Lingo

“Lingo” Is a game show that’s been on television for quite a long time.  It’s a game that tests the two teams’ (containing two players in each) ability to manipulate letters into 5 letter words.  They start by being given the first letter of the word.  The goal is to successfully guess the correct word.  The teams battle for the grand prize money (the amount differs for every show).  Each team has five chances to correctly guess one word.  The players take turns guessing the word and saying it out loud to the game show host.  If the word is incorrect but contains some letters in the correct word, the letters remain on the screen.  This makes it easier each time to guess the right word.  If one team doesn’t get the right word within 5 tries the other team gets one chance to guess the word and win twenty-five points.  If not, then it goes back and forth till the right word is announced.  Once this happens they are given a chance to pull numbered balls from a bucket.  There is a random table of numbers on the screen.  If the numbers they picked line up in a row, column, or diagonal line, then they get an additional 100 points.  Lingo combines the rules of bingo with a word game.  Once a team gets “Lingo”, the other team gets a turn.  The team with the most points by the end of round two (there are two rounds) goes onto the final round playing for the grand prize.

This show never gets old for me.  Even though it is quite an old show I still watch it because it is so fun to guess on the words before the contestants can guess them.   This is an excellent show to watch with your family.  I have watched this with my brothers and we compete with each other to see who can guess the words first.  It gets really addicting after watching it for a short time.  You can watch this show on the GSN channel.  Go check it out, and I guarantee it will be enjoyable to watch.  Do you think you have the capability to play Lingo?

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