A hopeful sibling duo had to wave goodbye to thousands of pounds after being bested by a tough word riddle on Lingo.
Good Morning Britain‘s Adil Ray, 51, welcomed the contestants onto the latest edition of the popular ITV game show.
Playing for the cash prize were three separate pairings – including Manchester-based brothers Jack and Rob, who were confident they could secure a solid win.
The game sees players compete to guess hidden words of various lengths – and those with a large vocabulary and quick thinking are rewarded.
When asked by Adil if they were ‘competitive’ with one another, Rob quipped: ‘We would basically be competing against each other more than we will the other people to be fair.’
The brothers beat Nantwich pair Jenny and Dev and London couple Rosie and Wes to get to the final round.
Manchester-based brothers Jack and Rob (pictured) had to wave goodbye to thousands of pounds after being bested by a tough word riddle on Lingo
Good Morning Britain’s Adil Ray (pictured), 51, was the beaming host who welcomed the contestants on to the latest edition of the popular ITV game show
The stakes were high for Jack and Rob. If they had solved a four-letter puzzle in the final, they would get half the money they’d won during the game.
By guessing three letters within a strict time limit, they would have taken home a nice sum of £1,870.
If they had guessed the right letters for both a four and five-letter word, they would have banked an impressive £3,740.
Finally, if they could have done both – as well as guessing a six-letter Lingo – in 90 seconds, their earnings would have doubled to make a whopping £7,480.
For the four letter word, Jack correctly guessed the word ‘lobe’ in three goes. This was after the pair passed on the first word, ‘gram’, as Jack could not guess two of the letters.
Rob also passed on the first five-letter word, as he was unable to figure out the word ‘tough’.
‘That was tough,’ quipped Adil, and the players were visibly disappointed with the momentum of the final so far, before Rob correctly guessed ‘stamp’ on the first try.
The contestants were on track to win the final jackpot, and they had 30 seconds left on the clock.
They chose the starting word ‘images’ for which the letter ‘I’ was placed in the right position with ‘E’ and ‘S’ getting an orange light – meaning they appear elsewhere in the word
Jack and Rob then then guessed ‘invest’, revealing ‘N’ as another green letter, while ‘E’ and ‘S’ stayed orange
The pair guessed similar words, including ‘insure’ and ‘insane’ – which saw the I, N, S, and E in the right place, and left just two letters to be guessed
But they ran out of time before they could correctly guess the final word, which was ‘inside’
They chose the starting word ‘images’ for which the letter ‘I’ was placed in the right position with ‘E’ and ‘S’ getting an orange light – meaning they appear elsewhere in the word.
Jack and Rob then guessed ‘invest’, revealing ‘N’ as another green letter, while ‘E’ and ‘S’ stayed orange.
The pair guessed similar words, including ‘insure’ and ‘insane’ – which saw the I, N, S, and E in the right place, and left just two letters to be guessed.
But they ran out of time before they could correctly guess the final word, which was ‘inside’.
Frustratingly, Jack and Rob made the correct guess just seconds after their time was up, prompting Adil to say: ‘No! No! Don’t tell me you’ve got it now, that would be really annoying!’
Gesturing to the screen, he added: ‘Don’t show us, don’t show us!’
When the correct word emerged, Adil tried to console the brothers, saying: ‘I’m more annoyed than you are!’
Lingo airs on ITV and ITVX at 3pm on weekdays.
