25 Words or Less: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

25 Words or Less includes two teams comprised of celebrities and civilians against each other in a fast-paced word game with a top prize of $10,000. In the beginning rounds of the game, after a frenzied bidding session, one team member provides clues to two partners to help them guess a list of five words using fewer than 25 clue words. In the final round, the contestant who has earned the most points has 60 seconds to get his partners to guess 10 words using only 25 words or less.

Series details

• Title: 25 Words or Less
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2019-09-16
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 43921
• IMDb ID: tt8689502
• TVDB ID: 380229

Cast and credited roles

• Meredith Vieira — Host
• Jamie Anderson — Announcer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-09-16; final listed air date 2020-06-05; episode order: 175.
• Season 2: premiered 2020-09-14; final listed air date 2021-05-28; episode order: 175.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-09-20; final listed air date 2022-05-31; episode order: 175.
• Season 4: premiered 2022-09-12; final listed air date 2023-06-02; episode order: 175.
• Season 5: premiered 2023-09-11; final listed air date 2024-05-24; episode order: 160.
• Season 6: premiered 2024-09-09; final listed air date 2025-05-23; episode order: 160.
• Season 7: premiered 2025-09-08; final listed air date 2026-05-22; episode order: 160.
• Season 8: premiered 2026-09-08; final listed air date 2026-10-09.

Source and licence

Adapted from 25 Words or Less on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.