Countdown's Susie Dent says co-star Rachel Riley 'lends me bras' in recent candid chat

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Susie Dent, 57, has appeared in the Dictionary Corner of the Channel 4 game show Countdown since 1992. Rachel Riley, 36, joined the show at just 22, with Susie exposing the ins-and-outs of the pair's close friendship.Susie is well known as the resident lexicographer and adjudicator for the letters rounds on Channel 4's Countdown.She is the longest-serving member of the show's current team, and has made over 4,500 appearances since 1992.Rachel joined, taking over from Carol Vorderman in 2009, and has since built a close relationship with the team.Spilling details of their friendship, Susie said: "For me, Rachel is also the very best of friends — strong, principled and utterly loyal."I often think she and I are two sides of the same coin."She then complimented her co-star for "always [being] impeccably groomed" while she frequently finds her dresses are "inside our or back to front".She continued: "She lends me bras, tights — anything, in fact, that I have characteristically left at home!", Susie concluded in an interview with the MailOnline.Susie was forced to miss an episode of Countdown earlier this month and was replaced by Robert Rinder.She had to duck out after it was revealed that she had contracted Covid-19.While many enjoyed Robert in the Dictionary Corner, many lamented the absence of the Countdown star.Host Anne Robinson told viewers that her co-star was "sadly off with Covid" before introducing Robert to the team.Anne then said that she would call him "Rob" when he shares anecdotes with the audience but when he was fulfilling Susie's role in Dictionary Corner, she would refer to him as Robert.Susie hinted a clue that she would be missing from today's show when she shared her "word of the day" on Twitter.She had.