We Take Your Word

We Take Your Word was a primetime game show where viewers from home sent in words and the panelists attempted to provide the definitions, derivations and histories of the word.

Broadcast
CBS: April 1, 1950-January 23, 1951; March 9, 1951-June 1, 1951

Hosts
John K.M. McCaffery John Charles Daly

Announcer
Bill Shipley

Packager
CBS News

Gameplay
A celebrity panel tried to guess the definitions of words submitted by home viewers. The home viewer was given a prize for using the word and if the panel couldn't define it correctly, the home viewer got $50.

Trivia
The show was seen in April 1950 as an experimental program with John K.M. McCaffery as host. When the show returned for a regular run starting in June 1950 John Daly became the new host. However, McCaffery returned as emcee in March 1951.