


Once the word was guessed, the team who solved that word won it, and if the team in control guessed the word on the first try, they won $1,000.
LINGO BRITISH GAME SHOW FREE
When stealing, a free letter was given (in this version it was referred to as a "clue letter"), but if there was only one blank space left, no free letter was given, but the team did get a five second conference (conferring was generally not allowed except in this situation). If any one of those things happened, the opposing team got a shot at the word. The team lost control if they didn't guess the word in five turns, guessed a word that doesn't fit (shorter or longer than five letters), is not a real word, misspell a word, guessed a word that can only be a proper noun, or just plain ran out of time. After each guess, the word was analyzed using red squares and yellow circles around the letters, a red square meant that the letter was correct and in the right position, while a yellow circle meant that the letter was correct but in the wrong position, wrong letters, of course, were letters with nothing around them. All the team had to do is to guess the word, then spell it out (contestants on the controlling team took turns while doing that). Now the team in control (with the challengers going first), was shown the first letter of a five-letter mystery word behind their card (generated by the show's Amiga computer). The challengers' card consisted of odd numbers with each one covered by a red circle, and the champions' card consisted of even numbers with each one covered by a blue circle. Two teams of two contestants competed in a game of guessing five-letter words and making bingo or in this case, "lingo".Īt the start of each game, both teams received their lingo cards, each one had seven numbers marked off at the outset. Broadcast Players Tournament of Champions
