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Verity Sulway

Rachel Riley red-faced as Countdown board spells out very rude word

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown star Rachel Riley fought back giggles after a celebrity guest on the show spelled out a rather rude word.

As the contestants tried to find words in the random string of letters, comedian Shappi Khorsandi spelled out the word "orgasmed" and Rachel tried her hardest to maintain a professional expression.

Shappi won an incredible eight points for the letter as the studio erupted into giggles.

It was not the first time she has made Rachel giggle with her suggestions - she also guessed "bondage" and "erotica" in the steamy list of words throughout the episode.

Shappi got eight points for the awkward word (Channel 4)

And she also suggested "blowie" last week, insisting it was a type of fly, as Rachel looked startled.

But Susie Dent confirmed she was actually correct, and it was a term that was short for a blowfly.

One viewer tweeted: "What has gotten into @ShappiKhorsandi in this episode of Countdown? Orgasmed, Erotica, and now Bondage. Surprised she didn't see the "Minges" that was in one of the rounds."

Shappi suggested some rather raunchy words (Channel 4)
Rachel is often asked to spell out awkward words (Twitter)

Another quipped: "Breaking: They just Orgasmed on Countdown for 8 letters".

Countdown has had its fair share of rude words spelled out over the years when players ask for a random assortment of vowels and consonants.

In July 2019, the show was forced to blur out the word "w*****s" when it was suggested by two platers.

Other rude words Rachel has stifled giggles over include "phallus", "no**ed", "horniest", "a*se". "sh*t', and "t*t".

And in October 2018, contestants were asked to find a word from the letters U, B, C, E, D, M, I, U and G, and Susie suggested "budgie".

Unfortunately, that left the letters C, U and M at the top, so the board spelled out "CUM BUDGIE" leaving Rachel pulling an awkward face to the camera.

* 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown airs Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4

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