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00:00Can you turn words into dollars?
00:04Tonight's players think they can,
00:06and tonight they will be engaging in a war of words
00:08for their chance to win $10,000.
00:11It's time for Scrabble.
00:24Welcome to Scrabble.
00:25I am Craig Ferguson.
00:26Let's meet tonight's players,
00:27starting with our returning champions.
00:30I'm Kevin.
00:31I'm a casino dealer from San Diego.
00:33I'm Lindsay.
00:34I'm a banker from New Orleans, Louisiana.
00:36I'm Tim.
00:36I'm a librarian in Baltimore, Maryland.
00:38Well, good luck to you all.
00:40I can't wait to see you in action
00:41on our supersized Scrabble board.
00:43Look at that.
00:44The three of you are going to battle it out
00:46in three rounds of word games.
00:48The player with the most points
00:50moves on to our final round
00:51for a chance to win $10,000.
00:54I know.
00:56Now, of course, the key to being a strong Scrabble player
00:58is the ability to look at random letters
01:01and turn them into words.
01:03I'm going to present you
01:04with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:07Your job is to find the words
01:09that match those clues.
01:11The first two players to get four correct
01:13will move on to the next round.
01:15Are you ready to play?
01:17Yes.
01:17Let's play Scrabble.
01:21Here comes the first word
01:23always through the center square, of course.
01:25The clue word is safari.
01:29Here are your scrambled letters.
01:35Tim.
01:35Hippo.
01:36Hippo.
01:37Very well done.
01:39Off to a good start, Tim.
01:40Hippos, of course, are extremely dangerous.
01:42Did you know that?
01:43People think hippos are adorable.
01:44They're not.
01:45They're bastards.
01:48OK.
01:48Here comes the next word.
01:50It is through the I in hippo.
01:53The clue word is instrument.
01:56Here are your scrambled letters.
02:00Kevin.
02:01Fiddle.
02:02The fiddle is on the hippo.
02:04Look at that.
02:05Well done.
02:07You all right, Lindsay?
02:08Do you understand the buzzer situation?
02:10Where are you from, Lindsay?
02:11I'm from New Orleans.
02:12New Orleans.
02:13New Orleans?
02:13Yes.
02:13That's the place where the things.
02:15The Mardi Gras thing.
02:16The Mardi Gras thing.
02:17And Tim, you're from?
02:18Baltimore.
02:19Baltimore.
02:20That's where they've got the, uh...
02:21The crabs.
02:22Yeah, that's right.
02:23Yeah.
02:23I got crabs in Baltimore once.
02:25What a day that was.
02:27All right.
02:28Here comes the next word.
02:30Through the E in fiddle.
02:32The clue word is sport.
02:35Here are your scrambled letters.
02:37Kevin.
02:43Uh, athletic.
02:44Oh.
02:44Oh, no.
02:46So, buzz in if you know the answer, Lindsay or Tim.
02:49Lindsay.
02:50Athlete.
02:51The word is athlete.
02:52Lindsay, you're off and running.
02:54No, you're right.
02:55You're right, man.
02:56All right.
02:56The next word is through the H in athlete.
03:00The clue word is verify.
03:02Here are your scrambled letters.
03:07Kevin.
03:08Check.
03:10Yes.
03:11Check is the right answer.
03:12Well done.
03:13Kevin on two.
03:14Lindsay on one.
03:14Tim on one.
03:15Here comes the next word.
03:17Through the O on HIPPO.
03:18The clue word is presentation.
03:20Here are your scrambled letters.
03:25Kevin.
03:26Keynote.
03:28Keynote is the correct answer.
03:29That's a nice job.
03:31Kevin has three.
03:32Lindsay has one.
03:33Tim has one.
03:33Kevin, if you get the next one right, you're through to the next round.
03:35All right.
03:36Lindsay and Tim, pick up your game.
03:38Here comes the next word.
03:40Through the E in keynote.
03:43Clue word is restaurant.
03:46Here are your scrambled letters.
03:50Oh, it's Kevin.
03:51Waiter.
03:52The waiter's in the restaurant.
03:55Kevin's through to the next round.
03:56Lindsay and Tim, you have to battle to see who's going through to the next round.
03:59With Kevin.
04:00Let's clear the board and start with a new board.
04:03All right.
04:04The clue word is toast.
04:08Here are your scrambled letters.
04:13Tim.
04:14Butter.
04:14Look at that.
04:17Tim's on two.
04:18Lindsay's on one.
04:20All right.
04:20Keep it going.
04:21The next word through the B on butter.
04:25The clue is foreign.
04:28Here are your scrambled letters.
04:33Tim.
04:34Abroad.
04:37Abroad butter.
04:38Tim is on three.
04:39Lindsay is on one.
04:40Now, here's the situation, Lindsay.
04:42You have to get something here because if Tim gets the answer next, he's going through
04:46to the next round and you are going back to New Orleans, which is a wonderful city,
04:50but don't you want to stay?
04:51Absolutely.
04:52All right.
04:53So let's see it.
04:54Here comes the next word.
04:55Through the T on butter.
04:58The clue word is spray.
05:00Here are your scrambled letters.
05:07Tim.
05:07Spritz.
05:10Spritz is the right word.
05:12Congratulations, Tim.
05:14That's four correct words.
05:15You'll be moving on to join Kevin in the next round and you're both that much closer to winning
05:20$10,000.
05:22Lindsay, thank you for joining us.
05:24I hope you had fun.
05:25I'm sorry it was so brief.
05:26When we come back, Kevin and Tim will continue to compete for the $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
05:32Welcome back to Scrabble.
05:49I am here with Kevin and Tim and it's time for these two players to continue their word
05:54battle to see who will be moving on for a chance to play for $10,000.
05:59You guys feeling okay?
06:02Yes.
06:02Ready.
06:02This is old hat to you now, Kevin.
06:04You've been here before.
06:05Easy peasy.
06:06Yeah, but Tim, are you excited?
06:07Yeah, I'm excited.
06:08I'm ready.
06:09Right.
06:09Okay.
06:09What do you do for a living, Tim?
06:11I'm a librarian.
06:11Yeah.
06:11So is this nice for you?
06:13Being able to talk out loud and everything?
06:14Yes.
06:15Yeah.
06:15It must be fun.
06:16No one's shushing me.
06:17No, and you won't be shushed.
06:19In fact, enjoy yourself and bring your A game because Kevin is our reigning champion.
06:23In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
06:29See that?
06:31The goal is to place the best words on the board.
06:34You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
06:39Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
06:43So don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
06:46That's very important.
06:47You guys ready?
06:48Ready.
06:48All right.
06:49Let's play Scrabble.
06:53All right.
06:54Kevin, you were the first to unscrabble four words in round one.
06:56Would you like to go first or second?
06:58I'll go first.
06:59To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile on each rack.
07:05So let's take a look.
07:06There they are.
07:07All the good ones.
07:08What are you going to choose then?
07:09I want to go for some big points.
07:11So I'm going to go with rack one with the Q.
07:14Rack one with the Q.
07:15Here are your letters.
07:16Q-T-I-A-W-R-E.
07:20You see any words in there already?
07:22I do.
07:22I see cot and chi and wire.
07:27I want to use that Q because I'm doubling the first one anyway.
07:30So I'm going to play cot with a Q on the star.
07:37Q-A-T.
07:38Double word, of course, because it's the first word to play.
07:41So that goes up to 24 points.
07:44All right.
07:45Tim, your turn.
07:46Which rack would you like to play?
07:47I think I'm going to take rack four with the Z.
07:52Good choice.
07:52Here are your letters.
07:53R-C-O-E-Z-N-A.
07:57Those are some good letters.
07:59I see lots of words with the Z, like craze or czar or zone.
08:04But I'd like to really get the Z above that A for the double letter score.
08:08Yeah, you would.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Yeah.
08:10Going both ways if I can.
08:13I've decided to make za on top of cat with the Z on the double letter score.
08:19Za.
08:19Look at that.
08:20Za on the double letter twice.
08:24Za, also creating the word za, also creating the word at.
08:29Za, za, at.
08:30Gives you 44 points.
08:32Very good, Tim.
08:34All right, Kevin.
08:35Back to you.
08:36See, you're playing against the real.
08:37He's a librarian.
08:38I said he's a librarian.
08:41All right.
08:41I should have known better.
08:42All right.
08:43It's your turn again, Kevin.
08:44What are you going to choose then?
08:46I'll pick rack six.
08:48Six with the P.
08:50Here are your letters.
08:52C-A-P-N-E-T-B.
08:55I was really hoping for an S to make cats or cots.
08:59But I do want to try and take advantage of that Z anyway.
09:04Yeah, I'm going to play zap with the P on the double letter, making pecan and eight as well.
09:10See that on the board.
09:14Pecan with the double letter on the P and the N, also making the words zap and eight.
09:21Thirty-three points.
09:22Thirty-three points.
09:23Wow.
09:24Well done.
09:27Definitely, this is a battle royale.
09:30Which rack would you like to play, Tim?
09:32I'm going to take rack five with the H.
09:34Rack five with the H.
09:36H-Y-M-H-I-L-O-U.
09:40I'm trying to see if I can use the letters like Y and H, so I see things like homie or homily.
09:47I'm trying to decide where would be the best place to play it to get the most points.
09:52That's an excellent strategy for Scrabble, if you don't mind me saying so.
09:56I'm going to add an H to eight and spell homie across.
09:59Let's have a look at that on the board.
10:00Homie, triple letter twice on H, also creating the word hate.
10:07Thirty-five points.
10:09Takes you up to a total of 79 points.
10:12Wow.
10:12We're going to the final two words.
10:15Which rack are you going to play there, Kevin?
10:16I'm going to choose rack two with the J, hoping that gets a lot of points somewhere.
10:20Okay, rack two with the J.
10:22Your letters are A-R-I-F-J-S-E.
10:26I see fairy with using that Y.
10:29I wanted to try and use the J and incorporate the triple word.
10:33I could put that F on the double letter to make fa and go across and also make fear or fair.
10:39I'm going to play fair with the F on the double letter.
10:45Oh, okay.
10:47Fair gives you a double letter twice on the F.
10:51And triple word on the R.
10:54You created the words fa and an.
10:56It's a big scoring word.
10:5844 points.
11:01It's 101.
11:03All right, Tim, you have one rack remaining, so you don't have to choose it.
11:06It's all yours.
11:07Your letters are L-A-N-M-V-I-O.
11:12So, Tim, you're going to need 22 to tie, 23 to beat them.
11:17All right?
11:17I wish I had an S so I could pluralize zaps, but I don't, so I've got to look for other options.
11:22I'm looking through for double word scores or other scoring options.
11:26I have plays like mainly or vainly to that Y.
11:32I've decided to play vainly down to the Y and making a double word score.
11:37So, you need 22 to draw even, 23 to beat our champion, Kevin.
11:42You've put in vainly.
11:43Let's look at vainly on the board.
11:46Vainly on the board gives you a double word on the I.
11:50Gives you a total of 24 points.
11:54And you get 103, which means you are a new champion.
11:58Good game.
11:59Really close.
12:00Wow.
12:00That was very, very close.
12:02Very good.
12:03A heck of a game.
12:03Well done.
12:04Kevin, you're not going home empty-handed.
12:06You won $3,000 in the previous game.
12:10When we come back, we'll see if Tim can find the right words to bring home $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
12:16We'll be right back, everybody.
12:30Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
12:33I am here with Tim, our last Scrabbler standing, who's about to play for $10,000.
12:40Congratulations, my friend.
12:43Is there any words you're particularly proud of you did today?
12:46All of them.
12:46Really?
12:47I think that's good.
12:48You don't have a favorite.
12:49Whatever letter comes up.
12:50Vainly, I thought, was good.
12:51Vainly was the one that got you through.
12:52All right.
12:53Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
12:56In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
13:01You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
13:04And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
13:11Now, if you don't make it to 200 points, you won't go home empty-handed.
13:15You will be earning $25 for each point.
13:19Every word counts.
13:21All right.
13:21You ready to play?
13:22I'm ready.
13:22OK.
13:23Your game starts now.
13:26Time to play your first word.
13:28Here are your letters.
13:30Good luck.
13:30B-D-A-E-R-N-U.
13:35How does that feel?
13:36See any words in there?
13:38I'm looking at words like bared or beard or bread that would hit the double word score.
13:44I'm also looking at unbared and wondering if it's a word.
13:48So I'm considering playing that.
13:50I've decided to go with beard with the B on the double letter score.
13:55Beard.
13:56The B on the double letter.
13:58Very good.
13:59Double word score, of course, because it is the first word on the board.
14:02Gives you a total of 22 points for your first word.
14:05Very good.
14:07All right.
14:08We're going to go on to your next word.
14:09See what you got.
14:10So you've got the N and the U. Let's get the next letters are W and E, N, F, and E.
14:19That look good to you?
14:20So I've got the two N's.
14:23I'd like to undouble those.
14:25And I'd also like to get some points, ideally, to the double letter scores or reach over to that triple word score.
14:31So I'm looking at words like fun, few.
14:34I think I'm going to just maximize points and play few under B, E.
14:40Also making B and E.
14:43Few.
14:44F on the double letter.
14:46You're making B and E.
14:49Gives you 22 points.
14:51Brings you up to 44 points.
14:53That's pretty good.
14:55It's not a bad start.
14:56Yeah, yeah.
14:56It's all right.
14:56All right.
14:57Let's reach into the bag.
14:58You never know what letters you're going to get.
15:00It's just like Scrabble at home.
15:01You don't know what you're going to get.
15:02So your next letters for word three, N-U-N-E-S-A-T.
15:09You see any words in there already?
15:11So I'm first looking, I see words like tunes and ton and tune and sat.
15:19But I'm trying to see if there's a longer word that maybe I could play all my letters to play through the D or the R.
15:25The other thing I might do is just try and make sure that I can reach over to the triple word score with the next play.
15:30So I'm looking at words like neat, maybe, or seat.
15:35I've decided to play neat under few to get to the triple word lane.
15:39Neat under few.
15:40Again, you get the triple letter on the E, creating words fa and bet, giving you 16 points, which takes you up to 60 points, which is great.
15:52And it gets you out into that high scoring area.
15:56Very good.
15:56So you have four words remaining.
15:59Let's see what letters you get.
16:00You got an A, an O, P, and T.
16:06Well, you mentioned vowels and you said you wanted a T.
16:09Does that look good to you?
16:10So I see words like punt and pun and past.
16:15But first I'd like to see if I can get through the N and utilize the triple word score.
16:19Just making sure there's nothing better through the N and that I'm also not missing a longer play through, say, the R or the D.
16:25I've decided to hold on to my S for now and just play punt through the N in neat.
16:30Punt through the N in neat gives you the triple word score.
16:33Very good.
16:34Gives you 18 points, gets you up to a total of 78 points.
16:39You have 78 points, which is great.
16:41You have three words remaining.
16:43Which letters are we going to get?
16:44You got the Y, the G, and a T.
16:50Hmm.
16:51You see anything there, Tom?
16:52So I'm looking at plays like yoga or tangy would play.
17:00Tangy is an interesting option under fa, considering that.
17:04I've decided to maximize my points and just play tangy under fa.
17:09Let's have a look at that on the board.
17:12Tangy under fa creates fat and beta.
17:16It gives you the double word score on the N.
17:19That's 30 points for that.
17:22Well done.
17:22You're up to 108 points then.
17:26You have two words remaining.
17:28You have to get 92 points.
17:30You have to score high on the next two words.
17:32All right, you got a D, L, R, C, and E.
17:42I do see words like cold or dull or sold,
17:48but I'd really like to make a play with all my letters,
17:50and I still have my S so I could play beard.
17:53I've decided to use all my letters and play scolder and beards.
18:00Scolder down from the beard.
18:02Look at that.
18:03That's amazing.
18:04That's a bingo.
18:04That's the first bingo we've had.
18:08You used all seven tiles.
18:10That's a bingo.
18:11That's amazing.
18:12So look, you create the word beards.
18:14You get a double letter on the C of Scolder.
18:18You get a double letter on the E of Scolder.
18:20You get 50 extra points because it's a bingo.
18:23Gives you a total of 73 points for Scolder.
18:27Takes you up to 181 points.
18:33You have one word remaining.
18:35You need 19 points to win $10,000.
18:40All right.
18:41What letters are you hoping for?
18:42I think I can do it.
18:43Just some letters that will give me a decent word.
18:45All right.
18:46It's a whole new rack coming out.
18:47Let's see what you got.
18:48S-A-T-O-A-D-M.
18:54Wow.
18:55Very fortunate to get the S.
18:56Yeah.
18:57Which I could use to pluralize Scolder,
18:59and so I'm going to try and use the triple letter lane with that.
19:03Yeah.
19:03So I'm looking at words like motes or atoms or mods.
19:09I've decided to make atoms and also Scolders using the triple word score.
19:14Okay.
19:14Let's see if that gets you there to the 10,000 atoms across the bottom.
19:19It's on the triple word on the M.
19:22The S turns Scolder into Scolders.
19:26Gives you 32 points.
19:28Takes you up to 213 points.
19:30You did it, Tim.
19:31You won $10,000.
19:32$10,000.
19:33$10,000.
19:35That's amazing.
19:38I don't know about you, but I'm very excited about that.
19:41Very excited.
19:41Congratulations.
19:42Let's see how much more you can win by getting into another game right now.
19:47Let's bring on your new opponents.
19:49Come on in, you two.
19:50Come on in.
19:51All right, you two.
19:56Please go ahead and introduce yourselves, would you?
19:58I'm Kim.
19:59I work for the Department of Transportation from Brown Rock, Texas.
20:02I'm Ben.
20:02I'm a toy designer from Santa Rosa, California.
20:05Well, welcome to Scrabble.
20:07We just saw Tim.
20:08He's quite a player.
20:09He won $10,000.
20:11Are you ready to send him home for your own shot at the money?
20:14Yeah.
20:14Yes, you are.
20:15We'll take a break and we'll kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
20:20Wow.
20:21$10,000, Tim.
20:23Unbelievable.
20:23Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
20:37I have Tim, our returning champion, and we have two new contestants, Kim and Ben.
20:43Are you looking forward to battling it out with Tim?
20:45Are you scared?
20:46No.
20:46Not scared.
20:47Not scared?
20:48Are you scared, Tim?
20:49They look like they can play.
20:50A little bit.
20:51Yeah.
20:52I'm looking forward to it.
20:53I can't wait to see you in action on our supersized Scrabble board.
20:57Look at that thing.
20:58Isn't that great?
20:59Now, the three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
21:04The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
21:10You know how that works, right, Tim?
21:11Tim won $10,000.
21:14Now, of course, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters
21:19and turn them into words.
21:21I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
21:25Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
21:29The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
21:33You guys ready to play?
21:34Yes.
21:35Yes.
21:35Okay.
21:35Let's play Scrabble.
21:36All right.
21:40First word that always goes through the center square, as is traditional in Scrabble.
21:44Clue word is horror.
21:47And here are your scrambled letters.
21:52Champion Tim, what you got?
21:54Zombie.
21:56Zombie is the correct word.
21:58Well done, Tim.
21:58Off to a good start.
22:00Here comes the next word.
22:01Through the Z in zombie, the clue is strange.
22:07And here are your scrambled letters.
22:12Tim.
22:13Bizarre.
22:15Bizarre is the correct word.
22:17Wow.
22:18Tim on two.
22:19Kim and Ben, yet to get started.
22:21It's a bit weird at first when you're up against the champion.
22:23I think he's very confident because he's won the 10 grand.
22:26Here comes the next word.
22:28It is through the second R of Bizarre.
22:31The clue word is diagram.
22:33Here are your scrambled letters.
22:38Ben.
22:39Graff.
22:40Graff is the correct answer.
22:43Ben gets a point.
22:44Tim has two.
22:45Kim, still to get started.
22:47You'll be fine, Kim.
22:48Relax.
22:48Just get in there fast with the buzzer.
22:50Here comes the next word.
22:52It is through the H in graph.
22:55The clue word is king.
22:57Here are your scrambled letters.
23:02Ben.
23:03Throne.
23:05The word is throne.
23:06Ben's on two.
23:07Tim's on two.
23:09All right.
23:09Here comes the next word.
23:12Or from the E in throne, the clue word is surplus.
23:17Here are your scrambled letters.
23:20Ben.
23:23Excess.
23:25Excess is the correct answer.
23:26Ben taking the lead on three.
23:28Ben's on three.
23:29Reigning champion Tim on two.
23:31Kim yet to get started.
23:32But I believe in you, Kim.
23:34I believe in you.
23:35It's fine.
23:35Are you nervous?
23:36A little bit.
23:37Well, here, come here.
23:39It's all right.
23:40It's all right.
23:40It's all right.
23:41It's all right.
23:42Take a break.
23:45Fingers on buzzers.
23:46Yes, sir.
23:46Yeah.
23:46You guys don't get hugs.
23:49All right.
23:50Here comes the next word.
23:51Through the I in zombie.
23:55The clue word is casual.
23:57Here are your scrambled letters.
24:02Tim.
24:03Candid.
24:05Candid is the correct answer.
24:07Tim on three.
24:08Ben on three.
24:10Kim still to go.
24:11Did I put you off with that hug, Kim?
24:13Was that the problem?
24:13You did not.
24:14That was great.
24:15That was okay?
24:15Yes.
24:16All right.
24:17Remember, the first person to four is going through the next round.
24:20Here comes the next word.
24:22From the N in candid.
24:24The clue word is push.
24:27Here are your scrambled letters.
24:32Ben.
24:33Nudge.
24:35Nudge is the correct answer.
24:36Ben, you're going through the next round.
24:39You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
24:42You've made it to the next round.
24:43You can sit the rest of this time out.
24:45But I would pay attention.
24:46Now look, I'll tell you what we'll do.
24:48Let's get rid of this board.
24:49Let's start another board.
24:51Tim has three.
24:52Kim has yet to score.
24:53But if he gets the next one, he's going through to the next round.
24:57Here's the first word.
24:59The clue word is puncture.
25:01Here are your scrambled letters.
25:07Kim.
25:08Pierce.
25:10Booyah, Kim.
25:10Now you go.
25:12Boom.
25:13There you are.
25:15Tim now has one.
25:17Tim has three.
25:18Again, we're in the same position.
25:19If Tim gets the next one right, he's going to the next round.
25:22All right.
25:22You ready, you two?
25:24Okay.
25:24Here comes the next word.
25:26Through the I in Pierce, the clue word is digital.
25:31And here are your scrambled letters.
25:38Tim.
25:39Virtual.
25:42Virtual is the correct answer.
25:45So Tim has four.
25:46He's going through the next round.
25:47They're both in neck and neck to play for $10,000.
25:49Kim, you were getting there, but then you didn't.
25:55So I'm sorry.
25:55Thanks for playing.
25:56I'm sorry it didn't work out.
25:58When we come back, Ben and Tim will compete against each other to find their way to the big money.
26:03Right here on Scrabble when we come back.
26:05Come here, Kim.
26:06Come here.
26:07Welcome back to Scrabble.
26:24I'm here with Ben and Tim.
26:25And it's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see who will be moving on to play for a chance to win $10,000, everybody.
26:35You guys feeling good?
26:36Feeling up to?
26:37Tim, you feeling kind of stoked?
26:39You've been here before.
26:40You've won $10,000 already.
26:42I feel good.
26:42I'm ready to do it again.
26:43All right.
26:43All right.
26:44What do you think, Ben?
26:44You ready to take them on?
26:45Yeah, I'm going to try to find the best words.
26:47Yeah, you're badass.
26:48You've got tattoos and stuff like that.
26:50You're like, come on.
26:51So in this next round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
26:58The goal is to place the best words on the board.
27:01You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
27:04Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
27:09Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
27:12Everyone ready?
27:13Okay.
27:14Let's play Scrabble.
27:14All right.
27:18Ben, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
27:21Would you like to go first or second?
27:23I'll go second.
27:24Go second.
27:24Okay.
27:25To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile on each rack.
27:30So let's look at that.
27:31All right, Tim.
27:32What do you think?
27:33I think I'm going to go with lucky number five and try and get a lot of points for that Z.
27:38Okay.
27:38Lucky number five.
27:39The rack consists of B-H-R-E-T-I-Z.
27:46Hmm.
27:47You see anything there, Tim?
27:48Okay.
27:48Yes.
27:49I think I have some possibilities.
27:50Okay.
27:51I see words like birth, which would get to the double letter.
27:54But I'd really like to get the Z to the double letter.
27:57All right.
27:58Do you know what words you're going to play there, Tim?
28:00Yeah.
28:00I've decided to play Zybeth with the Z on the double letter score to maximize my points.
28:06Zybeth with the Z on the double letter and it is a double word score because it's the first word up.
28:11Gives you a total of 60 points.
28:1360 points for Zybeth.
28:15Do you know what a Zybeth is?
28:17A lot of points.
28:18Yeah.
28:19It's a real word.
28:19Do you know what a Zybeth is, Ben?
28:21I do not.
28:21Well, it's a large Indian cat-like animal.
28:27Anyway, it's a scrabble word and it's real.
28:29Okay, Ben.
28:29You've got it all to do.
28:31What rack would you like to play?
28:32Let's go with the first rack with the Q.
28:34With the Q.
28:36Okay.
28:36Let's see if it's got what you need.
28:38N-O-J-R-Q-B-A.
28:43Not quite what I was hoping for.
28:44I was hoping for an S in there.
28:46Got John.
28:48Oh, things that I'm going to have to build off of Zybeth, though.
28:51Uh, might need that double letter.
28:54Might have to put the B up there on the double letter.
28:57Born.
28:58John.
28:59Uh, jab.
29:00Where can I get the jab in there?
29:02Oh, okay.
29:03Uh, yeah.
29:05I'm going to have to just go for a basic go with Chi.
29:09QI.
29:10Gives you 11 points.
29:12Well done.
29:12You know what Chi is?
29:14It's a large Indian cat-like animal.
29:17A large Indian cat-like animal.
29:20All right, Tim, it's your turn.
29:21What would you like to play?
29:2260 versus 11 right now.
29:23Okay.
29:24I think I'm going to choose rack six with the X and hope to get a lot of points with the X.
29:28Okay.
29:29Rack six with the X.
29:30Gives you X-E-M-P-O-R-C.
29:33Oh, good letters.
29:35So I'm looking, again, with letters, words with the X.
29:37So I see things like pox.
29:40I see ox or X.
29:43And I'd like to double that X if I can, both ways.
29:47All right.
29:48So do you know what you're going to play there, Tim?
29:50Yes.
29:50I've decided to play X, also making the word B, and with the X on the double letter score.
29:55The E and the X gives you B and X.
29:59The X on the double letter score twice gives you a total of 38 points.
30:05Takes you up to 98 points.
30:07Good Lord, Tim.
30:09All right, Ben, it is your turn.
30:11Which track would you like to play?
30:13Man, I really don't like that V.
30:14It's a little intimidating on that one.
30:16I think I'm going to go with four with the W.
30:20Four with the W.
30:22A-C-W-N-I-O-S.
30:24That's a little better, I think.
30:26You've got the S in there.
30:27Yeah, the S is helping there.
30:29Okay.
30:29Got a few places I can play that.
30:31Probably off of Zybeth is my guess.
30:33So what else can I build off of that?
30:36So we can do cows with the triple letter.
30:40Yeah, I'm going to play Zybeth and Saw.
30:45Saw.
30:46Also creating the word Zybeth.
30:48The W of Saw is on the triple letter.
30:52Gives you a total of 35 points.
30:54That's a good score.
30:5898 versus 46.
31:00You've got it all to do, Ben, but it's Tim's last word.
31:03Which rack would you like to choose?
31:05Yeah, I need to score a lot of points here.
31:07So I think that rack three with the Y is going to be my best option.
31:10Rack three with the Y.
31:13I-L-E-D-D-Y-A.
31:18Okay.
31:19I see words like day and laddy or daily, which would be helpful to be able to get the Y on
31:27the triple letter score under B-E.
31:29Yes, I've decided to make laddy and bay with the Y on the triple letter both ways.
31:36Laddy on the board.
31:38Laddy and bay.
31:40Big B to bay.
31:42Gives you a triple letter on the Y and the L.
31:46Gives you a total of 36 points.
31:48Wow.
31:49Brings you up to 134 points, Tim.
31:52Ben, you have 46.
31:54You have got it all to do.
31:56The last rack.
31:58O-I-F-E-A-V-M.
32:02You see anything in there?
32:03Oh, man.
32:03I really need to get a bingo here, but I'm not seeing anything that's going to get all
32:07those used.
32:08I see movie.
32:09I see fame.
32:10There's an H and the M.
32:13I can get that triple letter M-A.
32:16I thought about it, and I thought, hmm.
32:18And so that's what I'm going to play.
32:20I'm going to play off of the H.
32:22H-M.
32:23And then across, going to play M-A-E.
32:25H-M, M-A-E, M on the double letter twice.
32:30Gives you a total of 18 points.
32:32Takes you up to 64 points.
32:33But Tim romping ahead with 134 points.
32:36So Tim is moving on for a chance to win $10,000 again.
32:40Congratulations, Tim.
32:41Excellent playing.
32:42Ben, thank you for playing.
32:44I'm sorry that it didn't quite work out.
32:46I hate that because you're a toy designer.
32:48Please don't mention to Santa that we were naughty.
32:50When we come back, we'll see if Tim can find the right words to bring home $10,000 again
32:56here on Scrap.
32:58We'll be right back, everybody.
33:10Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
33:17I'm sorry I was a bit late getting to my podium.
33:20I was just out the back feeding my pet, Zybet, which is a large Indian cat-like animal.
33:26You probably know that.
33:27I do now.
33:28You played it in the last...
33:29Unbelievable.
33:29I'm here with Tim, who is looking to add $10,000 to the $10,000 he's already won.
33:37All right.
33:38Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
33:41In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
33:46You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
33:49And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
33:57Now, look, if you don't make it to 200 points, you won't go home empty-handed.
34:01You've already won $10,000, and you will be earning $25 for each Scrabble point that you earn.
34:07So every word counts.
34:09Are you ready to go?
34:09I'm ready.
34:10OK.
34:10Tim, your game starts now.
34:15Time to play your first word.
34:17Here are your letters.
34:18Good luck.
34:20P-K-E-C-I-T-O.
34:26There's no Zybeth in there.
34:27There's no Zybeth, unfortunately.
34:29I do see words like pocket and picket that would get me a lot of points, and I can utilize
34:33the double letter scores as well as the double word score here.
34:38I've decided to go with my initial instinct, play pocket with the P on the double letter score.
34:44There it is.
34:45P on the double letter score.
34:47Of course, it's a double word because it's the first word on the board.
34:50Gives you a total of 34 points you start off with.
34:53That's amazing.
34:54And the race to 200 points for $10,000.
34:57The next set of letters are I-Y-I-C-D-U-S.
35:05See any words in there?
35:06I see words like icy.
35:09If I could play dice, but it wouldn't be a lot of points.
35:13I would like to get rid of one of the I's, though, for sure.
35:15So that's, like I said, something I'm thinking about.
35:18Just making sure there's nothing better.
35:21Utilizing a Y and the I.
35:25Yeah, I settled on the word icky through the K in pocket.
35:29Icky through the K in pocket.
35:31There it is with double letter on the C.
35:33Double letter on the Y.
35:35Gives a total of 20 points.
35:37Takes you up to 54 points with two words down.
35:41Very good.
35:42Very good.
35:43Five words remaining.
35:45What are you looking for now?
35:46Something that will go well with the D and the S and the I,
35:49and hopefully the U won't hurt me too much, keeping it.
35:51Maybe a Q.
35:52Maybe.
35:52That would help.
35:53All right.
35:53Let's see what you got.
35:55R.
35:57D.
35:58And R.
36:00OK.
36:01So I'm looking at words like purr or purrs.
36:05I'm not sure I want to use my S just yet.
36:07I could make words like ricky or dicky off of icky as a possibility also.
36:14OK.
36:14You know what word you're going to play there, Tim?
36:16Yes.
36:17I've decided to play the word ird and also making dicky on the top of icky.
36:23Icky turns to dicky and ird.
36:25It gives you the double word on the U of ird, a total of 23 points, 77 points.
36:3377 points with three words.
36:35You have four words remaining.
36:38You got rid of the U, which is what you wanted to do, right?
36:41OK.
36:41So that's the strategy.
36:42Yes.
36:42And keeping some good letters.
36:43Yes.
36:43All right.
36:44So let's see if we get some good letters now.
36:45You've got I, S, D, and R. And let's see what I have.
36:49T, an A, and then E.
36:52Oh, that looks good.
36:54That looks good.
36:54Yeah, those are good letters.
36:55Yeah.
36:56I was happy to see the A and the E, which are good vowels and all good letters.
37:00And I do have still pocket that I can pluralize.
37:04Right.
37:04So I'm looking, I do see a bingo.
37:07I see tirades.
37:08You see a bingo?
37:09Down front.
37:09Yeah, so tardies or tirades.
37:12I think I'm going to stick with tirades and also making pockets.
37:17Wow.
37:17Let's take a look at that on the board.
37:20Tirades coming down from the top.
37:22Gives you a triple letter twice.
37:24Also creating the word pockets.
37:26Yeah, that's a bingo.
37:28That's all of your letters.
37:29Gives you 50 extra points.
37:3179 points with your bingo.
37:34The bingo master, which takes you up to a total of 156 points.
37:42You have 156 points.
37:45You have three words remaining.
37:46You have to get to 200 to win $10,000 for the second time.
37:51Do you even care what the letters are now?
37:54I do care, but I feel good.
37:56I think I can get there.
37:56Do you think you can get to it?
37:57I think I can get there.
37:57All right.
37:58Let's see what you've got.
37:59A whole new rack.
38:00N-W-T-O-A-R-O.
38:06Wow.
38:07Let's see.
38:08You need 44 to get 200 points.
38:12I see some good options with the W.
38:14Obviously, a lot of words like won and own and war and wart.
38:18Trying to see where I can get the most points for it, which is probably next to the A in tirades.
38:24I could also come down from the P in pockets.
38:26Not seeing a great option there, though.
38:29Possibly pawn or.
38:30I've decided to play one, W-O-N, next to the A in tirades.
38:37One down the side of tirade gives you A, do, and N.
38:43Double word score gets it to 27 points.
38:47Takes you up to a total of 183 points.
38:5117 points away from another $10,000.
38:58There are two words left remaining.
39:00What letters are you hoping for?
39:02Anything at this point.
39:03I think I can get 17 points.
39:05I think you can, too.
39:07Let's take a look at your letters.
39:08New letters.
39:09H, L, and E.
39:13You see any words in there already?
39:15All right.
39:16I have good letters.
39:17I do see words like heart, earth, hole.
39:22I could play things like lather or halter.
39:25I think halter would be the most points, doubling the H as well.
39:29You know what words you're going to play, Tim?
39:30Remember, you've got to get 17 points to get that $10,000.
39:36Yes.
39:37I've decided to play halter with the H on the double letter score,
39:40coming down alongside A and DO.
39:43Okay.
39:43Let's see if you're going to get another $10,000.
39:46Let's put it up there.
39:49Halter coming down gives us awe and door.
39:52We've got a double word score on the T,
39:55a double letter score on the H.
39:58You needed 17 points.
39:59You got 36 points.
40:00It brings you to a total of 219 points.
40:04You did it, Tim.
40:05You've just won another $10,000,
40:09bringing your game total to $20,000.
40:11And you're going to be joining us next time.
40:15With a chance to win more money.
40:18We'll see you next time on Straffle.
40:20That was unbelievable.
40:21$20,000.
40:22Good for you.
40:23Definitely dance this time.
40:27We'll see you next time.
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