Lingo duo fall short of winning huge jackpot on ITV show as time runs out – could you work out the puzzles?

Scottish Sun

17-07-2025

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A DUO on Lingo fell short of winning a huge jackpot prize on the ITV show as their time ran out.
Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray took to the airwaves to host the latest edition of the popular gameshow.
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ITV viewers tuned in to watch Adil Ray front another edition of Lingo
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Brothers Jack and Rob from Manchester reached the final round of the established game show
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They just could not guess the last six letter word
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He welcomed three pairings into the shiny floor studio to try their luck at Lingo.
This included two brothers from Manchester named Jack and Rob who attempted to win a huge prize.
At the start of the show, Adil asked Rob if the siblings are competitive with each other.
The contestant had the presenter laughing as he quipped: "We would basically be competing against each other more than we will the other people to be fair."
The duo beat out London couple Rosie and Wes and Jenny and Dev from Nantwich to get to the final round.
If they solved just a four letter lingo puzzle in the final round, they would get half the money they banked during the game.
By just guessing three letters within a time limit, they would take home a decent pot of £1,870.
If they guessed the right characters both a four letter word and a five letter word they would have gotten £3,740.
If they could have done both, as well as a six letter Lingo in 90 seconds, their winnings would have been doubled to £7,480.
For their four letter word, Jack correctly guessed the word 'Lobe' after three goes.
Lingo duo miss out on jackpot after running out of time on ITV show
This was after the brother's passed on the first word which was 'gram' as Jack could not figure out two of the letters.
Rob also had to pass on his first five letter word as he could not think of the word 'tough'.
Adil remarked: "That was tough," in response as the bothers shared their disappointment.
However, he correctly guessed the word 'stamp' on his first try of his second language puzzle.
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The contestants were definitely going home with £3,740, and things were looking good for the pair with 30 seconds left on the clock.
However, they just couldn't get the right word for the last six letter word.
The first word they guessed was 'insane,' for which the letter 'n' was placed in the correct position with 'a' and 'e' getting an orange light.
Jack and Rob then tried to guess similar words which included 'insure' and 'invest'.
No! No! Don't tell me you've got it now, that would be really annoying!
Adil Ray
However, they ran out of time before they eventually got to the correct word.
Both of the siblings were left extremely frustrated as they guessed that the correct word was 'inside', just seconds after the clock ran out.
The host exclaimed: "No! No! Don't tell me you've got it now, that would be really annoying!"
Looking at the huge screen he jokingly added: "Don't show us! Don't show us!"
After the result was confirmed to all present in the studio, Adil tried to console his contestants as he remarked: "I'm more annoyed than you are!"
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At the start of the show, the sibling duo joked about their competitiveness
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Jack and Rob beat out two other couples on the show
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The brothers could have taken home over £7,000 if they guessed a six letter word
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The duo correctly guessed the correct term just seconds after their time limit ran out
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Lingo continues on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.