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00:01Think you have a way with words? Well, so do our players.
00:04And tonight they are engaging in a war of words for their chance to win $10,000.
00:10What time is it, Craig? Oh, it's time for Scrabble!
00:26Welcome to Scrabble, everyone. I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:28Let's meet tonight's players, starting with our returning champion.
00:31I'm Eric, and I'm a boarding school English teacher and coach,
00:34and I'm from Manalapan, New Jersey.
00:36I'm Andrea. I'm an attorney from Sacramento, California.
00:39I'm Matthew, a college student from Onaway, Michigan.
00:42Welcome to the show. Welcome to our two new contestants.
00:45Have you met Eric, our champion?
00:46We've heard of him. Yeah, 20 grand so far.
00:49And you're an attorney, though. What kind of attorney?
00:53An employment defense attorney.
00:54If, for example, someone was sent to HR, you would defend them?
00:58Yes, if they were terminated or there's any kind of action against the company.
01:02All right. So I'm just asking for a friend just in case that happens.
01:06Matthew, you're not an attorney?
01:08No, I could never.
01:09All right. Welcome to the show, you guys.
01:11I can't wait to see you in action on our supersized Scrabble board.
01:13Look at the size of this thing. Look at that.
01:15Have you ever seen such a thing? You know what the French call that?
01:19Scrabable.
01:21They can't all be winners, ladies and gentlemen.
01:23Now, look. The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
01:28The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
01:34$10,000? Yeah.
01:35You've already done that twice.
01:37Now, as you know, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters
01:42and turn them into words.
01:44The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round for a chance to win
01:49$10,000.
01:51You guys ready?
01:51Yep.
01:52All right. Let's play Scrabble.
01:57Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course.
02:00The clue word is tote. Here are your scrambled letters.
02:08Matthew.
02:09Purse.
02:10A tote or a purse or a bag? Yes, of course. You're off and running, Matthew. All right.
02:15You feeling good?
02:16I feel great. I'm so excited.
02:17It's nice to get a point, isn't it?
02:19Get on the board.
02:20It's nice to see a fresh-faced college student feel good about himself, though, isn't it?
02:24I'm trying to.
02:25Go ahead and feel good about yourself. You've got a point. Well done.
02:27That's it.
02:28Of course. You're going to need four to move to the next round.
02:30It's not over.
02:31All right. Here comes the next word.
02:32Up to the E in purse.
02:35The clue is pose.
02:37Here are your scrambled letters.
02:42Matthew again.
02:43Bog.
02:45Bog.
02:46Ooh.
02:47Good job.
02:47Good job.
02:48God.
02:49Can you ever go Vogue in Andrea?
02:50I haven't yet.
02:51The Knight's young.
02:52I know.
02:53You ever go Vogue in Eric? You ever Vogue?
02:54I'll just leave it to Madonna.
02:56Oh, all right.
02:56Here comes the next word.
02:58It is through the E in purse.
03:00The clue word is mechanics.
03:03And here are your scrambled letters.
03:08Matthew, again.
03:11Quantum.
03:11Quantum.
03:13Wow, excellent work.
03:16Matthew's storming in there.
03:19Quantum, of course, is the name I use when I'm a gladiator.
03:22Many other gladiators are not intimidated by me when I do my move.
03:26Quantum.
03:28Next word is from the N in quantum.
03:31Clue word is thin.
03:33Here are your scrambled letters.
03:39Matthew for the game.
03:41Narrow.
03:43Narrow is the correct answer.
03:45Wow, Matthew, boom!
03:47Boom!
03:48Straight through to the second round.
03:50Four, nobody even touched you.
03:52Andrea and Eric, you didn't even touch them.
03:54You can sit out for a minute, you're through to the next round.
03:56Remaining players, you've got it all to do.
03:58The next word is through the U in quantum.
04:01The clue is surfing.
04:04And here are your scrambled letters.
04:09Andrea.
04:10Wetsuit.
04:11You need a wetsuit when you're surfing.
04:13Good on you, Andrea.
04:14Nice job.
04:15You're off and running.
04:17Andrea has won.
04:18Eric, yet to score yet.
04:19The next word from the O in narrow.
04:23The clue is internet.
04:25Here are your scrambled letters.
04:30Eric.
04:31Online.
04:32When you're on the internet, you're online.
04:34Good job.
04:35Eric has won.
04:36Andrea has won.
04:36The next word through the E in online.
04:39The clue is signal.
04:42Here are your scrambled letters.
04:49Oh, no one got it.
04:51It's beacon.
04:52Oh.
04:53Yeah.
04:54All right, last word for this board.
04:56Down to the C in beacon.
04:58The clue word is moral.
05:00Here are your scrambled letters.
05:05Eric.
05:06Ethic.
05:07If you have an ethic, you have a moral.
05:08That's correct.
05:09Eric, you have two.
05:10Andrea, you have one.
05:12So, let's start a new board.
05:14All right.
05:15New board.
05:15Eric has two.
05:16Andrea has one.
05:17First word goes through the centre square on a new board, obviously.
05:21The clue word is choose.
05:23Here are your scrambled letters.
05:28Eric.
05:30Decide.
05:31That's the one.
05:33So, here we are.
05:35Eric has three.
05:36Andrea has one.
05:37Andrea, you need this next one to stay in the game
05:39and go and play Matthew in the next round.
05:40If you don't, our reigning champion, Eric, will do that.
05:44The next word is through the I and decide.
05:46The clue word is signature.
05:49Here are your scrambled letters.
05:55Andrea.
05:56Cursive.
05:57Cursive.
05:58There you go, Andrea.
05:59Back in the game.
06:00Eric has three.
06:01Andrea has two.
06:02Obviously, Andrea, you still have to make up those two.
06:05Eric, you get this one.
06:06You're moving through.
06:07From the U in cursive,
06:09the clue word is forehead.
06:11Here are your scrambled letters.
06:18Andrea.
06:18Unibrow.
06:20Unibrow on your forehead.
06:22Nice job, Andrea.
06:23Nice comeback.
06:24Andrea has three.
06:25Eric has three.
06:27It is neck and neck.
06:28It comes down to this.
06:29This is the one they're all waiting for.
06:31This is the one.
06:32All right.
06:32Here we go.
06:34Through the B and unibrow for the game.
06:37The clue word is brat.
06:40Here are your scrambled letters.
06:45Andrea.
06:45Snobby.
06:46What a snobby brat.
06:49Andrea, you did it.
06:50You came back and you're going on to play Matthew in the next round.
06:54Eric, you were a great champion.
06:56You're going home with $20,000 in your pocket.
06:59Well done.
07:00When we come back, Matthew and Andrea will continue to compete for $10,000.
07:05Right here on Scrabble.
07:07Scrabble!
07:24Welcome back to Scrabble.
07:26I'm here with Matthew and Andrea, who have just dethroned our champion, Eric.
07:32He won $20,000.
07:33But now it's time for these two players to continue their word battle,
07:37to see who will be moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
07:43You guys doing okay?
07:44I was worried about you there, Andrea.
07:46I was worried too.
07:47That was a comeback.
07:48I mean, Matthew was boom, straight out the gate.
07:50Threw round one, boom, done.
07:52I thought you were going to not score any points at all.
07:54And then you won.
07:56Learn to believe in yourself.
07:57And I think we should all remember that, ladies and gentlemen at home.
08:00Believe in yourself.
08:02You all right there?
08:03Oh, I'm so excited.
08:04You're really wishing I'd get on with it?
08:05In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
08:13Now the goal is to place the best words on the board.
08:16You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
08:20Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
08:24So don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
08:27You guys ready?
08:28Ready.
08:28Good luck to you both.
08:30Let's play Scrabble.
08:34Matthew, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
08:37Would you like to go first or second?
08:38I think I'll choose second.
08:40You know, it's nice to see manners in a young man.
08:42Thank you, Matthew.
08:43All right, Andrea.
08:44You're up first.
08:45Now to help you decide, I'm going to uncover the highest value tile on each rack.
08:51There you are.
08:52Does that help you out?
08:53Yes.
08:54I think I'll play rack four with the letter W. I just have an intuition about that one.
09:00All right.
09:01Go with that.
09:02The letters are U-T-S-I-P-E-W.
09:10So some possible words I could play are pews, spit, wet, pet.
09:17But I think I am going to play...
09:21I'm going to play wives with an E on the center star.
09:24Let's have a look at that.
09:26Wipes.
09:26Okay.
09:28Double word score because it's the first word on the board, which means you have taken
09:3220 points for wipes.
09:34Well done, Andrea.
09:35Nice start.
09:35Okay.
09:36All right, Matthew.
09:38Your turn, my friend.
09:39Which rack would you like to play?
09:40Ooh, lots of good options out there.
09:42I think I'm going to use rack number two.
09:50R-O-I-P-A-E-G.
09:54You like that?
09:55Um, uh, maybe in a second.
09:58Okay.
09:58I see, um, par, pair, uh, gape.
10:03Um, I'm going to play wiper through the W in wipes.
10:08Wiper from the W in wipes.
10:11Gives you the double word score on the E.
10:14Gives you a total of 20 points.
10:1620 points to Andrea.
10:1720 points to Matthew.
10:18Nick and Nick.
10:20All right, Andrea, your turn.
10:21What would you like to play?
10:22I am going to go with rack six because it has a letter F in it and I feel like
10:27there's
10:27a lot of words that you can spell with that rack, so I'm going to go with rack number six.
10:31All right.
10:33O-E-N-A-T-F-E.
10:38Neat.
10:38I see feet.
10:40I see both types of feet.
10:42Um, I see fate.
10:44I see ten, but I think I'm going to play the word fear off of the double letter to connect
10:53the R.
10:55Fear.
10:56Double word on the A.
10:58Gives you 14 points.
11:00Takes you up to 34 points.
11:01Nice job.
11:03All right, Matthew.
11:04Your turn.
11:04Which rack would you like?
11:05All right.
11:06I think I'm going to go with, uh, rack three with the Y.
11:15O-G-E-S-R-O-Y.
11:20Everybody loves that S.
11:22Okay, um, I could go, um, yo's with the S in wipes.
11:27I could do, um, um, I could do, um, yes with the, um, E in fear.
11:38I'm going to play yes through the E in wiper.
11:42Yes and yeah.
11:45All right.
11:46Total of 11 points.
11:47Takes you up to 31 points.
11:49Uh, Andrea, this is your final rack.
11:51You've got 34 points.
11:53Matthew has 31.
11:54So you want to try and get as much as you can ahead.
11:56Because Matthew still has one turn to play after you.
11:58So which rack are you going to play?
11:59I'm going to play rack five.
12:02D-S-O-N-E-V-H.
12:07I see hone, I see hones, I see den, I see hens, I see sod, but I think I am
12:16going to play, I'm going to play the word shoe.
12:20Shoe.
12:22Shoe.
12:23Shoe of the S in wipes, double letter on the H, gives you 11 points, takes you up to 45
12:31points.
12:31All right.
12:34Well, here's the situation, Matthew.
12:35You need 15 points to pass Andrea and make it to the final round.
12:39Here is your last rack of letters.
12:41I-N-T-A-C-M-L.
12:50Um, I see meal, um, I see, um, I see, okay, I'm going to play am alongside the H in
13:04shoe.
13:06Am, ha, and om, triple letter on the N. You needed 14, you got 25, takes you up to 56
13:14points.
13:15Matthew, you're moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
13:19Congratulations to you.
13:20Thank you all.
13:21Andrea, thank you for playing.
13:22Close, but not quite there.
13:23I hope you had a good time.
13:24When we come back, we'll see if Matthew would find the right words to bring home $10,000 right here
13:30on Scrabble.
13:31When we come back.
13:47Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
13:48I'm here with Matthew, our last Scrabble standing, who's about to play for $10,000.
13:53Let me just say this.
13:54First of all, congratulations.
13:56And also, Matthew is the first contestant we've had who dances along with me as we come back from a
14:01commercial break.
14:02So thank you, Matthew.
14:03Let's have a little extra dance.
14:04Do we have some music?
14:10Well played, young man.
14:12Anything you're proud of so far?
14:14Anything you think really got you through?
14:16I think perseverance because I was not feeling good after my second play in round two.
14:21And that first round, man.
14:23Boom.
14:23That was great.
14:24All right, well, let's see if you can keep it going.
14:26In this final round, points equals money.
14:29You will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:32You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
14:36And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
14:41But don't worry if you don't make it to 200 points because you won't go home empty-handed.
14:46You will still be earning $25 for each point.
14:50Every word counts.
14:52All right, you ready to play?
14:53I'm pumped. Let's do it.
14:54Let's do it, Matthew.
14:55Your game starts now.
14:59Time to play your first word.
15:01Here are your letters.
15:02Good luck, my friend.
15:04A-G-L-O-C-I-P.
15:09Okay.
15:10What do you see there?
15:11So I ideally want to make a five-letter word so I can start with a double letter and increase
15:15what I'm going to do here.
15:16Nice.
15:17I'm not seeing it right away.
15:19I'm seeing clip.
15:20I'm seeing pig.
15:23I'm going to play clip with the C on the center tile.
15:26C on the center tile.
15:28Clip.
15:28It's a double word, of course, because it is the first word on the board.
15:31It gives you 16 points.
15:32You're off to a good start.
15:32Well done.
15:33All right.
15:34All right.
15:35Strategy, of course, trying to get out towards the edge of the board.
15:38Is that the plan?
15:38Yep.
15:39You read my mind.
15:40Well, let's see if we can help you get there.
15:42What are your next set of letters?
15:44A-G-O-A-J-R-N.
15:51Okay.
15:52So ideally, I would use the J here.
15:55I might need to leave it, though.
15:59Like you said, I do want to go toward the right side of the board, keep flowing.
16:03I'm going to play pagan with the P in clip.
16:05Let's look at that on the board.
16:07Yeah, pagan from the P in clip gives you a double word on the A of pagan.
16:12Scores 16 points, gets you up to 32.
16:14Well done.
16:15Nice job.
16:16What are you hoping for now?
16:17You got the J-O and the R there.
16:19What else are you hoping for?
16:20I could go for an S.
16:21I could go for an I.
16:23Well, we can only dream.
16:24Let's see what we got.
16:26O-J-R-B-I.
16:29There you are.
16:29N and F.
16:31Well, no S, but you got your I.
16:32Okay.
16:33Okay, that's something.
16:34I could still do join for an okay 20 points, but I got to increase my score here.
16:42I could do banjo.
16:44I'm going to play join at the bottom of the board with the J on the double letter score,
16:48connecting to the N in pagan.
16:50Join, coming across to the N in pagan, gives you double letter on the J, gives you a total
16:55of 19 for that word.
16:57Takes you up to 51 at the moment.
16:59That's all right.
17:00All right.
17:00So, you have three words on the board.
17:02You have 51 points.
17:03You got 149 to get.
17:05This is your fourth word.
17:06What are you looking for?
17:07An A or an O.
17:09An O would be the best because then I could do O, J-O, and O-F at the bottom
17:14of the board
17:14as well.
17:15Oh, yeah.
17:15All right.
17:15Well, let's see what you get.
17:16R-B-N-F-E-W-I.
17:23Well, you didn't get N you asked for.
17:25I did not.
17:26No.
17:26But there might be still something to work with here.
17:29Um, I really want to go down and get that double word score with the J, but I don't,
17:39um, I could do Gru.
17:41I'm going to play Gru with a G in pagan.
17:45Gru, very nice.
17:47Gives you a triple letter on the W. Gives you 16 points for that word.
17:52Takes you up to 67 points.
17:57You have three words remaining.
17:59You have to get 133 points.
18:01You're going to have to up your score in now.
18:02But you have moved out to the far side of the board.
18:05So, fingers crossed.
18:05What are you looking for here?
18:07T, S, or O.
18:08Pretty good.
18:09Let's see what you get.
18:10B-N-F-I-E-E-L.
18:15Ugh.
18:16Yeah.
18:17Ugh.
18:17That's Scrabble.
18:18I could do fine.
18:20I could do, um, I could do, I could go toward the triple word on the right side of the
18:29board
18:30with maybe an E-F play, maybe an E-N play.
18:33It's easier to, easier to, uh, build off from.
18:36Or I could even go below it.
18:38I'm going to play Fi with the F on the double letter score on Gru.
18:42All right.
18:43Let's look at that on the board.
18:45Fi across the top of Gru.
18:47Giving you Fi and U.
18:50Double letter on the F.
18:51It's a 24 point word.
18:53Very nice job.
18:54Takes you up to 91 points, which is very good.
18:59All right.
18:5991 points.
19:02So, here's the situation.
19:03There are two words left, 109 points still to get.
19:06So, you're looking for a bingo or something or, yeah, you think?
19:09Yeah, I gotta, I gotta go big or I gotta have a good word with join at the bottom of
19:13the board
19:14or use the E on Fi there.
19:16All right.
19:16You're still looking for that S, I suppose.
19:18T or an S.
19:18All right.
19:19Let's see what you got.
19:20B, N, I, L, U, G, U, O.
19:26Oh, that is U, G.
19:27Not O, but just, you know, O.
19:29L, Y.
19:29Ugly.
19:32Okay.
19:33Um, well, I already see, I see glue at least with a double, um, with the triple word score
19:38on the right side of the board.
19:39Oh.
19:39I could do jug at the bottom of the board and hope for an even bigger.
19:42If I get an S with the last rack, I'm going to play jug with the J in joint.
19:47All right.
19:47Jug with the J in joint.
19:49Let's see that on the board.
19:52Okay.
19:53Jug from the J in joint, uh, gives you 11 points.
19:57Takes you up to 102 points.
20:00All right.
20:01Go back.
20:01Let's see what you did.
20:02Okay.
20:03You're hoping that you get an S for the jugs, right?
20:06I am.
20:06I am.
20:06All right.
20:07Let's see what you got.
20:08B, N, I, L, U, T, O.
20:13Okay.
20:14There's the O I needed and there's the T I needed, but.
20:16Yeah.
20:17I can at least do joint.
20:18Mm-hmm.
20:19Um, and then I could do tub.
20:24I could do toil.
20:29I'm going to play toil with the T on the double word score next to join and the L on
20:34the double
20:35letter score below.
20:36Let's look at that on the board.
20:38Joint and toil.
20:40Double word on the T two times, double letter on the L. It's a nice big score.
20:4634 points for that word.
20:49Unbelievable.
20:49Takes you up to 136 points, which doesn't get you to 200.
20:55But at $25 per point, you've still won $3,400.
21:00All right.
21:01Well, let's see how much more you can win by getting into another game right now.
21:06Let's bring on your new opponents.
21:07Come on, you guys.
21:13Hello, players.
21:14Please go ahead and introduce yourself.
21:17Would you?
21:17I'm Allison, a project manager from Portland, Oregon.
21:21I'm Marquise, an operational manager from Salem, Massachusetts.
21:24Well, welcome to Scrabble, you two.
21:26We just saw Matthew.
21:27He's quite the player.
21:28Do you think you can match him?
21:29You can take him down?
21:30I got it.
21:30Yeah.
21:31Well, take a beat.
21:32We'll kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
21:51Hey, welcome to Scrabble, everybody.
21:53I hope everybody's all right.
21:54I didn't scare you, did I?
21:56I'm all for it.
21:56All right, good.
21:57Well, you're in Salem, Massachusetts.
21:59You don't get scared like, whoa.
22:00Never.
22:01Whoa.
22:01And you're in Portland, Oregon?
22:03Mm-hmm.
22:03That's quite scary.
22:05For some.
22:06It can be.
22:09Well, I'll tell you what is scary.
22:10You're up against Matthew.
22:11He just won $3,400.
22:13He can play.
22:14You guys scared or are you feeling confident?
22:16Feeling good.
22:17Feeling good.
22:18All right.
22:18Good luck.
22:19I can't wait to see you in action on the supersized Scrabble board.
22:21Look at that sucker up there.
22:23Look at that.
22:23Woo!
22:24Oh, my goodness.
22:25The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
22:30The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
22:38Now, look.
22:39The key to being a strong Scrabble player is, of course, the ability to look at random
22:43letters and turn them into words.
22:45I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:49Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
22:53The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
22:56You guys ready to play?
22:58Yes.
22:59All right.
22:59Let's play Scrabble.
23:03Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course.
23:06When it's a new board, the clue word is zucchini.
23:10Here are your scrambled letters.
23:16Matthew.
23:19Squash.
23:20Yes, of course.
23:21You're off and running, Matthew.
23:22All right.
23:23Here comes the next word through the A in squash.
23:26The clue word is ghost.
23:29Here are your scrambled letters.
23:35Alison.
23:36Phantom.
23:37A phantom is a ghost, of course.
23:41That's quite interesting.
23:43I did that scary voice and then phantom came up.
23:45Do you think that's weird?
23:46It's a sign.
23:47It's a sign.
23:48You're in Salem, Massachusetts.
23:49You know scary stuff.
23:50It's a sign.
23:51Do you get scared?
23:52Never.
23:52Oh, really?
23:53What about Portland, Oregon?
23:55You get scared there.
23:56I've been scared there.
23:57Yeah.
23:57But the only person these two should be scared of is me.
24:00Oh.
24:01All right.
24:01All right.
24:02Okay.
24:03Things are getting a little MMA here on Scrabble.
24:07All right.
24:07Let's have a look at the next word.
24:09Through the P in phantom, the clue word is modernize.
24:13Here are your scrambled letters.
24:18Alison.
24:22Oh, didn't get it.
24:23Throw it open again.
24:24Matthew or Marquis?
24:25Yes, Matthew.
24:26Update.
24:27Update it.
24:28Modernize it.
24:29Get it.
24:30Ready to go.
24:31Well done.
24:32Down to the T in update.
24:34The clue word is secret.
24:37Here are your scrambled letters.
24:43Alison.
24:47Oh, didn't get it.
24:48Throw it open again.
24:48Matthew or Marquis?
24:50Matthew.
24:51Covert.
24:52That's correct.
24:53Covert operation.
24:54Nice job, Matthew.
24:55Come in and got it again.
24:56So, Matthew has three.
24:58Alison has one.
24:59Marquis is yet to score.
25:00But here's the thing.
25:01Matthew, our reigning champion, if he scores next, he's going through to the next round.
25:05Because the first person to get to four moves on through.
25:07Let's see the next word.
25:09From the V in covert, the clue word is strings.
25:15Here are your scrambled letters.
25:20Marquis.
25:22Violin.
25:23Violin.
25:24You're on the board, Marquis.
25:26Here we go.
25:27Matthew has three.
25:28Alison has one.
25:29Marquis has one.
25:30Here comes the next word.
25:31Through the O in phantom, the clue word is twice.
25:35Marquis.
25:36Here are your scrambled letters.
25:40Alison.
25:41Double.
25:43Double.
25:44Say it twice.
25:45Matthew has three.
25:46Alison has two.
25:47Marquis has one.
25:49The next word is through the L in double.
25:52The clue word is helium.
25:55Here are your scrambled letters.
26:00Marquis.
26:01Balloon.
26:10Oh.
26:28I'll throw it open.
26:29Matthew or Alison.
26:29Matthew.
26:30Need.
26:32Need is the word.
26:33The word that they heard.
26:34Matthew, congratulations.
26:36You are first to identify four scrambled words.
26:38You've made it to the next round.
26:39You can relax for a minute.
26:40You can sit this one out.
26:41Our remaining players, Alison and Marquis.
26:44Alison, you have two.
26:45Marquis has two.
26:46We'll start off with a fresh new board.
26:49There you are.
26:50There it is.
26:52The clue word is interrupt.
26:54Here are your scrambled letters.
26:59Marquis.
27:01Pause.
27:02Pause it while I think about it.
27:04There you go.
27:05Marquis has three.
27:07Alison has two.
27:08Alison, you need to get this to stay in the game.
27:10Marquis, you can move forward if you can get this.
27:13Let's have a look at the next word.
27:14Through the A in pause, the clue word is fish.
27:19Here are your scrambled letters.
27:24Alison.
27:25Halibut.
27:26The mighty halibut, trout of the sea.
27:30All right.
27:31Alison has three.
27:32Marquis has three.
27:33Whoever gets this next one is going through to the next round.
27:36The next word.
27:37Through the B in halibut.
27:40The clue word is ban.
27:42For the game, here are your scrambled letters.
27:49Alison, for the game.
27:50Forbid.
27:51I forbid you to leave because you're going through the next round.
27:54You got it, Alison.
27:56There you are.
27:57You're going through this neck and neck.
27:58Marquis, thanks for joining us.
28:00I hope you had fun.
28:01It was lovely to meet you.
28:02When we come back, Matthew and Alison will compete with each other on their way to the big money.
28:07Right here on Scrabble.
28:08When we come back.
28:24Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
28:25I'm here with Matthew and Alison and it's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see
28:31who will be moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
28:35You guys feeling okay?
28:37I'm doing great.
28:38Yeah, right.
28:38Matthew, you're the reigning champion.
28:40Alison, you were talking a little smack earlier on that they must fear you.
28:43I got to back it up this round.
28:45Yeah, you do.
28:45No, it's because this is the second round.
28:48This is the one before the third and after the first.
28:51All right.
28:52In this, the second round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
28:58Wow.
29:00Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
29:03You will earn the Scrabble point value of each of the three words that you make.
29:07Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
29:11So don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
29:14You guys ready?
29:15I'm ready.
29:16Ready to go.
29:17Then let's play Scrabble.
29:22Matthew, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
29:25Would you like to go first or second?
29:26I think I'd like to go first.
29:28Alison's coming with a fight, so I think I need to land the first bunch.
29:31Yeah, okay.
29:32Well, to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile on each
29:38rack.
29:38There they are.
29:39Does that help you, Matthew?
29:40Which rack would you like to start with?
29:42It does a bit.
29:42I think I'm going to like rack two with the H because it's a high value tile.
29:46Okay.
29:47Rack two with the H.
29:49Here are your letters.
29:50H-I-T-O-N-S-A.
29:54Okay, so I see hit, I see hot, I see hot, I see snot.
30:04I'm going to play thins with the T on the double letter score on the left side of the board.
30:10Thins from the double letter on the T.
30:13Double word on the S because it is, of course, the first word on the board.
30:16It gives you a total of 18 points for your first word.
30:19Well done, Matthew.
30:21All right, Alison, it's your turn.
30:23Which rack would you like to play?
30:24I would like to play rack five with the letter Y.
30:29Rack five with the Y.
30:31U-O-Y-I-T-B-A.
30:35I see U, I see tab, I see toy, I see what letters I have on the board.
30:44I could do gnaw and so.
30:47It's a little tricky being two consonants.
30:51I'm going to play the word use through the S in thins.
30:54There it is.
30:56Okay, that gives you a total of seven points.
30:59All right, you're off and running.
31:00Alison has seven, Matthew has 18.
31:02All right, Matthew, which rack would you like to play?
31:04All right, let's see what we have to work with here.
31:07I think I'm going to go with, let's go with rack six with the F, please.
31:15Rack six with the F, here we go.
31:18F-L-O-R-U-I-E.
31:28Oh, okay, I think I might have a bingo.
31:30So I think I'm going to play the bingo of fluorite through the T in thins.
31:38Is it a bingo?
31:39Is there a bingo?
31:40Wow, look at that.
31:41Fluorite.
31:42Double word on the U.
31:44And it's a bingo.
31:4772 points for fluorite.
31:48Takes you up to 90 points, Matthew.
31:51Nice work.
31:51All right, Alison, you've got it all to do.
31:53Choose a rack.
31:54I will choose rack number four with a B.
31:57Rack number four with a B.
31:59Let's see what you got.
32:00I-S-B-L-R-E-P.
32:06I see slip.
32:07I see blips.
32:09I like this S to go at the end of a word, like fluorites.
32:13Um, I could play bi's, B-I-S.
32:17I'm going to play bi's with the S making fluorite plural,
32:21and the B going through the triple letter.
32:25Bi's from the triple letter on the B,
32:28and you make fluorites plural.
32:30Gives you a total of 23 points.
32:31Takes you up to 30 points.
32:33All right, 30 points.
32:34Good score.
32:35Matthew, you've romped ahead with that bingo in the last one,
32:39so let's see what you can do with your last rack.
32:41What do you think?
32:43Uh, let's go with rack three with a C.
32:46Rack three with a C.
32:48Here are your letters.
32:50A-E-T-I-C-D-D.
32:56Okay, so immediately I was hoping for an I to go off the bi to do ibis.
33:01Um, and then what can I work with that?
33:04Um, dice.
33:08I'm playing diced, uh, with the I in diced off the B-I-S.
33:14Diced, there it is, diced and ibis.
33:17Double letter on the E.
33:18Gives you a total of 16 points.
33:20Takes you up to 106 points.
33:23It's a commanding lead.
33:24I'm not going to lie to you, Alice.
33:26You need 77 points to pass Matthew and make it to the final round.
33:29That's bingo territory.
33:31It's got to be.
33:31Right?
33:32Okay, so here are the last rack of letters.
33:35N-I-A-U-S-G-R.
33:42I mean, I see rain.
33:44I see...
33:47Sanger.
33:48Singer.
33:50Um, I see er...
33:54I see gain.
33:56Slain.
33:58Um...
33:59I played sir through the S with the triple letter.
34:03Sir, there you are.
34:05Only got you five points.
34:06Takes you to 35.
34:09Matthew romped home with 106 points.
34:11So Matthew, again, you're moving on for a chance to play $10,000.
34:14Congratulations, Alison.
34:16Thank you for playing.
34:17Sometimes letters don't just fall your way.
34:19But I hope you had some fun anyway.
34:21Thanks for playing.
34:22When we come back, we'll see if Matthew can find the right words
34:24to bring home $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
34:28When we come back.
34:42Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
34:44I'm here with Matthew, who's looking to add $10,000 to the $3,400 you've already won.
34:50Let's do it.
34:51You did very well.
34:52Do you think you'd make it this far?
34:54That was my plan.
34:55I can only plan for success.
34:57Well, let's see if you can keep it going.
34:58In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
35:03You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
35:06And if your seven words total up to 200 points, as you know,
35:10that's when you would win $10,000.
35:13Yeah, let's go.
35:14Now, if you don't make it, you don't go home empty handed,
35:16if you don't get 200 points, you earn $25 for each Scrabble point.
35:21So every word counts.
35:23All right, you ready to play?
35:24I'm pumped. Let's do it.
35:25Matthew, your game starts now.
35:30Time to play your first word.
35:32Here are your letters.
35:35C-A-I-S-O-T-R.
35:40OK, I'm immediately seeing carts.
35:44I'm seeing cot, rot.
35:50Can I go any farther than carts?
35:51Carts, I could at least put the C on the double letter score on the left side of the board.
35:54I'm going to play cart with a C on the center tile.
35:57All right, let's look at that on the board.
36:00Double word score, of course, because it's the first word on the board.
36:03Starts you off with 12 points.
36:05All right.
36:08You kept the S. Is that the idea?
36:10You're going to hang on to the S for a while?
36:11I made that decision last minute, but I realized that the S's were few and far in between.
36:16So I need to conserve those.
36:17All right.
36:18Strategy.
36:18Six words remaining.
36:19Here are your next set of letters.
36:21I-S-O-V-M-G-I.
36:27Thinking about maybe keeping the I-N-G for an I-N-G hook, possibly.
36:33With an N, I could do cartings.
36:40I might go small here, planning for later.
36:44I'm going to play OVA, connecting to the A in cart.
36:48OK.
36:49There it is.
36:50OVA, with a double letter on the V, gives you 10 points.
36:55Takes you up to 22 points.
36:57I see what you're doing, though.
36:58I see what you're doing.
37:00You're getting vowels next to the...
37:02Yes.
37:02Yup, you're on it.
37:03You're on it.
37:04All right, yeah.
37:05Strategy.
37:05So what letters are you looking for now?
37:07Ideally an X to go on the triple letter with an O, or an N.
37:11X or an N would be great.
37:12All right.
37:12Let's see what we've got.
37:14I-S-M-G-I-N.
37:18There it is.
37:19And an A.
37:20OK.
37:21I...
37:21As I'm thinking about it, I'm not 100% sure if, um...
37:26I'm playing karting.
37:29Karting.
37:30I-O-N-G in the end of cart.
37:31There you go.
37:32Gives you a double letter on the I.
37:33Gives you a total of 11 points.
37:35Takes you up to 33 points.
37:38You have four words remaining.
37:39You have to get 167 points in those four words.
37:42So let's see what we can do.
37:44We have your next set of letters.
37:46S-M-I-A-T-S-E.
37:51Two S's.
37:52Oh, OK.
37:52That's interesting.
37:56Worst case scenario, I could do, um...
38:00I could connect my M with a triple letter score next to the O and go vertically there.
38:06Um, but let's try to do something with the S.
38:09Uh, I'm playing seam with the M connecting to the triple letter score next to the O.
38:15Seem.
38:16Seem.
38:16There it is.
38:17Seem and om.
38:18Triple letter on the M twice.
38:20Gives you 22 points.
38:21Takes you up to 55 points, Matt.
38:25All right.
38:25So, you have three words remaining.
38:29You have to get 145 points.
38:31Next set of letters.
38:33I-T-S-O-U-Y-Y.
38:38Ooh.
38:40Two Y's usually don't bode too well for a bingo here.
38:47Um...
38:49I think I could do, um...
38:53I'm gonna play U's ending with an S in seam.
38:56Let's look at that.
38:58U's.
38:59There it is.
39:00Double letter on the Y, double letter on the U.
39:03Gives you a total of 12 points.
39:05Takes you up to 67 points.
39:09You have two words remaining.
39:10You have to get 133 points.
39:12Which sounds like a lot.
39:13And it is a lot.
39:14But you've set yourself up for some high scoring.
39:16Let's see what you got.
39:18I-T-S-Y-R-O-A.
39:24I might have to commit to not using the triple word score and just go to the left.
39:30I might do...
39:32I see at least Y-O and O-Y twice using the double letter score.
39:38What I could do...
39:43Um...
39:43Toy.
39:47Uh, I'm gonna play toy.
39:49Um, with the Y ending on the double letter score just under the O and U.
39:53Let's look at the board.
39:55Toy under U's.
39:56You got toy, yo, and oi.
39:59Double letter on the Y two times.
40:02Gives you a score of 24 points.
40:03Takes you up to 91 points.
40:0691 points.
40:06All right.
40:07All right.
40:08Now, you're 109 points off of the 200 that you need for $10,000.
40:12But don't forget that you've been earning $25 per Scrabble point.
40:17Let's maximize your points.
40:18Get as much as you can with this last word.
40:20And who knows?
40:21Maybe you even get a bingo.
40:22Let's see.
40:23Let's do it.
40:23Last word.
40:24Your last set of letters are...
40:26I-S-R-A-E-S-B.
40:33Okay.
40:34Uh, oh.
40:38Braze?
40:41Brazes.
40:42I think I have brazes on my rack.
40:44Oh.
40:47I'll play bait with a B next to the A and seam.
40:53Bait.
40:53Coming down the side of seams, that gives you a double word on bait, which gives you a double
40:59word on ab, you get oma, gives you a total of 25 points, takes you up to 116 points, which
41:08is not the 200 that you needed to get $10,000.
41:13But with 116 points, you get $2,900, which brings your two game totals to $6,300.
41:22And, young man, you're going to be joining us next time for a chance to win more money.
41:27So we will see you next time on Travel.
41:29And now you will be here.
41:31I'll be here.
41:31You get it.
41:32Bye.
41:33Bye.
41:39Bye.
42:02Bye.
42:03Bye.
42:03Bye.
42:06Bye.
42:06Bye.
42:07Bye.
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