'Hentai is brilliant': Countdown contestant clocks risque winner

Marwan Riach unearths six-letter word describing sexually explicit anime or manga

A contestant on the Channel 4 gameshow Countdown is being praised online for winning a round with the word “hentai” – much to the amusement of viewers.

Marwan Riach unearthed the six-letter word – which refers to a genre of sexually explicit or pornographic anime or manga – from an jumble of nine letters.

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