla Diver celebrates incredible 107th birthday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kilcar-039-s-n-aacute-bla-diver-celebrates-incredible-107th-birthday.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Kilcar's N\u00e1bla Diver celebrates incredible 107th birthday\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the fourth numbers game, both players were able to tot up to 113<\/p>\n<p>Austen was on track for his highest score yet heading to the famous Countdown conundrum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Farrukh recalled how he was a cricketer and once scored two boundaries off the bowl of the legendary Ian Bishop. But he was stumped by Austen who managed to buzz in to unscramble the letters minilover to spell out VERMILION.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA marathon not a sprint,\u201d said Austen &#8211; who continues his quest to become an octochamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ardara man Austen Allen breezed to his latest win on Channel 4\u2019s Countdown today. The hospital worker notched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-621329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}