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Countdown's Rachel Riley floored as star spells out rude-sounding word on Channel 4 show
Rachel Riley was left red-faced after Giles Coren spelt out a rude-sounding word on the board during a nail-biting round of Countdown.During Tuesday (April 12) instalment of the long-standing ITV game show, the TV presenter, 36, couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows at the columnist, 52, after he suggested the compromising eight-letter word.Luckily, lexicographer Susie Dent was on hand to define the hilarious word – meaning tasty – after he took home the winning score much to the surprise of the blonde beauty who remained wide-eyes by his response.Giles eagle-eyed find came after fellow contestants Leigh and Craig struggled to muster up a six-letter words – blouse and enable.Even host Anne Robinson was surprised when she asked her guest host over in Dictionary Corner if he could have done any better than this week’s contestants.Unlike the hysterical mathematician, Giles managed to stay straight-faced as he explained his word which he defined as: “When you have a delicious lunch and it’s noshable.”He asked his professional sidekick: “Is that any good?” while the brunette beauty gave him the green light.And it is thought Rachel was still impressed by his hidden word choice after the show as she took to Twitter to share the unusual word alongside the side-eye emoji and a monkey covering its eyes.Fans soon flooded to Twitter to share their thoughts on the hilarious word on social media, with one saying: “Well that’s a first Rachel – a tweet where no one disagrees – well done! You’ve won the internet today!”Another added: “I didn’t know nosh had a non-food meaning until I looked it up just now, but we learn something everyday with Countdown.”A third quipped: “Clearly it was the first word you thought of.”Both Susie and Rachel
