When you think of a show that makes you laugh, daytime quiz show Countdown doesn't exactly spring to mind, but it does have its moments.
Quite a few times now, letters and numbers boss Rachel Riley has to keep a straight face whenever a fairly risqué word gets spelled out on the board.
She was left red-faced recently when she had an unfortunate letter combination, and now it's happened again.
This time, the chief dictionary wizard Susie Dent came up with a rude word while playing the game.
The letters selected for the round were:
X-H-B-L-O-U-E-M-G
The contestants guessed two five letter words from this combination - one being 'bulge' - but Susie said that she could beat that with a six letter word.
Susie said: "I can’t say it. Okay, let's get it over quickly. Bumhole is there."
Oh Susie.
Viewers, of course, loved it:
https://twitter.com/Callumchets/status/732221937049583616
https://twitter.com/SparkyFree/status/732221571583119364
Good on Rachel for being able to see the funny side:
https://twitter.com/RachelRileyRR/status/732557223566675968
And if you want more examples of Susie Dent's predilection for naughty words,
follow her on Twitter, where she shares lexicographical pearls like this:
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/731020981381255168
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/728890613882597376
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/723042497014972416
