Lingo

[Marc Meakin]

So far so good three teams try to work out four and five letter words using a ladder system and the same principle as the boardgame mastermind (right letter wrong position etc)
Presented by Adil Ray.
Was on at 4pm today (sunday)
You have a conundrum type element too.
Worth checking out

[Marc Meakin]

Its on ITV at 3pm all Week

[Martin Hurst]

Good show. Always liked the US version and surprised it has taken this long to come over here.

What I like about it is the lack of faff. After the initial chat, it's pretty much all "action", which is unusual for a daytime quiz, which are generally 30 minute shows stretched out to last an hour.

I think the host is good too.

The end game is a bit flat though in my opinion. Give them 3 x 6 letter ones to make them earn the money I reckon, or at least when they get one right give them a decision to stick with the money they've won, or to gamble for the next one to win more.

[Marc Meakin]

My only critcism is that when you have one letter multiple times then it should indicate this.
Also some answers have more variations than others making an unlevel playing field at times

[Adam Dexter]

I am waiting for someone to buzz in on the last bonus one in an unwinnable position - hasn't happened yet.

Would be extraordinarily bad sportsmanship given the meagre winnings there are anyway!

[Matt Morrison]

It really annoys me when he says "the money is worth".

[Jon Corby]

I put this on for a few minutes the other day and had to turn it off solely because of the contestants. Stuff like this being fairly typical:

M E A L <- M is in the right place, no other letters
Contestant: MEAN?
M E A N <- M is in the right place, no other letters
Contestant: MEAT?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Rhys Benjamin]

I personally love swearing at my TV.

T - - -

Me: "twat!"

Contestant: "trap"

T - A -

Me: "twat!"

[Peter Mabey]

I put this on for a few minutes the other day and had to turn it off solely because of the contestants. Stuff like this being fairly typical:

M E A L <- M is in the right place, no other letters
Contestant: MEAN?
M E A N <- M is in the right place, no other letters
Contestant: MEAT?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

same here

[Philip A]

The 29 December 2021 episode, shown at a temporary 5:30 pm time slot, pulled in up to 2.6 million viewers. However, the 3 January 2022 episode will be shown at 3:40 pm, as it’s a Bank Holiday, and from then on until the series ends in February the show will revert back to its regular 3:00 pm slot. Lingo still averages 1 million viewers in its 3:00 pm slot, comfortably beating any afternoon show on Channel 4.

[Philip A]

Recognised Sue Telfer, 5-time winner from Series 86, on today’s show.

I like the £15,000 gamble added to this series.

[Philip A]

At last, new episodes this September. This is the second half of Series 3 which comprises of the remaining 25 episodes. Series 4 will have returning champions staying for up to 3 shows.

[Philip A]

This is the most bizarre scheduling I’ve ever seen on any gameshow in my life.

Monday: New episode
Tuesday: New episode
Wednesday: New episode
Thursday: Repeat
Friday: Repeat

Basically a jumbled up Series 3.

What a mess.

[Philip A]

New series, filmed in 2023, will commence on 6th January 2025. In a change to the format, winners can now return for the next edition and stay on for a maximum of 3 shows. Hopefully they won’t go back to repeats before the series ends this time.

[JackHurst]

Can somebody clarify the rules? I saw a bit of this a couple of weeks ago, and the contestants seemed to play like it's Wordle Hard mode.

For examples, starter is R???. Contestants only guess words beginning with R. Is this required? Surely a much better strategy is to open with 3 words using distinct letters that exclude R, than you've covered exactly 50% of the alphabet after 3 guesses.

[Philip A]

Can somebody clarify the rules? I saw a bit of this a couple of weeks ago, and the contestants seemed to play like it's Wordle Hard mode.

For examples, starter is R???. Contestants only guess words beginning with R. Is this required? Surely a much better strategy is to open with 3 words using distinct letters that exclude R, than you've covered exactly 50% of the alphabet after 3 guesses.

Unfortunately all guesses must start with the given initial letter (I’ve seen one pair lose their turn for not doing this) which I think is totally wrong. Guesses using a different initial letter should definitely be allowed.

I also think 6 guesses is preferable to 5, especially on the restrictive 4-letter lingos which induce too much luck. In the original US version of Lingo they always had 5-letter lingos.

The new returning champions rule is a good idea (3 shows maximum seems reasonable) but I would like to see less luck and more logic.

The Daily Telegraph has a similar puzzle called PlusWord where you solve a 5 x 5 crossword and then solve the “Plusword” using Wordle-style yellow and green squares. It can be solved logically without guessing.

[Philip Wilson]

New series, filmed in 2023, will commence on 6th January 2025. In a change to the format, winners can now return for the next edition and stay on for a maximum of 3 shows.

I've noticed recently that Radio Times, rather spoilerifically, sometimes lists the names of all 3 pairs in a particular episode, rather than the names of the 2 new pairs 'joining yesterday's returning champions!'

[Philip A]

New series, filmed in 2023, will commence on 6th January 2025. In a change to the format, winners can now return for the next edition and stay on for a maximum of 3 shows.

I've noticed recently that Radio Times, rather spoilerifically, sometimes lists the names of all 3 pairs in a particular episode, rather than the names of the 2 new pairs 'joining yesterday's returning champions!'

Ditto. Sack ‘em!

[Philip Wilson]

There really should be a penalty incurred when, on a 5-letter lingo, letters 2, 3, 4 & 5 were all orange but still nobody could solve it! I know there's the pressure of being on tv and that, but this was bordering on questioning whether some of today's contestants were even auditioned!