Talk:Wordplay/Episode Guide

(Near-)Official Episode Count
On the Finale, Tom says that over "39 weeks" (as already shown on the main tab, incorrect) they used 1,056 words. Context indicates that he's specifically referring to words chosen in the front game, as does the result of dividing 1,056 by the show's actual 36 weeks (slightly under 30 words per week).

On the other hand, dividing the 1,056 by 6 (the number of words picked in each front game) gives 176 as the total number of episodes. This indicates that there were just four "proper" pre-emptions, with the whole Iran-Contra thing likely rendering some episodes unaired. -Daniel Benfield (talk) 22:22, September 5, 2017 (UTC)