- 6 days ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:01Are you feeling wordy?
00:03Our three players are, and tonight they are engaging in a war of words
00:06for the chance to win $10,000.
00:09What time is it, Craig?
00:11It's time for Scrabble.
00:24Welcome to Scrabble, everyone.
00:26I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:27Let's meet tonight's players, starting with our returning champion.
00:30I'm Matthew, a college student from Onaway, Michigan.
00:33I'm Vanity, a realtor from Bridgeport, Texas.
00:36I'm Evan, a pianist from Bowie, Maryland.
00:39Welcome, Vanity, and welcome, Evan.
00:42Matthew, I've met before. He's our returning champion.
00:44Do you guys feel okay about going up against him?
00:47We're terrified.
00:48Are you really?
00:49Ah, you are. I don't think much scares you, Vanity, to be honest.
00:53What about you, Evan? You feeling okay?
00:55I'm not afraid.
00:56Okay.
00:56I can't wait to see you guys in action on this super-sized Scrabble board.
01:00Look at the size of that thing.
01:01Isn't that amazing?
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 for a chance to win $10,000.
01:13It is a lot. You're right.
01:15Now, the key to being a strong Scrabble player, of course, is the ability to look at random letters and
01:21turn them into words.
01:22So I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:26Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:29The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round for the chance to win
01:34$10,000.
01:36You guys ready?
01:37Yeah.
01:37All right. Let's play Scrabble.
01:43All right. Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course.
01:49The clue word is construct. Here are your scrambled letters.
01:56Matthew.
01:57Build.
01:59Build.
02:00Matthew up and running. Matthew has one.
02:02Badity has yet to go. Evan has yet to go.
02:05But we're just getting started.
02:06All right. The next word, through the eye and build.
02:10The clue word is defeat.
02:14Here are your scrambled letters.
02:20Evan.
02:21Uh.
02:24Oh, sorry. I'm going to throw it open.
02:26Matthew or vanity?
02:27Matthew.
02:28Failure.
02:29Failure.
02:30I feel such a failure.
02:33Failure.
02:34That's what happens if you don't get it in time.
02:37Boom, boom, boom.
02:38Choo, ka, pow, pow, pow.
02:40Oh, that's Scrabble.
02:41The next word, up to the F in failure.
02:44The clue word is aid.
02:46Here are your scrambled letters.
02:52Fantasy.
02:52Relief.
02:53What a relief, Badity.
02:55You're up and running.
02:56For real.
02:56There you go.
02:58Next word, down through the R in relief.
03:01Clue word is element.
03:04Here are your scrambled letters.
03:09Heaven.
03:10Carbon.
03:11Carbon.
03:13The element, carbon.
03:15Source of all life.
03:16All right, here comes the next word.
03:18Through the R in failure, the clue word is instigate.
03:23Here are your scrambled letters.
03:25Letters.
03:28Matthew.
03:30Provoke.
03:32Correct.
03:35Matthew has three, Vanity has one, Evan has one.
03:37So, Matthew, if you get the next one right, you're moving through the next round.
03:40Here comes the next word.
03:41Down from the V in provoke.
03:43The clue word is unclear.
03:46Here are your scrambled letters.
03:52Matthew.
03:53Vague.
03:54It's vague, but it's completely clear.
03:56You're going to the next round, Matthew.
03:58Well done.
03:59Congratulations, Matthew.
04:01You are the first to identify four scrambled words.
04:03You've made it to the next round.
04:04You can sit the rest of this one out.
04:06Vanity, Evan, it's between you guys.
04:08You have one each.
04:09The next word on the board is...
04:11Down through the K of provoke.
04:14The clue word is trail.
04:17Here are your scrambled letters.
04:21Evan.
04:23Hiking.
04:24Well done, Evan.
04:27Evan has two.
04:29Vanity has one.
04:31Let's look at the last word on this board, then we'll change it out.
04:35Through the H in hiking, the clue word is sewing.
04:39Here are your scrambled letters.
04:45Vanity.
04:46Thread.
04:47There's a thread running through it.
04:49Yes.
04:49Vanity has two.
04:51Evan has two.
04:53So let's clear the board.
04:55Start off with a new board.
04:57First word always through the middle of a new board.
04:59The clue word is uniform.
05:02Here are your scrambled letters.
05:07Evan.
05:09Jersey.
05:11Jersey.
05:13All right.
05:15Evan has three.
05:15Vanity has two.
05:17So here's the situation, Vanity.
05:18You've got to get this to stay in the game.
05:19I know.
05:20All right.
05:21Okay.
05:21Here comes the next word.
05:23Next word through the R in Jersey.
05:26The clue word is spice.
05:29Here are your scrambled letters.
05:35Evan.
05:36Paprika.
05:38There it is.
05:39Evan, you're through to the next round.
05:42Congratulations, Evan.
05:43Four correct words for you.
05:44You'll be moving on to join Matthew in the next round.
05:47And you are both that much closer to winning $10,000.
05:50Vanity, thank you for joining us.
05:52I hope you had fun.
05:53Better luck next time.
05:54Yes.
05:54When we come back, Matthew and Evan will continue to compete for the $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
06:02Right here.
06:20Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
06:23I'm here with Matthew and Evan.
06:26It's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see who will be moving
06:30on for a chance to win $10,000.
06:33Yeah.
06:35You guys feeling good?
06:36Feeling pumped?
06:37Feeling ready?
06:37You feeling stoked?
06:38You feel, oh, you want to do chest bumps and high fives or you want to just hang tight?
06:42I can do cartwheels.
06:43Yeah.
06:44Don't do them right now.
06:45In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
06:49There they are.
06:50Look at that.
06:51Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
06:55You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
06:59Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
07:04Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
07:06You guys ready?
07:07Yeah.
07:08All right.
07:08Let's play Scrabble.
07:12All right, Matthew, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
07:16Would you like to go first or second?
07:17I think I'll go first.
07:18I think I want to get a strong start going.
07:20All right.
07:21Well, to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest valued tile
07:25on each rack.
07:27There you are.
07:28See, I am very intrigued by rack four with a Q.
07:32Really?
07:33That's a bold choice.
07:34Okay.
07:35Let's see your letters.
07:36A-H-L-Q-E-K-N.
07:41I see lake.
07:44Um, I see, um, yeah, the Q, I don't think I remember my Q without U words.
07:54I could do leek.
07:55I could do blank.
07:58I'll do lake with the E on the center tile.
08:03Lake with the E on the center tile.
08:05There it is.
08:06Lake.
08:07Double word score, of course.
08:08First word on the board.
08:10Gives you 16 points for that word.
08:12Okay.
08:12You're off and running.
08:13Matthew has 16.
08:14Evan, it's your turn.
08:16Which rack would you like to play, my friend?
08:18I would like to play rack three with the F.
08:21All right.
08:21Let's have a look at your letters.
08:23Rack three.
08:24F, G, D, S, E, E, O.
08:27Oh, there you go.
08:28That doesn't seem too bad.
08:29Is that good?
08:30Bad?
08:30I have fee, feed, feeds.
08:32Uh, I have...
08:36Everybody likes the S, don't they?
08:38G, dog, doge.
08:43I'm going to play feeds, adding an F to lake.
08:49Feeds makes flake and feeds.
08:52Double letter on the F, double word on the S.
08:56Gets you off and running with 42 points for flake and feeds.
09:00Nice piece.
09:01Matthew, you have 16, now it's your turn.
09:04Which rack would you like to play?
09:06I'd like to play with rack two with a D.
09:11Rack two with a D.
09:13G-I-R-E-D-N-T.
09:19See anything there?
09:20I do.
09:21I see an I-N-G, which I always would like.
09:29I see red, I see tired, without the I-N-G, I have D-E-R-T.
09:36I'm going to play treading through the A in flake.
09:40Treading through the A in flake, a triple letter on the R,
09:44triple letter on the I.
09:45It is, of course, a bingo as well.
09:47You used up all your letters.
09:48We call that a bingo.
09:49So 64 points takes you up to 80 points, Matthew.
09:53Nice job.
09:55All right, Evan, it's your turn.
09:57Can you catch up?
09:58Which rack would you like to play?
10:00I would like to play rack five with a B.
10:02Rack five with a B.
10:03I-B-T-P-E-N-T.
10:09All right.
10:10Pine, bent, pent, bite, pie, tie, tine, pint.
10:20I'm going to play Bitten through the T in treading.
10:25Bitten up there.
10:26T on the double worm gives you a total of 16 points for that.
10:31Takes you up to a total of 58 points.
10:35Matthew, you're still in the lead with 80 points.
10:38This is your final rack, Matthew.
10:40You've got 80 points.
10:41Evan still has one turn to play after this.
10:44So which rack are you going to select?
10:45I'm going to select rack one with the M.
10:48Rack one with the M.
10:49All right.
10:50P-L-E-U-T-O-M.
10:55I don't see a lot of great options.
10:59I see mute, I see pull, I see loot, I see emote.
11:08I'm going to play P-E with a P on the double word score on Bitten.
11:14So you played the word pay, a Hebrew letter, double word on the P, and created the words
11:20P-I-E-T.
11:23Gives you a total of 18 points.
11:25Takes you up to 98 points, Matthew.
11:27Rocking score.
11:28Very good.
11:29All right, Evan, you need 41 points in this round to pass Matthew and make it to the final
11:33round.
11:34All right.
11:34Got it all to do.
11:35Here is the last rack of letters.
11:38Good luck.
11:39E-A-V-O-N-L-D.
11:44Land, load, flaked, ED.
11:52Valand, val, flaked, dove, loved.
11:56I'm going to play dove with a D at the end of flaked.
12:00Dove, D at the end of flaked.
12:02Very nice, flaked and dove.
12:05You got a double letter on the O.
12:08You needed 41 points to get in the lead.
12:10That gave you 23 points for dove and flaked.
12:15Takes you up to 81, so not quite there.
12:18Sorry, Evan.
12:18Matthew, you take the game.
12:20You're going on to the final.
12:21Well done.
12:22Matthew, you're moving on again.
12:25We'll play for another shot at the 10,000.
12:27Evan, thank you so much for playing with us.
12:29You've done very well.
12:30When we come back, we'll see if Matthew can find the right words to bring home $10,000
12:36right here on Scrabble.
12:54Welcome back, everyone.
12:56Welcome back to Scrabble.
12:57I'm here with Matthew, the last Scrabbler standing.
13:00He's about to play again for $10,000 again.
13:03Third time's a charm.
13:04Third time may be a charm.
13:05Well done on getting that bingo in the second round.
13:08I think that's what got you through, don't you think?
13:09Oh, yeah.
13:10Without that, I was going to be in trouble.
13:12He was good, Evan.
13:13He was good.
13:14I mean, he did well.
13:15He was honest enough.
13:15That's why I wanted to take the cue away.
13:17Yeah, no, you were quite right.
13:18Well, let's see if you can keep it going, all right?
13:20In the final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
13:24You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
13:27If your seven words total up to 200 points, as you know, that's what you need to win $10,000.
13:33Let's give that 10k.
13:35But as you know, because it's happened before, if you don't make it to 200 points, you don't
13:39go home empty-handed, you will still be earning $25 for each point because every word counts.
13:45You ready to play?
13:46I'm stoked.
13:47Let's do it.
13:47All right, let's do it.
13:49Matthew, your game starts now.
13:53Time to play your first word.
13:54Here are your letters.
13:56L-V-I-D-A-O-R.
14:01Okay, I'm seeing valid right away.
14:06I want to gamble less this time, so I think I'm just going to do valid right away.
14:13I'm going to play valid with the V on the double letter score on the left side of the board.
14:17Valid, with the V on the double letter score.
14:21It's a double word score, of course, because it's the first word on the board.
14:25It's a nice, strong start.
14:2626 points.
14:27Good work.
14:28Good work.
14:31All right, it's time for your second word.
14:33O-R-T-L-I-N-A.
14:39Hmm, those are pretty friendly letters, I would think.
14:44I see, uh, train.
14:49I see lint.
14:50Um, I see ant.
14:53I'm going to play ant with the A below the D in valid.
14:58Ant below the D in valid.
15:00You got a double letter on the N.
15:02You created the word da and ant.
15:04Gives you a score of seven points.
15:07That brings your total up to 33 points.
15:12Five words remaining.
15:13Let's have a look at your next set of letters.
15:16O-R-L-I-L-B-E.
15:22I see bill.
15:24Um, I see the E that I wanted, so I could do anti and then go down,
15:29leaving a letter up top to go to the right for the triple word score.
15:33Um, I could do, um, libel.
15:38I'm going to play libel with the E, creating the word anti as well.
15:44Libel.
15:44I also create the word anti.
15:47Gives you a score of 11 points.
15:49Takes you up to 44.
15:52Uh, so what letters are you looking for now?
15:54You have four words remaining.
15:56Four.
15:56Um...
15:56You need to get 156 points.
15:58You need to have to kick it up.
15:59Yeah, I do.
16:00I could do with, like, uh, E and an A,
16:03maybe help me get something toward the triple word score on the right with the B.
16:06Uh, an S is always good, too.
16:08All right, let's see what you got.
16:10O-R-U-G-C-I-R.
16:14Well, that's none of what you were looking for.
16:17Yeah.
16:17But does anything work for you there?
16:19Uh, I see brig to set up another, uh, triple word score option if I do get an S.
16:26I thought there's not good.
16:27I see rug.
16:28I see rig.
16:30I'm going to play brig off the B in libel.
16:33Brig.
16:34There it is.
16:35A double letter on the R.
16:37Gives you a score of eight points.
16:38Takes you up to 52 points.
16:40Now, I can see what you're doing.
16:42You're building out to the high score in squares, but you have three words left, and you have to get
16:47148 points.
16:48O-U-C-R-S.
16:52There it is.
16:53L-E.
16:54Okay, so, ooh, is there, I, like, E-R-S.
16:59What could I do there?
17:01Um, I see curls.
17:05Oh, that'd be good.
17:06Then the C would be on the double letter score, um, going vertically.
17:11Uh, caro, okay, caro.
17:13Row, I'm going to play carousel through the A in valid.
17:18Let's see that on the board.
17:20Carousel through the A in valid.
17:22You get a double word on the U.
17:25It is, of course, a bingo because you used all of your letters.
17:28Now, that is a word that gives you 70 points.
17:32Let's go.
17:3370 points.
17:34Let's do it.
17:34All right, takes your score up to 122 points.
17:38Nice.
17:38Here we are.
17:39You have two words left.
17:40You have 78 points to guess.
17:41You're going to have to keep going well, all right?
17:44N-O-A-R-E-W-F.
17:50Um, I see fawns with the double letter score, um, and the double word score in the bottom
17:57left corner.
17:59Brown.
18:00I could do a if, for.
18:02I'm doing fawns with the F on the double letter score and ending on the S in carousel.
18:07All right, let's look at that on the board.
18:11Gives you a double letter on the F, double word on the N.
18:14It's a good score.
18:15It's 30 points.
18:16You're up to 152 points.
18:19All right.
18:20All right.
18:22152 points.
18:23You have one word to go.
18:25You need to get 48 points to get to $210,000.
18:30Let's see what you got.
18:31O-R-E-U-P-H-N.
18:37I see four in the bottom left.
18:40That doesn't give me enough points, though.
18:44Um, where else would a H be valuable?
18:47Not very, I could do O-H on carousel, but with the U there, that makes it really difficult
18:52to use that, uh, I'm going to play four in the bottom left-hand corner to hit the triple
18:58word score.
18:59See it on the board.
19:00Four, F-O-R-E, triple word on the E.
19:03You needed to get 48 points.
19:06That got you only 21 points, so you didn't quite make it.
19:09But not to worry, because at $25 per point, you've still won $4,325, bringing your three-game
19:15total to $10,625.
19:20Outstanding.
19:21All right.
19:22Let's see how much more you can win by getting you into another game right now.
19:26Let's bring on your new opponents.
19:28Come on, you guys.
19:29Come on in.
19:34Hello, players.
19:35Please go ahead and introduce yourselves.
19:37I'm Portia, a technical writer from Schenectady, New York.
19:40I'm John, a retired high school teacher from Camarillo, California.
19:43Welcome to Scrabble U2.
19:44We just saw Matthew win three times in a row.
19:47Are you ready to send him home, get your own shirt of the money?
19:50We're going to give it a try.
19:51Give it a try.
19:52That's the kind of attitude I like.
19:54We'll kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
20:14Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
20:16Matthew, our three-time champion, has won a total of $10,625.
20:21Well done, Matthew.
20:24Two new contestants, Portia and John.
20:27I can't wait to see all three of you in action on our supersized Scrabble board.
20:32Look at the size of that thing.
20:33Now, the three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
20:38The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
20:45Now, as I am sure you are aware, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability
20:49to look at random letters and turn them into words.
20:52So, I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
20:56Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
20:59The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
21:03Are you guys ready to play?
21:05I am.
21:06All right.
21:06Let's play Scrabble.
21:10All right.
21:11Here we go.
21:11Here comes the first word always through the center square, of course, when it's a new game.
21:16There you are.
21:17The clue is cluster.
21:20Here are your scrambled letters.
21:25Matthew.
21:27Bundle.
21:27A cluster of bundles.
21:28There you are.
21:30Off and running.
21:31Champion.
21:32Gets us going.
21:33Matthew has won.
21:34Portia and John yet to score, but there's only been one question, so I feel like I'm
21:37being a little tough on you saying you haven't scored yet.
21:39I mean, there's only been one question.
21:41All right.
21:42Here comes the next word from the N in bundle.
21:45The clue is moon.
21:48Here are your scrambled letters.
21:54Matthew.
21:56Night.
21:57Night moon.
21:58Good night, moon.
22:00Good night, moon.
22:01Good night, stars.
22:02Here comes the next word.
22:04Down through the E in bundle.
22:07The clue is brushed.
22:09Here are your scrambled letters.
22:20All right, John, that's nice.
22:23You're off and running.
22:23Here comes the next word.
22:25From the A in grazed.
22:27From the A in grazed.
22:27The clue is talent.
22:30Here are your scrambled letters.
22:34Portia.
22:36Ability.
22:37Ability.
22:41Nice job.
22:42Nice job.
22:42Matthew has two.
22:43Portia has one.
22:43John has one.
22:44Here comes the next word.
22:46Down to the L in ability.
22:48The clue is grimace.
22:50Here are your scrambled letters.
22:55Portia.
22:59Scowl.
22:59You ran out of time.
23:00I'm going to throw it open.
23:01If you know the answer, press your buzzer.
23:03What is it, Matthew?
23:05Scowl.
23:06All right.
23:11The next word.
23:12Through the C in scowl.
23:15The clue is leave.
23:17Here are your scrambled letters.
23:23Portia.
23:23Vacate.
23:26Vacate.
23:27Well done, Portia.
23:29Matthew has three.
23:30Portia has two.
23:31John has one.
23:32Here comes the next word.
23:34Down from the I in ability.
23:36The first I in ability.
23:37The clue is enforce.
23:40Here are your scrambled letters.
23:46Portia.
23:47Impose.
23:48Do you impose your skill on this game, Portia?
23:51Well done.
23:51Matthew has three.
23:53Portia has three.
23:54John, you only have one.
23:55Matthew and Portia, whoever, if you guys get this, you're through to the next round.
23:59Last word for this board.
24:01All right.
24:01Down through the Y in ability.
24:04Clue is mascara.
24:07Here are your scrambled letters.
24:12Portia.
24:13Eyelash.
24:14Eyelash.
24:15Well done, John.
24:17John has two.
24:18Portia has three.
24:19Matthew has three.
24:20Same rules as before.
24:21First person to four goes through.
24:23Second person to four goes through.
24:24Let's get rid of this.
24:25We'll start a new board.
24:26Always with a fresh board.
24:28The words go through the center square.
24:30The clue is kangaroo.
24:33Here are your scrambled letters.
24:38Portia.
24:39Pouch.
24:40Well done, Portia.
24:43Congratulations, Portia.
24:45You are the first to identify four scrambled words.
24:47You've made it to the next round.
24:48You can set the rest of this round out.
24:50The remaining players, of course, Matthew and John.
24:52Matthew, you need one point.
24:53John, you need two.
24:55Let's see.
24:55The next word.
24:57Through the O in pouch.
24:59The clue is pack.
25:02And here are your scrambled letters.
25:08John.
25:12Oh, none time, John.
25:13I'll buzz in, Matthew, if you know it.
25:16Yes, Matthew.
25:20Nobody got it.
25:21Nobody got it.
25:22Well, the word was wolves.
25:26The next word on the board is down through the sea in pouch.
25:29The clue is law.
25:32Here are your scrambled letters.
25:37Matthew, for the game.
25:39Justice.
25:41Justice is what we're looking for.
25:43Well done, Matthew.
25:46That's four correct words.
25:47You'll be moving on to the next round to join Portia.
25:49And you're both that much closer to winning $10,000.
25:53John, thank you for joining us.
25:54I hope you had some fun.
25:56When we come back, Portia and Matthew will compete with each other on their way to the big money.
26:01Right here on Scrabble.
26:03We'll see you after this.
26:21Welcome back to Scrabble.
26:22I'm here with Portia and Matthew.
26:25And it's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see who will be moving on for
26:29the chance to win $10,000.
26:33Matthew, you've been here a few times before.
26:36Are you feeling confident?
26:37Oh, yeah.
26:37I feel great.
26:38I'm just excited to put some words down.
26:40Well, here's the interesting thing, though.
26:41Portia beat you in the last round, though.
26:43It's not going to be easy.
26:44I know that for sure.
26:45It's going to be a fight.
26:46Okay.
26:46You feel confident, Portia?
26:48I do feel pretty confident, especially after that first round.
26:51So this is going to be a good one.
26:52You're evenly matched.
26:52I think so.
26:53In this next round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
26:58Look at that.
27:00Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
27:04You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
27:08Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
27:12So don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
27:15You guys ready?
27:16I am.
27:17All right.
27:18Let's play Scrabble.
27:22Portia, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
27:25Would you like to go first or second here?
27:27I would like to go first.
27:28You'd like to go first.
27:29Okay.
27:29Well, to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile
27:33on each rack.
27:34Take a look at that.
27:35What are you going to take?
27:37So I think I'm going to go with M.
27:42Rack two with the M on it.
27:43Rack two with the M.
27:44Let's see what your letters are.
27:46I-T-M-U-E-D-C.
27:50I see muted.
27:54Let's see.
27:55Cute.
27:56Timed.
27:58Duet.
28:00I'm going to play muted with M on the double letter score.
28:04Muted with M on the double letter score.
28:06That is a double word score as well, of course, because it's the first word on the board.
28:10Gives you a score of 22 points for your first word.
28:13Well done, Portia.
28:15All right, Matthew, your turn.
28:16Which rack would you like to play?
28:18I would like rack six with the X because I see an open E next to a double letter score.
28:22Okay.
28:23Rack six with the X.
28:24E-O-K-X-E-R-S.
28:29I'm seeing axes.
28:33I really don't think with a K and an X on my rack, I'm not even going to look for
28:36a bingo.
28:37I'm just going to do socks, right under the U-T-E in muted.
28:43There it goes.
28:45Socks.
28:46Double letter twice on the X.
28:50You also created the word us, to, and X.
28:54Gives you a score of 39 points for your first word.
28:56Excellent use of a high scoring letter there.
28:59Socks.
29:01Portia, it's your turn.
29:02Which rack would you like to choose?
29:04Well, I might now choose the V so that I can play Vex.
29:09So I'll take rack one with a V.
29:11Rack one with a V.
29:13H-V-T-A-R-D-E.
29:18So I can play Vat.
29:20I can also play the H over the EX.
29:24So I can play hated or hater.
29:28I'm going to play have so that the H is over EX and the A is over the D.
29:35Have.
29:36Okay.
29:37You got a double letter on the H, double letter on the B.
29:40You also created the word hex and add.
29:43Gives you a score of 38 points for have.
29:46Excellent score.
29:47The score takes you up to 60 points, Portia.
29:50Nice job.
29:51All right, Matthew, your turn.
29:52Which rack would you like to play?
29:54I think I'm going to go with rack five with a W.
29:57Rack five with a W.
29:58W-R-E-R-N-A-F.
30:04Okay.
30:04So I see an E-R, which is always a good ender.
30:13I have W-R-E-R-E-R.
30:14Um, I have W-R-E-R-E-R.
30:42He's seven ahead of you.
30:44So you need to score well here.
30:45Which rack are you going to select?
30:48That's a tricky one.
30:49Um, I am going to select rack three with a G.
30:55Rack three with a G.
30:56A-L-E-G-A-T-S.
31:02So I see stage, gale, gales, gates.
31:09Um, well, I think I'm going to try to pluralize Wren for Wrens using that S.
31:15I'm going to play gales with the S at the end of Wren.
31:20Gales and Wrens.
31:22You got a double word on the G.
31:24Triple letter on the S.
31:26Gives you a score of 26 points.
31:28Takes you up to 86 points.
31:30Nice job, Portia.
31:32All right, Matthew.
31:33You need 20 points to pass Portia and make it to the final round.
31:37Here is your last rack of letters.
31:40F-P-S-A-R-D-E.
31:48Um, I see, um, what else?
31:56I see, no, I don't see that.
31:57I'm going to keep looking, though, because there could be something else with an E-R-S hook.
32:01I'm going to play F-A off the A in gales with an F on the double word score.
32:06F-A on the side of gales gives you five, five, out.
32:12Double word on the F twice.
32:14You needed 20.
32:15You got 22, which takes you up to 89 points.
32:19And that's the game.
32:21With 89 points, Matthew, you're moving on yet again to play for another chance to win $10,000.
32:26Congratulations.
32:27Portia, thank you for playing.
32:29It was an excellent game.
32:30So close.
32:31Thank you for having me.
32:32It's nice to meet you.
32:33When we come back, we'll see if Matthew can find the right words to bring home $10,000 right here
32:39on Scrabble.
32:40When we come back.
32:58Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
33:00I am here with my friend Matthew, who I'm getting to know rather well.
33:04Yes, Matthew.
33:05Because you've already won $10,625 here.
33:10Yeah.
33:11It's been amazing.
33:12I know.
33:12But we're looking to add $10,000.
33:16Well, let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
33:19In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
33:23You'll earn the Scrabble point value of each word.
33:26And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win the $10,000.
33:31But as you know, if you don't make it to 200 points, you don't go home empty-handed, you
33:36will be earning $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
33:39Every word counts.
33:40You've found that out the hard way.
33:42But let's try and get to the 10,000 this time.
33:44You ready to play?
33:45Let's go for big money.
33:46Let's go for the big money.
33:47Matthew, your game starts now.
33:52All right.
33:53Time to play your first words.
33:54Here are your letters.
33:55N-A-E-R-A-G-I.
33:59S.
34:00I'm inclined to hold my N in my G in my S, hoping for an I, I-N-G ending
34:06maybe.
34:07Maybe I even play the N right now and leave it on the board for myself later.
34:12I'm going to play Arena with the first A on the left side of the board on the double letter
34:16score.
34:19Arena gives you the double letter on the first A, a double word on the second A,
34:23because of course the first word is a double word score.
34:26Gives you 12 points.
34:28Gets you started.
34:30All right.
34:31The strategy being, of course, build out to the side.
34:33Is that the idea?
34:34Yeah, yeah.
34:35With the A, too, that's a great, um, that's great to hook onto for both sides.
34:39So I like that play.
34:40Here are the letters for your second word.
34:41G-S-T-O-N-O-E.
34:47I could do tone with the E on the bottom of the A, hoping for big points there, um, while
34:55also keeping my G in the S. I don't know what else would be better than opening up the board
34:59like that.
35:01I'm going to play tune with the N underneath the A in Arena.
35:06Tune with the N underneath the A in Arena.
35:08There it is.
35:08Double letter on the second O of tune.
35:11Also creating the word and.
35:13Gives you seven points.
35:15Takes you up to 19 points.
35:17All right.
35:1819 points.
35:18Not bad.
35:19So what are you looking for now?
35:20What's the idea?
35:21I wouldn't mind the I to give me an I-N-G hook, but maybe some high value tiles to
35:27help me
35:27get a big score with the triple word I just opened up.
35:29All right.
35:30Let's see what you got.
35:30G-S-E-J-T-D-I.
35:36There it is.
35:37There's that I.
35:38Um, maybe I use J and do jet with a triple word score.
35:48I'm going to just look really quickly if there's anything else.
35:52I'm going to play jet with the T in tune.
35:54Jet with the T in tune.
35:56Of course, you get the triple word on the E.
35:58It's a nice, healthy score.
36:0030 points for jet.
36:01Nice job.
36:02Takes you up to 49 points.
36:04Very good.
36:05You need 151.
36:07This is your fourth word.
36:08Four words remaining.
36:09G-S-T-D-I-A-E.
36:14Okay.
36:16I-N-G.
36:22Stead-ing?
36:27Stead-ing.
36:29Um, I'm going to play Stead-ing off the N in arena.
36:34There it is.
36:35Stead-ing gives you a double letter on the T, double letter on the I, double letter on the G.
36:41It is, of course, a bingo because you used all of your letters.
36:45Gives you a total of 64 points.
36:48Takes your score to 113 points.
36:51That was an excellent play.
36:53All right.
36:53Excellent.
36:54You have three words remaining.
36:57You have to get 87 points in those three words.
36:59L-C-A-O-F-O-T.
37:04Okay.
37:05I see foot.
37:05I see focal.
37:08Um, maybe I could do something off the triple word score up top.
37:14Focals might be a word, but, oh, we have a roof as well possible.
37:19I'm going to play foot with the F on the triple word score going down to the E in Stead
37:24-ing.
37:26Foot down the side of Stead-ing.
37:29Triple word on the F, a double letter on the T.
37:32You also created the words so, to, and et, which is a past tense of to eat.
37:3831 points.
37:39Takes you up to 144 points.
37:41Excellent job.
37:42All right.
37:43You have two words remaining.
37:45You have 56 points to get.
37:47You think you can do it?
37:48One bingo gets me there.
37:49Let's hope I get good tiles.
37:50Next rack of letters.
37:52L-C-A-U-U-B-M.
37:58I could put the M on the triple letter score on tune under the O.
38:07There's no K on the board for cock.
38:11I'm going to play banal off the A-N in arena.
38:15Okay, I pronounce that banal.
38:17It gives you a total of seven points.
38:19Brings you to a total of 151 points.
38:24All right?
38:25All right.
38:26So, you need 49 points to get to the $210,000.
38:31You have one word to do it in.
38:33C-U-U-M-E-H-V.
38:41Okay.
38:42Um, I see...
38:46Not...
38:46I see meh.
38:47I see...
38:49Oh, if there was an open A, I could do vacuum,
38:53but I don't know if there's no open A.
38:57I'm going to play home on the left side of the board
38:59with the M on the triple letter score.
39:03Home, there you are on the left side of the board
39:05down through tune.
39:06It gives you the triple letter on M.
39:10Also create the word E.
39:12You needed to get 49 points.
39:15Is E and home going to get you there?
39:16No, they're not.
39:17You only got 20 points for them,
39:19but that takes you up to 171 points.
39:22So, you didn't get there, but at $25 per point,
39:25as you well know, you still won $4,275.
39:30Well, take it.
39:31So, your four-game total is now $14,900.
39:37And you're going to be joining us next time
39:39for the chance to win even more money.
39:41We'll see you next time on Scrabble.
39:43Matthew will be here again.
39:45Well done, my friend.
39:47You're going the long way around.
39:48Let's do one more dance.
40:24You
Comments