After three seconds, the first letter of the word would be revealed.

If nobody knows what the word is, another letter is revealed; this continues until a team correctly guesses the word.

If time was called in the middle of a round, letters in the word search were revealed until a contestant found the word.

In each mystery word, two letters are initially revealed: the first letter and one of the remaining four letters, similar to the original version's endgame.

Contestants can ring in to solve the puzzle before the last letter is revealed.

If the player chooses to continue, then the new letter is revealed and the clock started again from where it left off.

If the first letter of the word is revealed, it will be highlighted (this was not the case in earlier seasons).

In Speedword, each letter in the word was revealed one at a time.

The first letter of each word you make will be revealed in the phrase you're trying to solve.

If a contestant buzzed in and gave an incorrect answer, the opponent was given a free guess before any more letters were revealed.