Clue givers' clues had to relate to the category itself.Clue givers could not use synonyms or prepositional phrases.Clue givers had to use a short and concise list of clues they could not use clues that were overly descriptive.

Clue givers could not give away any part of the category itself.

Clue givers could not use their hands (their chair had special straps attached to the arms to prevent them from doing so).

Regardless of who gave the clues, there were strict rules involving the types of clues players could not give in the Winner's Circle (see below): The clue receiver had to say verbatim what the category was. Contestants always had the option of whether they wanted to give or receive clues in the Winner's Circle, but celebrities usually gave the majority of the time.

The Winner's Circle essentially reversed the process: one member of the winning team had 60 seconds to describe six categories of increasing difficulty to their partner by listing items relating to each category. As soon as the tie was broken, the game was over. The teams continued building on their scores using the tie-breaker categories. Both teams had 30 seconds to get as many of the six items beginning with their letter(s) as they can. The team that caused the tie had a choice between two letters leaving the other for the other team. If the game ended in a tie, the game shifted into a tie-breaker situation. During the second season, home viewers who registered on the Pyramid website could win the prize offered if the contestant won it. In situations where a team didn't all 6 points to win on the very last category or they won the game automatically, if the very last category concealed the bonus card, the team was allowed to play the category all the way out to try and win the bonus prize. Of course, to win the bonus, the team had to get all 6 answers right. In each half of the show, there was a bonus card hidden behind one of the six categories on a board and for the team that uncovered it, the contestant partner had a chance to win a bonus prize which would be theirs to keep whether they won the game or not.

The team in the lead after the sixth category moved on to the Winner's Circle. For the first two categories, the celebrities gave the clues, then the contestants gave the clues for the next two, and then for the final two, teams decided amongst themselves who would give or receive clues (the team that was trailing usually got first pick between the last two categories). The clue giver could use voice inflections and hand/body movements while describing a word, but they could not say the actual word or any other part of it or else they would lose out on that potential point score (accompanied by a 'burble' sound effect). Teams scored 1 point for each correct answer (for a maximum of 6 points) if they passed on a word, they could come back to it if time permitted. Each team played each category in alternating order (their choice), and for each category, one person on the team had 20 seconds to describe six items relating to that category to their partner. Some categories also involved famous people, which contestants and celebrities both dreaded. The game consists of six categories, each one cleverly written in order to give team members a vague idea of what it was about (ex: 'Loosen Up' - things that are stiff 'Made Public' - things that are used by the public 'The Woodsman' - things that a carpenter uses). Two teams, each consisting of a celebrity guest and a studio contestant, attempted to guess a series of items relating to different categories within a short time limit based on clues given by their partners. 3.2.1 Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (2003).

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