Hosted by Ted Kennedy, NBC’s daytime gameshow Wordplay replaced Search for Tomorrow after a 35-year run. Essentially an update of Call My Bluff, the show lasted less than a year.
Two players took turns choosing one of nine words on a board. Three guest celebrities then each offered their own humorous dictionary definitions for the selected word, with only one being true.
A player identifying the correct definition won a hidden dollar amount attached to the word. After six words had been picked, the highest-scoring contestant played an end game where the object was to connect a 24-square board (six columns of four boxes) from one side to another in 45 seconds for $5,000.
This was done by guessing the word suggested by two definitions revealed in a box and thus claiming the box. An incorrect guess led to a block and forced a player to go to an adjacent box in order to continue.
A contestant could try up to two more days for a total prize of $10,000 following a successful defence of their post in the regular game.
Celebrity panellists included Jamie Farr (from M*A*S*H), Marsha Warfield, Norm Crosby, Betty White, Charles Nelson Reilly, Phyllis Diller, Charlie Callas, Leslie Nielsen, Vincent Price, Sally Struthers, Dick Van Patten, Richard Simmons and Roseanne Barr.
Host
Tom Kennedy Announcer
Charlie O’Donnell
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A player identifying the correct definition won a hidden dollar amount attached to the word. After six words had been picked, the highest-scoring contestant played an end game where the object was to connect a 24-square board (six columns of four boxes) from one side to another in 45 seconds for $5,000.
