New version of the 1987 syndicated game, where two teams of two compete to complete a Lingo card by solving mystery five-letter words.New version of the 1987 syndicated game, where two teams of two compete to complete a Lingo card by solving mystery five-letter words.New version of the 1987 syndicated game, where two teams of two compete to complete a Lingo card by solving mystery five-letter words.
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First off, I must say that this is a fun game show. Also, I haven't seen every episode. However, I do know the show very well. Every time I've watched it, I've had a lot of fun playing along and watch. This makes me long to be a contestant. The thing I like most about it are guessing the words as letters are gradually given. When it goes off the air, I hope some network brings it back so I can play along and watch again. If that happens, I will be really happy. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever. Now, in conclusion, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.
LINGO wasn't the BEST game show (Jeopardy, Password ... for us), but it was worth a watch.
In LINGO, contestants get the first letter of a five letter word and make guesses about what the word could be. If any letters in the guess fall into the right place in the word the game has supplied, they light up, leaving spaces to make better guesses with.
So an important strategy is to make guesses that, in particular, use all the vowels so that you WILL light up letters and have a better clue to the target word.
Chuck Woolery has a lot of charisma and can be pretty funny, and so were the two women who acted as his assistants to supply the words.
In LINGO, contestants get the first letter of a five letter word and make guesses about what the word could be. If any letters in the guess fall into the right place in the word the game has supplied, they light up, leaving spaces to make better guesses with.
So an important strategy is to make guesses that, in particular, use all the vowels so that you WILL light up letters and have a better clue to the target word.
Chuck Woolery has a lot of charisma and can be pretty funny, and so were the two women who acted as his assistants to supply the words.
I love watching "Lingo" on the Game Show Network.
I've been watching "Lingo" on the Game Show Network since it started two years ago. I find "Lingo" to be fun, challenging, and a good show to play along with.(sometimes I play along on the computer).
"Lingo" is a game show that consists of two teams(yellow and red) competing against each other to spell 5 letter words. Sometimes the words are really easy and other times very tricky. Which ever team scores more points the first two round goes on to Bonus Lingo to try to win up to $5000 and a vacation package.
Overall everyone should give "Lingo" a try because it really is a fun game show. I give "Lingo" 10/10 stars.
I've been watching "Lingo" on the Game Show Network since it started two years ago. I find "Lingo" to be fun, challenging, and a good show to play along with.(sometimes I play along on the computer).
"Lingo" is a game show that consists of two teams(yellow and red) competing against each other to spell 5 letter words. Sometimes the words are really easy and other times very tricky. Which ever team scores more points the first two round goes on to Bonus Lingo to try to win up to $5000 and a vacation package.
Overall everyone should give "Lingo" a try because it really is a fun game show. I give "Lingo" 10/10 stars.
Upon watching this show for what I'm presuming the first time,my father observed that the show's payout seemed paltry compared to the amount of brain power invested into the front game and end game. But what my dad didn't care to notice was that this game--produced and ran exclusively through Game Show Network--was created and ran primarily as a variation on the popular but now not-seen NBC daytime game "Scrabble",that a cable produced show doesn't have the prize budget of a show that is run by,say Sony Pictures,and that the whole élan of this show was that the true star of this show(besides host Chuck Woolery or whichever hostess,which happened from about season two on)was the game,a word game that is born out of the same game principles as Bingo(Language or Letters + Bingo= Lingo),and that the ability to master this game is a skill in and to itself.In other words,the money is secondary to the ability to show off one's mastery of words. As such,it's a fine watch,nothing all-too spectacular. The time constraints and game clock seem to be run rather arbitrarily,vis-a-vis the game pacing and this show would simply NOT have any character without a genuinely affable persona like Woolery mastering the ceremonies. Even though I cannot consider myself a fan,I think it's a watchable enough show that I kinda hope its still going to be renewed(assuming that it hasn't been canceled)and that they continue to tweak the game formula,prizes and all. A kind of game show for the viewer who enjoys the game itself over the promised payout.
Lingo is a pretty cool show. It's like that children's game, Mastermind, but instead of patterns of colors, you use five letter words. It's less of a trivia and more vocabulary. Lots of fun to watch and play at home! I would recommend it to anyone.
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