RACHEL Riley's face was priceless on Countdown last night as she spelt out "blowie" on the board. Comedian Shappi Khorsandi offered the word on the Channel 4 show, insisting that it was a kind of fly.
Her six-letter answer raised eyebrows around the studio but Rachel managed to stop herself from giggling as she put the word on the board, "It’s a fly," Shappi said. "A kind of fly." It was up to Susie Dent on Dictionary Corner to confirm the comedian was right and a blowie is the informal term for a blowfly.
Clever Shappi one-upped the other two contestants who only came up with five-letter words including ‘bowel’ and ‘whale’. Last year Countdown was forced to blur out the word “w***ers” after it appeared on the board – leaving Rachel in.
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