Des chiffres et des lettres has been a fixture of French daytime television for decades, built around word and number puzzles that viewers play along with at home. The phrase le compte est bon became its shorthand for a successful numbers solution, repeated across decades of episodes and parodied in French comedy and online edits. Its continued use comes from that shared familiarity: even without context, French-speaking audiences recognise it as the sound of getting the maths right.
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The iconic French game show phrase from Des chiffres et des lettres, spoken when a contestant solves the numbers round correctly. Ideal for quiz wins.
Le compte est bon is the short spoken catchphrase that closes the numbers round on the long-running French television game show Des chiffres et des lettres. In the clip, a calm, clear voice delivers the four French words with a satisfied, matter-of-fact tone, as if confirming that the calculation in front of the audience really does add up. The phrase is instantly recognisable to French viewers, carrying a sense of quiet triumph and classroom nostalgia. Used in an edit, it lands as a neat punchline for a correct answer, a solved puzzle, or a plan that finally works, giving the moment a knowing, old-school game show finish.
