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==Format== |
==Format== |
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| β | The object was for three contestants to add letters to a potential word without adding the letter that completed the word. After the first three letters were revealed, each additional letter added $100 to the jackpot. Any player who added the final letter to a word was eliminated |
+ | The object was for three contestants to add letters to a potential word without adding the letter that completed the word. After the first three letters were revealed, each additional letter added $100 to the jackpot. Any player who added the final letter to a word was eliminated and the game continued until only one player remained who then won the pot. |
| β | In the home viewer portion of the game, the first eight letters of the top dollar (longest) word of the day were matched to a telephone dial and converted to digits. Any viewer who could match those numbers to the serial number on a $1 bill won $5,000 |
+ | In the home viewer portion of the game, the first eight letters of the top dollar (longest) word of the day were matched to a telephone dial and converted to digits. Any viewer who could match those numbers to the serial number on a $1 bill won $5,000. |
One month after its premiere, on September 22, daytime ''Top Dollar'' was given a new format based on the parlor game "Hangman". Two contestants tried to guess a mystery word as they alternated filing in a given number of blank spaces. Each word was related to a prize (example: If the mystery word was "Aladdin", the prize might have been a set of lamps) and the player who identified the word won the gift. |
One month after its premiere, on September 22, daytime ''Top Dollar'' was given a new format based on the parlor game "Hangman". Two contestants tried to guess a mystery word as they alternated filing in a given number of blank spaces. Each word was related to a prize (example: If the mystery word was "Aladdin", the prize might have been a set of lamps) and the player who identified the word won the gift. |
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