Words and Music (U.S. game show) Words and Music (U.S. game show) "Words and Music" is an American television game show that was one of only two game shows to debut during 1970 (the other show was Can You Top This. The show was hosted by Wink Martindale, who also hosted the aforementioned Can You Top This. The game was played in four rounds. At the start of the show, three contestants faced a game board consisting of 16 squares. Behind each square was a clue associated with a word to be sung in a song by the show's four regular singers: Peggy Connelly, Katie Gran,
Word square and uncapitalized), and any resulting word squares use exotic words. The opposite problem occurs with small squares: a computer search will produce millions of examples, most of which use at least one obscure word. In such cases finding a word square with "desirable" (as described above) words is performed by elimination of the more exotic words or by using a smaller dictionary with only common words. Smaller word squares, used for amusement, are expected to have simple solutions, especially if set as a task for children; but vocabulary in most eight-squares tests the knowledge of an educated adult. Word squares