To begin play, the home audience was shown how many words were in the puzzle and a certain number of stars (originally two, later four) were lit at random.

Initially, the champion was told how many words the puzzle contained, but this would change in favor of revealing the information to the home audience and panel only.

[3] In order to reveal the puzzle pieces, the champion spun a large wheel that controlled a randomizer light on the board.

After taking or declining this fifth spin, the champion was given 10 seconds to study the puzzle and each celebrity secretly wrote down a guess.

The champion won a cash jackpot for solving the puzzle, or $250 per celebrity who had the correct answer in case of a miss.

All-Star Blitz originally aired on ABC at 11:00 AM EST, replacing Trivia Trap and followed by the long-running Family Feud.

However, the series found itself facing strong competition from the first half of the powerhouse The Price Is Right on CBS and Wheel of Fortune on NBC.

[2] However, now competing against the second half of Price, as well as Scrabble on NBC, ratings did not improve and All-Star Blitz ended its run on December 20, 1985.