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00:01Do you think you have a way with words? Well, so do our players.
00:05And tonight, they are engaging in a war of words for their chance to win $10,000.
00:10What time is it, Craig? It's time for Scrabble!
00:24I'm sorry, everyone. I've had a lot of coffee.
00:27Welcome to Scrabble. I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:30Let's meet tonight's players, starting with our returning champion.
00:33I'm Mark, and I'm a copy editor from Philadelphia.
00:36I'm Eunice. I'm a writer from Birmingham, Alabama.
00:39I'm Tom. I'm a college professor from Greensboro, North Carolina.
00:43Welcome to the show, everybody. Welcome back, Mark.
00:46I can't wait to see you all in action on our supersized Scrabble board.
00:49Look at that thing. Isn't that amazing?
00:51Mark, you've seen it before, but Eunice and Tom, you must be very impressed.
00:55It's extraordinary.
00:55It is. It's like seeing the pyramids for the first time
00:59or meeting a really famous person.
01:02The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
01:06The player with the most points moves on to her final round
01:09for a chance to win $10,000. Yes!
01:14The key to being a strong Scrabble player, of course,
01:17is the ability to look at random letters and turn them into words.
01:20I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:24Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:28The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round
01:32for a chance to win $10,000.
01:35Are you ready to play?
01:36We are.
01:37Yes, good.
01:38Let's play Scrabble.
01:42All right.
01:43Here comes the first word.
01:45Always through the center square, of course.
01:46The first word.
01:47There it is.
01:48The clue word is calm.
01:50Here are your scrambled letters.
01:57Champion mark.
01:58Mellow.
01:59Mellow.
02:01Yes!
02:02Very well done.
02:03All right.
02:04Here comes the next word.
02:06Right.
02:07Down to the M in mellow.
02:10The clue word is validate.
02:12Here are your scrambled letters.
02:17Mark.
02:19Affirm.
02:21We affirm that to be true.
02:26Mark's got two already.
02:27Can I just say, by the way, excellent Scrabble tie there, Tom?
02:30Oh, thank you.
02:31Yeah, it's very good.
02:32Let's just see it in action.
02:34All right.
02:35Here comes the next word.
02:37All right.
02:38Down through the L in mellow.
02:41The clue word is ballroom.
02:44Here are your scrambled letters.
02:52Mark.
03:10Seize.
03:11Seize the day.
03:12Carpe diem.
03:13There you go.
03:15Let's mark up to three points.
03:16Mark gets one more point.
03:18He's through to the next round.
03:19Here comes the next word.
03:20From the E in Cs.
03:23The clue word is concert.
03:26Here are your scrambled letters.
03:32Mark.
03:33Encore.
03:35Encore.
03:36Encore.
03:36There you go.
03:37Mark is through the next round.
03:39You are the first to identify four scrambled words.
03:41You've made it to the next round.
03:42You can sit the rest of this one out.
03:44Don't get complacent though.
03:46Eunice or Tom is coming for you.
03:48We'll see who it is.
03:49It's between you two now as he goes through.
03:51The next word is across to the sea in Encore.
03:56The clue word is community.
03:59Here are your scrambled letters.
04:04Tom.
04:08Eunice, if you know it, buzz in.
04:12Nope.
04:13Nope.
04:14Nobody got it.
04:14Okay.
04:14Let me see what the word is.
04:17We'll put it up on the board.
04:18Public.
04:18Let's look at the next word.
04:20We'll leave public up there.
04:21What have we got next?
04:23Down to the P in public.
04:25The clue word is browser.
04:29Here are your scrambled letters.
04:34Tom.
04:35That's desktop.
04:37Desktop.
04:38There you go, Tom.
04:39Good blogger now.
04:40Oh, but darn it now.
04:42Eunice has one.
04:43Tom has one.
04:44The last word for this board.
04:45Let's see what we have.
04:46Across the R in Encore.
04:49The clue word is coffee house.
04:53Here are your scrambled letters.
04:58Eunice.
05:00Um.
05:03Buzz in if you know it, Tom.
05:05Yes.
05:06That's barista.
05:07It is barista.
05:08It is barista.
05:09Nice capture, Tom.
05:11Let's get a new board here.
05:13Let's get rid of those.
05:14We'll start a new board.
05:17Eunice has one.
05:18Tom has two.
05:20The clue word is university.
05:22Here are your scrambled letters.
05:28Tom.
05:29It's a campus where I work.
05:31It is a campus.
05:33Yes.
05:33All right.
05:35That's Tom up to three.
05:37Eunice, you have one.
05:38You need this to stay in the game.
05:39Tom, if you get this, you're going through the next round.
05:41Here comes the next word.
05:43Through the M in campus.
05:47The clue word is football.
05:50Here are your scrambled letters.
05:56Tom.
05:57Fumble.
05:59Fumble will take you through to the next round, Tom.
06:04Thanks for playing, Eunice.
06:05I hope you had a lovely time.
06:07Yes.
06:07Tom and Mark, you are through to the next round.
06:09You will be competing for $10,000 right here on Scrabble when we come back.
06:29Welcome back to Scrabble.
06:30I am here with my friends Mark and Tom, and it's time for these two players to continue their
06:35word battle to see who will be moving on for the chance to win $10,000.
06:42Now, Mark, you've been here before.
06:44You've already won $20,000, but Tom, you're now facing our champion.
06:48I could use $10,000.
06:49Well, we could all use $10,000, but are you unnerved by his tie, Mark?
06:54I've got to make sure I'm looking at the board and not the tie.
06:56Yeah.
06:57Is that legal?
06:58This is brand new suits.
06:59I think the red goes well with the blue.
07:01It looks fabulous.
07:02Tom, you look fabulous.
07:03All right.
07:04In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:09All right?
07:10Just like that.
07:11The goal is to place the best words on the board.
07:15You'll earn the Scrabble point value of each of the three words that you make.
07:19Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
07:23Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
07:26That's where the money is.
07:27You guys ready?
07:28Ready.
07:29All right.
07:29Let's play Scrabble.
07:33All right.
07:34Mark, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
07:37Would you like to go first or second here?
07:39I'll go first, please.
07:40To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile on each rack.
07:45There they are.
07:47Okay.
07:47Some good ones there.
07:48Which rack would you like to start with, Mark?
07:51The X did me well in my first episode, so I'll take rack two with the X.
07:55Rack two with the X.
07:57All right.
07:58Your letters are D-I-X-A-E-I-E.
08:03Lots of vowels, but you got the X.
08:05Lots of vowels.
08:06Not too many words.
08:09I know Dixie is not a valid word.
08:12That's a capital.
08:13So X-I is a word.
08:16X-A-X.
08:19I'm going to play Ixia with the I on the center star.
08:23It's the first word on the board, which means it's a double word.
08:28It gives you a total of 22 points.
08:30Good start, Mark.
08:31Well done.
08:31Do you know what Ixia means, by the way?
08:33I do not.
08:34Ixia is an African bulbous plant, I think.
08:39All right, Tom, it's your turn.
08:41Which rack would you like to play?
08:42I'm going to take rack six with the H.
08:44Rack six with the H.
08:46Okay, here are your letters.
08:48H-E-R-E-I-R-A.
08:51Like Mark, I got stuck with a lot of vowels, but I see some words there.
08:55He or her.
08:57I see, uh, I like that H.
09:01I'd like to be able to play over top of that X if I can.
09:04Mm-hmm.
09:04Mark kept me away from all the double letter scores.
09:07I'd like to play he on top of the I in Ixia.
09:12There it is.
09:13It gives you the double letter on E, creates the word hi,
09:17and X gives you a total score of 21 points.
09:21That's a great score, Tom.
09:22Nice start.
09:24All right, Mark, it's your turn again.
09:26Which rack are you going to go for?
09:28I would like to choose rack five with the C.
09:33Rack five with the C.
09:35Okay, here are your letters.
09:37D-N-C-U-T-A-T.
09:42That sound good to you?
09:44Does that look good to you?
09:45Looks a little clunky.
09:46I see cut and aunt.
09:52I see a dunk, which is an unusual one.
09:56I'm going to play a dunk, forming ahi and dex.
10:01Okay, let's look at that on the board.
10:03A dunk across the top there.
10:06You've got the triple letter on the U.
10:08You also form the word ahi and dex.
10:11A dunk, of course, is an unusual word.
10:13Do you know what it means?
10:14I have no idea.
10:15It's a word to describe a hook nose.
10:19Fascinating.
10:20Kind of.
10:22You guys are probably thinking, Craig, how do you know all this?
10:24I just do.
10:27All right.
10:28A dunk gives you 27 points, which takes you up to 49 points, Mark.
10:34Well done.
10:36All right, Tom.
10:37It's your turn.
10:38Which rack would you like to choose?
10:40I would like, since Mark took that top of the EX, I'd like to go with the G.
10:46Let's go with the G.
10:47Rack three with the G.
10:49Here are your letters.
10:50A-G-E-S-S-I-O.
10:54There you go.
10:55Everybody loves the S's.
10:56You see anything you like there, Tom?
10:58I like those S's.
10:59Mm-hmm.
11:01So I could come off of Ixia.
11:03I don't think I can quite get down to the next double word score.
11:08I could with Sages.
11:10I'd like to play Sages off of the end of Ixias.
11:15Sages down from Ixias.
11:18Gives you a double letter on the S.
11:20Double word on the second S.
11:22Gives you a score of 27 points.
11:24Takes you up to 48 points.
11:27Excellent play, Tom.
11:30All right, Mark, your turn.
11:31This is your last turn, your final rack.
11:33You've got 49 points.
11:35Tom is right behind you with 48 points.
11:37Which rack are you going to play?
11:38I'm going to take rack four with the Y.
11:40Rack four with the Y.
11:42All right.
11:43G-Y-N-E-N-E-D.
11:49All right, I'm seeing some short words like yen.
11:54That's a verb. Yend is valid.
11:58Den, end, deny.
12:00And I'm seeing a couple of spots for the Y, which are both using letters and Sages.
12:09I'd like to play yen, forming Y and S.
12:13Yen.
12:15You've got the double word score on the Y.
12:18You also form the words Y and S.
12:20Gives you a total of 24 points for that round.
12:23Mark, you're up to 73 points.
12:27All right.
12:28Tom, you need 26 points to pass Mark and make it to the final round.
12:33Here's the last rack of letters.
12:35V-I-L-R-E-T-A.
12:40Wish I had one of my S's back.
12:42Mmm.
12:43Just finding a place to do it.
12:45I'm thinking if I could go off of that Y-E somehow.
12:47I'd like to get to travel, but I don't have enough room coming off of that.
12:53I'd like to play trail, starting out by the Y-E.
12:57All right.
12:58Well, you need 26 points to move on.
13:03Trail.
13:05Trail gives you a triple letter on the I.
13:08You create the word tie, res, and an.
13:11That word gives you 18 points, I'm afraid, Tom.
13:15So with 73 points, Mark is moving on to the next round for the chance to win $10,000.
13:22Congratulations, Mark.
13:23I'm sorry, Tom.
13:24Thank you for playing.
13:25The Scrabble tie was awesome.
13:26It was great.
13:27Good luck, Mark.
13:28Hope you win, Mark.
13:28Appreciate it.
13:29All right.
13:29When we come back, we'll see if Mark can find the right words to bring home yet another
13:33$10,000 right here on Scrabble.
13:36We'll be right back, everybody.
13:37Thank you, Mark.
13:54Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
13:56I'm here with Mark.
13:57Our last Scrabble standing is about to play for another $10,000.
14:02Unbelievable, Mark.
14:03Yeah.
14:03How much have you won already?
14:05$20,000 and counting.
14:07$20,000 already?
14:08Yeah.
14:08You're going for your third big win?
14:10All right.
14:11Let's see if the strong word play can continue.
14:13In this final round, points equal money.
14:16You will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:19You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each word,
14:22and if your seven words total up to 200 points,
14:25you will win $10,000.
14:27Again.
14:29But if you don't make it to the 200 points,
14:32you won't go home empty-handed.
14:33Of course, you've already won $20,000.
14:35And as you know, you will be earning $25 for each point.
14:39So every word counts because every word makes you money.
14:43You ready to play?
14:44Let's do this.
14:45OK, let's do it.
14:46Mark, your game starts now.
14:52Here are your letters.
14:54Good luck.
14:55B-R-O-G-T-A-E.
15:00That looks pretty good.
15:02Do you like that?
15:02Yeah, the first thing I see is Bogart,
15:04but I would love to get a seven-letter word.
15:09I'm seeing bog, I'm seeing bot, gab, rag.
15:14I'll play Bogart with the B on the double-letter score.
15:18Bogart.
15:19Running across the B on the double-letter.
15:21It is a double word, of course,
15:22because it's the first word on the board.
15:24Kicks you off with 24 points.
15:28All right.
15:29The meaning of the word Bogart,
15:30what does that actually mean, Mark?
15:32I think it means to hog something.
15:34To hog something?
15:34Anything in particular you'd be hogging
15:36if you were Bogarting something?
15:38Nothing that I can say on television.
15:39Right, okay.
15:41You have six words remaining.
15:42Let's see what letters get thrown at you now.
15:45E-C-N-O-H-C-E.
15:50Two C's in there.
15:51Indeed.
15:52Hence is a nice word.
15:57He would go above Bogart,
15:59but I'd still like to keep that R open.
16:01I see conch or chance maybe would go through the A.
16:06I'll play conch through the O of Bogart.
16:10Conch through the O of Bogart.
16:13Gives you double word on the H there.
16:15Very good.
16:15Gives you 24 points.
16:17Well done.
16:20All right.
16:21We have five words left to play.
16:23Let's look at the next rack.
16:24E-O-E-T.
16:27There's a consonant.
16:28T.
16:29There's another one.
16:30N and M.
16:31All right.
16:33I'm seeing man.
16:35I'm seeing totem.
16:37I'm seeing note or tone.
16:40Maybe a word with H-M.
16:43I'm going to play meat.
16:44The H in conch forming hmm.
16:48All right.
16:49Meat coming down from the H in conch.
16:51Gives you a triple letter on the E.
16:54Create H-M.
16:56Gives you a total score of 15 points.
16:59Takes you up to 63 points.
17:0163 points.
17:03Pretty good.
17:04Doing well.
17:05All right.
17:06You have four words remaining.
17:08O-T-N-R-O-F-I.
17:14How does that feel?
17:15How can I play a word with F and forming meter?
17:22Front would do the job.
17:24Front may be the play.
17:27Frontier almost.
17:29I believe I can play forint forming meter.
17:35Forint.
17:36That's a heck of a word.
17:37Look at that.
17:37Forint gives you a double letter on the F.
17:41Triple word on the N.
17:43Forint.
17:44You also create the word meter.
17:45It's a massive score of 46 points for forint.
17:49It takes you up to 109 points.
17:54All right.
17:54Excellent.
17:57You have three words remaining.
17:59Here are your letters.
18:03O-S-S-A-D-A-R.
18:07I'm seeing words like roads or sodas.
18:12I still have ohm available.
18:19The S's, I'm not seeing an outstanding way to score with them.
18:24So I might as well set myself up for something.
18:28I'm going to play a rose using the E of meter forming conchs.
18:32Okay.
18:33Let's have a look at that.
18:34A rose.
18:36Going across there.
18:37You get a double word on the O for the a rose.
18:41And you form the word conchs as well.
18:44Gives you a total of 23 points for those words.
18:47Takes you up to 132 points.
18:50Excellent.
18:51All right.
18:52Excellent.
18:53All right.
18:54Two words left.
18:54Here are your letters.
18:56S-D-A-Y.
19:00We got a Q.
19:01Nope.
19:01A D.
19:02And an O.
19:04And an I.
19:05Okay.
19:06All right.
19:07I'm not seeing a bingo.
19:08I'm seeing words like daisy.
19:12And a forint can take an S.
19:14As can Bogart.
19:17I'm going to play dairy through the R of a rose.
19:21Dairy through the R of a rose.
19:23Let's look at that.
19:25Okay.
19:26You get a double letter on the D.
19:28A double word on the Y of dairy.
19:31Gives you 22 points for dairy.
19:34Takes you up to 154 points.
19:36Okay.
19:37Getting there.
19:37All right.
19:38You have one word remaining.
19:41You need to get 46 points to get to 200 and get you the $10,000.
19:47The final word.
19:48S-D-O.
19:49We got an A.
19:51I.
19:52B.
19:54And L.
19:55My dairy play gives me plays like dab or lab.
20:01Slab.
20:01And if I can't bingo, I'm trying to get as many points as possible here.
20:05I'm going to try slab forming ad and bah.
20:08All right.
20:09Well, before we put that up, I'm sure it's a good word.
20:12But I just want to point out because you've been the bingo king and you've done a lot of bingos
20:15there.
20:15Do you see where it is?
20:16Tell me.
20:17Across from the T in meter, you could have had tabloids.
20:22Oh, boy.
20:23Tabloids.
20:23Oh, no.
20:24But you know what?
20:25Maybe you're still there.
20:25Let's have a look at slab.
20:29Triple letter on the B.
20:31You also create the words ad and bah.
20:34You needed 46.
20:35It gives you a total of 25, which is still great.
20:39You don't get the 10,000.
20:40But not to worry because at $25 per point, you still won $4,475.
20:47Which brings you a three game total to $24,475.
20:52Not bad.
20:54Let's see how much more you can win by getting into another game right now.
20:58Let's bring on your new opponents.
21:00Come on in.
21:05Hello, players.
21:06Please go ahead and introduce yourselves.
21:08I'm Susan.
21:09I'm a counselor from Sarasota, Florida.
21:11I'm Elizabeth.
21:13I'm an educational consultant from San Francisco, California.
21:16Well, welcome to Scrabble, ladies.
21:18Have you met Mark?
21:19He's just won $24,475 playing this game.
21:24Amazing, yeah.
21:24It's amazing.
21:25He's a very good player.
21:26Do you feel confident that you'll be able to take him on?
21:28Don't know.
21:29We'll see.
21:30Well, all right.
21:31We'll see how things kick off when we return right here on Scrabble.
21:35We'll be right back, everybody.
21:51Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
21:53Are you guys feeling comfortable?
21:55Mark is our reigning champion, so it's going to be tricky, I think.
21:59You feeling confident?
22:00We'll see.
22:01All right.
22:01It's going to be a good match.
22:02Mark, are you feeling confident?
22:03You're up against two ladies now.
22:05I feel like I keep getting luckier with each subsequent game, so we'll see how it goes.
22:08All right.
22:09Well, let's see if your luck continues.
22:11I can't wait to see you all in action in our super-sized Scrabble board.
22:14Take a look at this.
22:15Isn't that amazing?
22:17All right.
22:17The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
22:22The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
22:30Okay.
22:30You guys ready?
22:31Yes.
22:31All right.
22:32Okay.
22:33Now, the key to being a strong Scrabble player, of course, is the ability to look at random letters
22:37and turn them into words.
22:38I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:42Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
22:45The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
22:50Everybody ready to play?
22:51Ready.
22:52Let's do it.
22:52Okay.
22:52Let's do it.
22:54Let's play Scrabble.
22:58All right.
22:59Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course.
23:02First word.
23:03The clue is Titan.
23:06Here are your scrambled letters.
23:11Elizabeth.
23:14Oh, you've run out of time, Elizabeth.
23:16Susan or Mark, buzz in if you know the answer.
23:18Mark.
23:19Giant.
23:21Giant up there.
23:23Mark's got a point.
23:24He's up and running, our champion.
23:26Here comes the next word down from the I in giant.
23:30The clue is revenue.
23:32Here are your scrambled letters.
23:38Mark.
23:39Income.
23:40Income is, of course, the right word.
23:42Mark has two.
23:45Susan has zero.
23:46Elizabeth has zero.
23:47Don't let him get away with this.
23:49I know.
23:49I know.
23:49All right.
23:50Try to beat him.
23:51All right.
23:51Try and beat him.
23:52Here comes the next word.
23:53Up to the O in income.
23:55The clue is workshop.
23:58Here are your scrambled letters.
24:02Mark.
24:03Studio.
24:06Mark up to three points.
24:08Susan has zero.
24:09Elizabeth has zero.
24:10All right.
24:11So if Mark gets this next one, he's going through to the next round.
24:14Here comes the next word.
24:15Through the S in studio.
24:18The clue word is glue.
24:21Here are your scrambled letters.
24:26Mark.
24:27Taste.
24:29Mark is through the next round.
24:31The first to identify four scrambled letters.
24:34So you can set out the next couple of questions.
24:36All right.
24:36Between Susan and Elizabeth to see who's going through to go against our champion.
24:41All right.
24:41Let's take a look at the next word.
24:44Through the E in income.
24:46The clue is surface.
24:49And here are your scrambled letters.
24:57Elizabeth.
24:57Texture.
24:59Texture is the word we're looking for.
25:01Well done, Elizabeth.
25:02Elizabeth's at the point.
25:04Susan yet to score.
25:05Let's look at the next word.
25:07Through the N in giant.
25:09The clue is rainforest.
25:13Here are your scrambled letters.
25:18Elizabeth again.
25:19Jungle.
25:23Elizabeth has two.
25:24Susan yet to score.
25:26Here comes the next word.
25:28From the L in jungle.
25:30Well, the clue is climb.
25:33Here are your scrambled letters.
25:39Elizabeth.
25:41Ladder.
25:41Ladder is the word.
25:43That'll climb you up another point.
25:45Elizabeth has three.
25:46Susan yet to score.
25:48Now, if Elizabeth gets this, Susan, she's going to the next round.
25:51OK.
25:52Last word for this board.
25:53Where is it?
25:54It's through the R in ladder.
25:58The clue is editorial.
26:01Here are your scrambled letters.
26:08Oh, nobody got it.
26:10OK.
26:10Let's take a look at what the word is.
26:12The word is, of course, article.
26:15Article.
26:16All right.
26:16Let's get rid of that board.
26:18Same rules as before.
26:19Here comes the first word.
26:21Always through the center of a new board.
26:23Susan has yet to score.
26:25Elizabeth has three.
26:27So, Susan, you need this to stay in the game.
26:29Elizabeth, if you get this, you're going on to play our champion.
26:32The clue is ballpark.
26:35Here are your scrambled letters.
26:41Elizabeth for the game.
26:45Oh, you didn't get it.
26:47All right.
26:47Buzz in if you can get it, Susan.
26:49Not sure.
26:52Oh, nobody got it.
26:53All right.
26:53What is that word?
26:56Dugout, of course.
26:57I would have known that if I was clever.
27:01All right.
27:02Here comes the next word.
27:03Through the D in dugout.
27:06The clue is progress.
27:09And here are your scrambled letters.
27:16Elizabeth for the game.
27:17Advance.
27:18Will you advance to the next round, Elizabeth?
27:21You will advance to the next round, Elizabeth.
27:25Well done.
27:26Elizabeth joins Mark in the next round.
27:29Susan, thank you for playing.
27:31I hope you had some fun.
27:32I'm sorry it wasn't longer for you.
27:33When we come back, we'll see Mark and Elizabeth compete with each other
27:36on their way to the big money.
27:38Right here on Scrabble when we come back.
27:40Don't go away.
27:57Welcome back to Scrabble.
27:58I am here with Mark from Philadelphia and Elizabeth from San Francisco.
28:03It's time for these two players to continue their word battle
28:06to see who will be moving on for the chance to win $10,000.
28:10You guys feel okay?
28:11Yeah.
28:12All right.
28:13In this next round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
28:18Take a look.
28:18There they are, right?
28:19All right.
28:20Now the goal is to place the best words on the board.
28:23You will earn the Scrabble point value of each of the three words that you make.
28:28Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
28:32Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
28:35That's where you'll get the money.
28:36You guys ready?
28:37Yes.
28:38Let's do it.
28:38All right.
28:40Let's play Scrabble.
28:44All right.
28:45Mark, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
28:47Would you like to go first or second?
28:49I'll go first.
28:50To help you decide which rack to play,
28:52I'm going to flip over the highest value tile on each rack.
28:55Let's take a look.
28:56There they are.
28:57Okay, some good ones there.
28:59Which rack would you like to start with, Mark?
29:01I am going to try the Z.
29:04Rack five with the Z.
29:05Rack five with the Z.
29:08D-G-Z-O-R-I-A.
29:12I'm seeing some short Z words like zig, zag.
29:17But not zig zag.
29:19Can't have them both.
29:21Dog, road.
29:23I'm going to play Grizz with the I on the star.
29:27Okay.
29:28There it is.
29:29It is a double word score, of course, because it's the first word on the board.
29:33Takes you to 28 points.
29:35Great start, Mark.
29:3528 points.
29:37All right, Elizabeth.
29:38It's your turn, my dear.
29:39Which rack would you like to play?
29:40I would like to play Rack two with the Q.
29:46Rack two with the Q.
29:48Your letters are P-Q-P-O-U.
29:52There it is.
29:53S and E.
29:55Okay.
29:56I see quip.
29:59I see soup.
30:01I see...
30:03Um, I see pop.
30:07Greg, I think I'm going to play quips running through the I of Grizz.
30:14Quips running through the I of Grizz.
30:18Nice.
30:19Nice job.
30:20Got you 16 points.
30:2216 to Elizabeth.
30:23Mark has 28.
30:24Okay.
30:24We're up and running.
30:26Mark, it's your turn.
30:27Which rack would you like to play?
30:29Give me rack four with the K.
30:31Rack four with the K.
30:33Your letters are N-S-C-K-Y-O-E.
30:39So what do you think?
30:40Looking good?
30:41I have big letters in there.
30:43Yeah, knock can be spelled that way.
30:45I'll play neck coke or yen key.
30:52Do you know what you'd like to play, Mark?
30:54I do.
30:55I'm going to play cokes forming equips.
30:59Cokes.
31:00Oh, yeah.
31:01Look at that.
31:02Cokes across the top there.
31:03You've got the double word on the C.
31:06You also form the word equips.
31:08It's a high score in a couple of words.
31:1039 points for you there, Mark.
31:1267.
31:13All right, Elizabeth.
31:15You've got a bit of work to do.
31:16Which rack would you like?
31:17Some work cut out for me.
31:18I will try rack one with the H.
31:24Rack one with the H.
31:26E-B-N-U-I-T-H.
31:32OK, I see snub.
31:38Shunt.
31:41Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.
31:44Let's see.
31:47I see stub.
31:52I'm going to play shunt using the S from equips.
31:58Uh, let's look at that on the board.
32:00Shunt going across through equips.
32:03You get a triple letter on the U.
32:05Gives you a total of 10 points.
32:06Takes you up to 26 points.
32:09All right, Mark.
32:11Here's your final rack.
32:12Which rack are you going to select?
32:13I'm hoping there might be a bingo on rack six with the T.
32:18Rack six with the T.
32:19N-R-E-E-A-O-T.
32:24I'm seeing words like eon, rate, tear, atone.
32:30Maybe something can go under shunt for a few points.
32:34I'm going to play ain under shunt.
32:37Ain under shunt.
32:38Ain going across like that.
32:39You get the double word on the E of ain.
32:42You also create the words ha-un-ni.
32:45Gives you a total of 17 points, Mark.
32:48Takes you up to 84 points.
32:52All right, Elizabeth.
32:53There is one more rack available.
32:55You're going to have to get 59 points to pass Mark, our champion.
33:01So, uh, let's see what you can do.
33:03The rack gives you L-U-V-E-A-S-A.
33:09I see some obvious words here like seal and sail and veal and veil.
33:15Not 59 points worth.
33:20Um, I'm going to play the word glues using the G from Grizz.
33:25All right.
33:25Glues from the G in Grizz.
33:27Let's look at that on the board.
33:28Coming down from the G in Grizz.
33:30Gives you a triple letter on the U.
33:33Gives you a total of eight points, Elizabeth.
33:35You needed a lot more than that.
33:37You get 34 points.
33:39So, Mark will be moving on to the next round one more time.
33:43Elizabeth, thank you for playing.
33:44He's a tough guy to play against though, isn't he?
33:47Yes, he is.
33:47Thanks.
33:47When we come back, we'll see if Mark can find the right words to bring home yet another $10,000
33:53right here on Scrabble.
33:54We'll be right back, everybody.
34:13Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
34:15I'm here with our returning champion, Mark, who's looking to add $10,000 to what he's already won, which is
34:21$24,475.
34:26Let's see if your strong word play can continue.
34:29In this final round, as you remember, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
34:35You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
34:38And if your seven words total goes up to 200 points, you'll get another $10,000.
34:46All right, now remember, if you don't make the 200 points, you won't go home empty handed.
34:50On top of the $24,475, you'll be earning $25 for each Scrabble point that you earn.
34:56Every word counts.
34:58All right.
34:59You ready to go?
35:00I'm ready.
35:01Okay.
35:02Mark, your game starts now.
35:06Time to play your first word.
35:08Here are your letters in the first rack.
35:11D-C-E-A-N-R-F.
35:15I see faced or decaf, which I may end up playing.
35:20Mm-hmm.
35:22Let's see.
35:22I see dance.
35:24I see fair and fear.
35:29All right, Mark.
35:29You know what you're going to play?
35:31Yes.
35:31I'm going to play faced with the F on the double letter.
35:35Faced with the F on the double letter square.
35:37Look at that.
35:38And it's a double word because it is the first word on the board, which gives you a total of
35:4330 points for your first word.
35:45Well done.
35:47Six words remaining.
35:48What letters are you open for now?
35:50Are you hoping to build out from that again?
35:52Yeah, maybe an E so I can do an ED bingo.
35:55All right.
35:55Let's see what you got.
35:57N-R-N-I-P-O-I.
36:03Another I.
36:04No E there.
36:05Tricky.
36:06Mm-hmm.
36:07I'm seeing pin.
36:09I'm seeing pion, an ion.
36:14I'm not seeing much.
36:17Maybe if there's something through the A, that would score a lot.
36:21I'm going to give myself some options for next turn by playing opine using the E in faced.
36:28Opine.
36:29Running down to the E in faced.
36:30You get a double letter on the N of opine.
36:33That gives you a total of eight points.
36:35Takes you up to 38 points.
36:38Okay.
36:39You're doing opine.
36:40Doing good.
36:41Time to play your third word.
36:43N-I.
36:44Let's see what you get.
36:45E.
36:46You were looking for one of those.
36:47Another I.
36:49T.
36:50And a Y.
36:52Sure.
36:52I do see tiny, which would go nicely next to the O of opine.
36:59Oh, yeah.
37:00I would love to see a bingo ending in I-T-Y.
37:05Let's play tiny with the Y on the double letter and the T on the triple word.
37:10All right.
37:11Let's have a look at that on the board.
37:13Tiny.
37:14Very nice.
37:15Coming down from the triple word on the T and the double letter on the Y for tiny and
37:21OI.
37:22Big scorer.
37:2342 points for that.
37:25Takes you up to 80 points.
37:29Four words remaining.
37:30You need to make 120 points over the next four words.
37:33Wonder what your next rack will hold.
37:35R-E-I.
37:37G.
37:38M.
37:40K.
37:41E.
37:42Mike is what I'm seeing or Meyer.
37:45I'm seeing K-I on the board.
37:48So what can I do with that?
37:51All right, Mark.
37:52You know what you're going to play?
37:54Yes.
37:54I'm going to play gamer through the A of faced.
38:01Gamer through the A of faced.
38:02You get a double word on the R of gamer.
38:05Gives you 16 points.
38:08Takes you up to a total of 96 points.
38:10Well done.
38:12Three words remaining.
38:15Here are your letters.
38:18I-K-E-G-W-T-U.
38:25Okay.
38:26Let's see.
38:27Keg and wig.
38:32E-W could be handy right here.
38:36If I can go down.
38:38I wish I could extend faced to unifaced, but I don't have an N.
38:43Let's go with wet, forming ew and ray.
38:48Wet from the E in gamer.
38:51Wet gives you a triple letter on the W.
38:54You form the words E-W, ew, and re gives you a total of 29 points.
39:01Takes you up to 125.
39:04You have 75 points you still have to make.
39:08You have two words remaining.
39:09Now, I've seen you do this one word before.
39:11So let's see what we get in this rack of letters.
39:15I-K-G-U.
39:17Ah, the dreaded J.
39:19R and O.
39:22Okay, bingoing is going to be impossible.
39:24So we are going to maybe play something with joy.
39:28I think we do the whole thing with joy, really, don't we?
39:30We do it all with joy.
39:32Actually, I have a high-scoring O-K next to O-Pine with K-I.
39:38I'm going to play O-K next to O-Pine.
39:43Plays you O-K, gives you O-P and K with a triple letter on the K.
39:49Gives you a total of 36 points.
39:51Takes you up to 161 points.
39:54Excellent work.
39:55Well done.
39:5639 points required to get to the 200.
40:00Okay.
40:00Let's see what the letters are in the rack.
40:03An O again and a G.
40:05O-G.
40:06Another G.
40:07Okay, I'm sad that none of those letters go in front of E-W.
40:10So that is out of the question.
40:13And I don't have an N for unifaced.
40:15It's a shame.
40:16Unifaced is one of my favorite words.
40:18Plainscrabble.
40:19Yeah, mine too.
40:21I'm going to try goji forming reg and two.
40:27Goji coming down like that.
40:28You got a double letter on the J.
40:31Goji also forms reg and two.
40:34You need 39 points to get to the 200.
40:39Let's see if Goji gets you there.
40:41No, it gives you 26 points.
40:43Takes you up to 187 points, which is still awesome.
40:47You don't get the 10,000.
40:49But at $25 a point, that gets you to $4,675.
40:55Which brings your four game total to, let me work this out, $29,150.
41:04All right.
41:04Unbelievable.
41:05And let us not forget, my friend, you are still the reigning champion.
41:10So you will be joining us next time for the chance to win even more money.
41:16We will see Mark next time.
41:17And we'll see you next time on Scrabble.
41:20Join us next time.
41:21Well done.
41:22Outstanding.
41:23I think it's worth a dance, don't you?
41:25Sure.
41:25I think it's worth it.
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