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Words in a letter chain4/8/2023 ![]() If a contestant formed a word that could not be changed by either opponent, they won an additional £10 and received a new word. Each valid word awarded £5, and each invalid word deducted the same amount. One contestant was given a four-letter word and had to change one letter to form a new word, which was then given to the next contestant in line. Beyond this point, every word added £10 to the stakes, for a maximum of £30.Ī third round was added in the revival of Chain Letters in 1995 and would eventually involve two different formats. After the first or second word, the contestant could end their turn and take the money.įor all but the last two series, the money at stake doubled on the second and third words, to a maximum of £40. Both opponents won the money if each of their predictions were correct, or if the contestant formed an illegal word. If the new word matched a prediction at any time, the opponent received the money at stake instead, and the contestant forfeited it and ended their turn. The contestant could then change the word up to twice more for higher stakes, with the opponents' predictions staying the same on each attempt. ![]() The contestant then changed the letter, and won £10 if the new word did not match either opponent's prediction. Both opponents then secretly wrote down their predictions of the word they thought the contestant would make. The contestant in control chose one four-letter word from a group of four, then selected one letter to change. One little incident from the 1988 Christmas Special when Chris Tarrant Chose No.1 and the host giving ZARF and then changed to BARF, ZORF, ZANF & LARF (These funny words are not allowed in the dictionary), ITV corrected it out and replaced by STUD.Ĭontestants played in descending order of their scores from Round 1. If a word was invalid, the letter change was undone. At each step, the contestant had to call out both the letter being changed and its replacement, then say and spell the new word. Words had to appear in the Longman Dictionary of the English Language ( Chambers English Dictionary in later series) in order to be valid. SALE to MALE to MILE was allowed, but SALE to MALE to TALE was not.)Įach valid word added £5 to the contestant's score. Proper nouns and plurals were not allowed, and the contestant could not change the same letter position on consecutive plays. Each contestant chose one of four hidden four-letter words and had 45 seconds to create as long a chain as possible by changing one letter at a time. The first round was entitled Chain Letters ( Make a Chain in the final and revival series). In Ted Robbins' season, they played for points in the main game. The words were generated by Wordsworth, the show's computer. I hope this letter of mine would awake the concerned authorities and the situation will be very soon under control.Three contestants competed to win money by changing letters in words to make new words. It has caused a lot of insecurity and fear among the residents and the absence of law and order in the town has been making the culprits more bold. ![]() The officials just give assurance but nothing has been done so far to control the situation. Repeated complaints have been lodged by the victims but to no avail. ![]() All that has caused a lot of insecurity and fear among residents. Masked youth come on motorbikes, commit the crime and run away without being caught or traced. The residents of the locality are frequently becoming the victims of mobile and chain snatchers. Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I want to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the above-mentioned problems. Subject: Increasing Incidents of Mobile and Chain Snatching
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