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Scrabble (2024) - Season 2 Episode 13 - Hannibal Letters
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00:00Can you turn words into dollars?
00:03Tonight's players think they can.
00:05And tonight, they will be engaging in a war of words
00:08for their chance to win $10,000.
00:11What time is it, Craig?
00:13It's time for Scrabble!
00:25Welcome to Scrabble, everyone.
00:27I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:27Let's meet tonight's players, starting with our returning champion.
00:31I'm Matthew, a college student from Onaway, Michigan.
00:34I'm Cher, a marketing specialist from Jacksonville, Florida.
00:38I'm Chris.
00:39I'm a software engineer from Chicago, Illinois.
00:41Welcome to you all.
00:43Welcome to you.
00:44I can't wait to see you all in action on the supersized Scrabble board.
00:46Look at the size of that thing.
00:48Isn't that amazing?
00:49People come from all over the world to see that.
00:53Makes you proud to be an American, doesn't it?
00:55Look at that thing.
00:55So, the three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
01:00The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
01:05Yes.
01:06Thank you, Craig.
01:07Now, as you know, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters
01:13and turn them into words.
01:14I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:18Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:22The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round for the chance to win
01:26$10,000.
01:27You guys ready to play?
01:29Yeah.
01:30Let's do it.
01:30All right.
01:31Let's play Scrabble.
01:36All right.
01:37Here comes the first word.
01:38Always through the center square, of course, on the new board.
01:42The clue is accuse.
01:44Here are your scrambled letters.
01:48Matthew.
01:50Blame.
01:52Well done, Matthew.
01:53You're our champion.
01:54Is this your fifth game?
01:55My fifth game.
01:56So, Cher, Chris, you guys feeling okay about this?
01:59You ready to take them on?
01:59Yes, indeed.
02:01This is like the Super Bowl, but using letters.
02:03Mm.
02:04All right.
02:04Here comes the next word.
02:06Down through the B in blame.
02:09The clue is sturdy.
02:11Here are your scrambled letters.
02:15Cher.
02:18Oh, didn't get it.
02:19I'm going to throw it open to Matthew or Chris.
02:22No one got it.
02:23Well, I knew the answer because it's written in front of me.
02:27Take a look at this.
02:28It is, of course, durable.
02:30Here comes the next word.
02:31Through the U in durable.
02:33The clue is grasshopper.
02:36Here are your scrambled letters.
02:39Chris.
02:40Locust.
02:41A plague of them upon your house, Pharaoh.
02:45All right.
02:45Here comes the next word.
02:47Through the O in locust.
02:49The clue is earnings.
02:52Here are your scrambled letters.
02:55Cher.
02:58Profit.
02:59Just in time there.
03:00You did get it.
03:01Profit.
03:02Well done.
03:05Let's have a look at the next word.
03:07A cross to the P in profit.
03:10The clue is broom.
03:12Here are your scrambled letters.
03:16Cher.
03:16Sweep.
03:17What do you do with a broom?
03:18You sweep.
03:19Of course you do.
03:20There you are.
03:20Cher has two.
03:21Matthew has one.
03:23Chris has one.
03:24Let's have a look at the next word.
03:26Down through the M in blame.
03:29The clue is lighting.
03:32Here are your scrambled letters.
03:36Chris.
03:38Oh, didn't get it.
03:39Throw it open.
03:40Matthew or Cher.
03:42Nobody got that one.
03:43The word is, of course, ambient.
03:47All right.
03:48Here comes the next word.
03:51Through the E in ambient.
03:54The clue is meal.
03:55Here are your scrambled letters.
04:00Chris.
04:01Feast.
04:03Feast, yes.
04:05Cher has two.
04:06Chris has two.
04:07Matthew, our reigning champion, has one.
04:09Last word for this board.
04:11Down through the T in feast.
04:14The clue is powerful.
04:17Here are your scrambled letters.
04:20Matthew.
04:21Mighty.
04:25Matthew has got a point.
04:27Matthew got two.
04:28Cher has two.
04:29Chris has two.
04:30All right.
04:30Let's start a fresh board.
04:32There you are.
04:32First word is always through the centre square.
04:35The clue is magical.
04:37Here are your scrambled letters.
04:42Chris.
04:42Mystic.
04:43Mystic also is magical.
04:45Also a time in Connecticut.
04:47That's Matthew two, Cher two, Chris three.
04:50First person of four goes through the next round.
04:53So, Chris, if you get the next one, you're going on.
04:55Here comes the next word.
04:57Down from the C in mystic.
04:59The clue is satisfied.
05:01Here are your scrambled letters.
05:06Cher.
05:09Connect.
05:10No, you didn't get it.
05:11I'm going to throw it open to Matthew or Chris.
05:15Matthew.
05:16Content.
05:17Content.
05:18Are you happy with your answer?
05:19Are you content with it?
05:20Yes, you are.
05:22Okay.
05:23Matthew has three.
05:24Chris has three.
05:24Cher has two.
05:25Here comes the next word.
05:28Through the N in content.
05:31The clue is insult.
05:33Here are your scrambled letters.
05:37Chris.
05:41Oh, didn't get it.
05:42Throw it open to Matthew or to Matthew.
05:45Offend.
05:45Offend.
05:47Nice pick up.
05:48Yes.
05:49Matthew, you got it.
05:50Got to four points.
05:51You are first to identify the four scrambled words.
05:54You've made it to the next round.
05:55You can sit the rest of this round out.
05:57All right.
05:57All right.
05:58This is between Cher and Chris.
06:00Cher, you have two.
06:01Chris, you have three.
06:02So, Cher, you need to get this to stay in the game.
06:05Here comes the next word.
06:07All right.
06:08Through the E in content.
06:10The clue is sword.
06:12Here are your scrambled letters.
06:17Cher.
06:19Weapon.
06:19Weapon.
06:20A sword is a weapon.
06:21A word can be a weapon.
06:24So, here's the situation.
06:25Cher, you have three.
06:27Chris, you have three.
06:28So, whoever gets this.
06:29Did you just crack your knuckles on TV trying to mess with the other contestants?
06:34That'll be out and at it.
06:35No, it won't.
06:36You say that.
06:37No, I'd say that.
06:38I'm in charge.
06:41The next person to get it right is going through to play against Matthew and knuckle cracking round.
06:46All right.
06:47Here comes the next word.
06:49Through the N in weapon, the clue is priority.
06:53Here are your scrambled letters.
06:56Cher for the game.
06:59Oh, you didn't get it.
07:01Chris, buzz in if you know it.
07:03Chris.
07:04Urgent.
07:05Well done.
07:06Nice pick-up.
07:08Congratulations, Chris.
07:09That's four words.
07:10You'll be moving on to join Matthew in the next round.
07:12Cher, thank you for joining us.
07:14When we come back, Matthew and Chris will continue to compete for $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
07:19When we come back.
07:32Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
07:34I'm here with Matthew and Chris, and it's time for these two players to continue their award battle to see
07:40who will be moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
07:45You guys feeling okay?
07:47Chris, congratulations on making it through against Matthew, our reigning champion.
07:50You feeling good?
07:51Feeling strong?
07:52Feeling strong?
07:52I suppose you're feeling kind of like used to this now, Matthew.
07:55I'm kind of settled in.
07:56I was very nervous at the beginning, but now it's just second nature.
07:58I'm kind of sick of you.
08:00Yeah, I'll get out of here soon.
08:02I'm not.
08:02I'm not.
08:03I'm not.
08:04Well, congratulations to you both.
08:05Now, in this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
08:11There they are.
08:12See?
08:13Look at that.
08:13Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
08:18You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
08:22Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
08:26So don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares, all right?
08:30Let's play Scrabble.
08:35All right, Matthew.
08:37You were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
08:40Would you like to go first or second here?
08:41I think I'll choose first.
08:42Choose first.
08:43Okay.
08:43To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest-valued tile on each rack.
08:48So let's take a look.
08:50That help you decide?
08:51I'll choose rack five with a Q.
08:53Okay.
08:54Rack five with a Q.
08:55Let's see what you get.
08:57A-P-I-Q-R-A-D.
09:01Um, I think I might be kind of okay.
09:05I think I'm going to do a Q without U word here, which I think would be...
09:12Uh, I'm honestly not sure how to pronounce it, but Q-A-D-I.
09:19Coddy.
09:21Good for you.
09:25Coddy, of course, uh, for those of you who don't know, and I certainly do, a Coddy is
09:28an Islamic judge.
09:30Double word score, because it's his first word on the board.
09:33So it gives you a total of 28 points for Coddy.
09:3628 points.
09:37Nice start, Matthew.
09:38All right, Chris, it's your turn.
09:39Which rack would you like to play?
09:41I think I will take, uh, rack number two with the X.
09:45Rack number two with the X.
09:46Let's see what you get.
09:48E-X-R-O-I-B-P.
09:54Yeah, I see a few words.
09:55I see boxer.
09:57Um, I see box.
09:59Uh, I also see some possibilities for short words.
10:05Um, I think we're going to go with the short word.
10:09Okay.
10:09Uh, I'll play ox, starting on the double letter, uh, with the X above the I.
10:17Ox with the double letter on the O.
10:21It also gives you odd and C.
10:23Gives you 23 points.
10:26So, uh, 28 versus 23.
10:28Nice start, Chris.
10:29Well done.
10:32All right, Matthew, it's your turn.
10:33Which rack would you like to choose?
10:35I think I'll do rack six with a K.
10:37Rack six with a K.
10:39Rack six with a K.
10:40All right, let's see what you get.
10:42L-A-U-K-E.
10:44E-B-I.
10:47I think the first thing I see is Quake with the Q and, uh, Cotty.
10:53Um, I'm going to look for anything else, possibly.
10:57I see, I could do bake with the ox and the A.
11:02And, uh, I'm going to play Quake with the Q.
11:08Gives you the double word score on the K.
11:11Nice score.
11:1236 points for Quake.
11:14Nice job, Matthew.
11:15Takes you up to 64.
11:16All right, Chris, uh, your turn.
11:18Which rack would you like to play?
11:20I'll play the third rack with the Y, please.
11:23Rack three with the Y.
11:24A-U-S-O-F-E-Y.
11:31What do you think?
11:32Oh, I see sofa.
11:37I'll play yes, starting on the double word, uh, below Quake.
11:42Yes.
11:43Okay.
11:44Gives you double word on the Y of yes.
11:47Also gives you Quakes.
11:49Nice score.
11:4931 points.
11:51Good job, Chris.
11:54All right, Chris, you have 54.
11:55Matthew, you have 64.
11:57This is your final rack.
11:58Uh, you get 64.
12:00So, which rack are you going to play?
12:01Um, I think I'm going to play with rack one with the T,
12:03because I don't like the V.
12:05All right, here are your letters.
12:07A-L-O-I-N-T-T.
12:11I like, I could do tail, uh, talon.
12:19Um, I think I can connect with the beginning of yes, too.
12:22Maybe get some extra points there.
12:24I think I'm going to do hale with the A next to the yes.
12:31Gives you a double word on the I of tail.
12:33Also gives you the word eyes.
12:35Pretty good score, 15 points for that.
12:38Takes you up to 79 points.
12:40Good job.
12:41All right, Chris, this is the, uh, final rack.
12:45You need 26 points to pass Matthew and make it to the final round.
12:49Here's your last rack of letters.
12:52E-R-D-O-G-M-V.
12:58What do you think, Chris?
12:59Feeling optimistic?
13:00Seeing anything there?
13:01See a few things.
13:03Move, uh, mover, dove, glove, gloved.
13:10I'm going to play gloved, starting on the triple word, going across the bottom.
13:16Gloved gives you a triple word on the G.
13:19Double letter on the V.
13:21You needed 26.
13:22You got 45 there, Chris.
13:25Takes you up to 99 points.
13:27You're moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
13:31Matthew, thank you so much for playing with us.
13:33You're an amazing player.
13:34You're also going home with $14,900.
13:38So well done.
13:39When we come back, we'll see if Chris can find the right words to bring home $10,000 right
13:44here on Scrabble when we come back.
13:59Welcome back to Scrabble.
14:01I'm here with Chris, our last Scrabbler standing, who's dethroned our returning champion, Matthew,
14:07and is about to play for $10,000.
14:10Congratulations, Chris.
14:11Matthew is a heck of a player.
14:13Proud of Anthony played today.
14:15I think I know the word.
14:16Well, you know, gloved really came through the clutch there.
14:18It was a great word.
14:21All right.
14:21Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
14:24In this final round, points equals money.
14:28You will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:31You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each word, and if your seven words total up to 200 points,
14:36you will win the $10,000.
14:39If you don't make it to the 200 points, don't worry.
14:42You won't go home empty-handed.
14:43You'll still be earning $25 for each point.
14:47So every word counts, because every word makes you money.
14:49All right.
14:50Ready to play?
14:50Ready to play.
14:51All right, Chris.
14:52Your game starts now.
14:57All right.
14:58Time to play your first word.
14:59Here are your letters.
15:00Good luck.
15:02W-T-A-I-R-O-P.
15:07See anything you like?
15:09Port.
15:10I see wrap.
15:14Pear.
15:16I see weight, which I probably shouldn't do much longer.
15:19Take a moment.
15:21All right.
15:21I think I have my word.
15:23All right.
15:24What are you going to play there, Chris?
15:25I'm going to play warp across the middle square.
15:30Warp.
15:31There it is.
15:32Double word on the R.
15:34It's going across the middle.
15:35Of course, it's the first word on the board.
15:36Gives you 18 points.
15:37Nice start.
15:39Nice start.
15:41So what's the strategy?
15:42Got to build out to the edge.
15:43All right.
15:44What are you looking for now?
15:45What letters are you hoping for?
15:46An X would be excellent.
15:49All right.
15:49Let's see what you got.
15:50T-I-O-A-R-T-N.
15:56No X.
15:57A lot of one-point tiles.
15:59Yeah.
16:00Life's full of one-point tiles, isn't it, my friend?
16:02It's true.
16:05I see tart or torte, rant.
16:08All right.
16:08What do you got, Chris?
16:10All right.
16:10We'll play riot going across the top of warp.
16:15Riot.
16:16Look at it.
16:16There it is.
16:17OK.
16:18Riot over the top of warp.
16:19Gives you a double letter on the T.
16:21You're also creating the words ao and ta.
16:24Gives you 13 points.
16:27Teach you up to 31.
16:28But I see what you're doing.
16:29You're building up.
16:30That's the plan, right?
16:31Slowly but surely.
16:32Slowly building out there.
16:33All right.
16:34You have five words remaining.
16:35Here are your next rack of letters.
16:37A-T-N-V-A-I-J.
16:44All right.
16:45You see anything there?
16:46High scoring letter in there.
16:47I do see a high scoring letter.
16:49And I see a place it could potentially go.
16:52OK.
16:52I believe Taj is a word.
16:55Which would get me a double letter on the J.
16:58I'll play vow just using the V on the triple letter score
17:01above O-W.
17:04Vow gives you a triple letter on the V.
17:06It's a one-word vow, but it gives you 17 points.
17:09Nice job.
17:10Takes you up to 48 points.
17:12Get rid of the V.
17:14Get rid of that V.
17:15Nobody wants the V.
17:16All right.
17:16Well, that's good.
17:17Let's look at your next rack of letters.
17:19A-T-N-A-I-J-G.
17:25I-N-G is always intriguing.
17:27Mm-hmm.
17:30Could add to some things that I already have.
17:34We'll play warping, adding I-N-G to the end of warp.
17:39Warping.
17:40There it is with a double letter on the G.
17:42Gives you 15 points.
17:4415 points takes you up to 63 points.
17:47All right.
17:48Three words remaining.
17:49You need to get 137.
17:50You're going to have to score bigger now.
17:52You're going to have to go bigger.
17:52That's the plan, right?
17:53That's the plan.
17:54All right.
17:54Let's see what your next set of letters are.
17:57A-T-A-J-M-E-B.
18:02There.
18:02Is that any better?
18:03That is much better.
18:04Yeah.
18:04There you go.
18:04We've opened up the triple word, potentially.
18:07Mm-hmm.
18:08The E.
18:10It would be amazing to get the J in there.
18:14We're going to play ma above the I in warping.
18:19There it is.
18:20Ma also gives you the word me and an.
18:23Gives you 10 points for that.
18:24Takes you up to 73 points.
18:27Yeah.
18:27Two words remaining.
18:30Let's look at your next rack of letters.
18:32T-A-J-E-B-L-B.
18:37All right.
18:38Well, we have bleat or bait or jab.
18:50Um, I'd really like to get that J somewhere powerful, if I can.
18:55We're going to play bait, starting on the triple word score.
19:00Bait, starting on the triple word score.
19:02The B gives you the triple word square.
19:03The E gives you the double letter.
19:05Also gives you the word re.
19:07Gives you 24 points.
19:09Nice job.
19:10Takes you up to 97.
19:1397 points.
19:14So, you have one word remaining.
19:17To get to the 200 that you would need for $10,000, you need 103 points.
19:23Doable.
19:23But remember, you're still getting $25 for every point.
19:26So, make the last one as strong as you can.
19:29Here are your last set of letters.
19:32J-L-B-O-E-E-G.
19:39Okay.
19:40Joe and Joe with an E on the end are both words.
19:44Um, lobe or blog.
19:50Just one letter.
19:52We're going to put the J below the T and A for Taj.
19:55Taj gives you a double letter on the J.
19:58Gives you 18 points.
19:59Takes you from 97 to 115 points.
20:04Which doesn't get you to the 200 that you wanted for $10,000.
20:08But at $25 per point, you've still won $2,875.
20:13All right.
20:13That's nice.
20:15Now, let's see how much more you can win by getting you into another game right now.
20:20Let's bring on your new opponents.
20:22Come on, you two.
20:23Come on in.
20:27Hello, players.
20:28Please go ahead and introduce yourselves, would you?
20:30Um, I'm Anwar.
20:31I work in human resources and I live in Los Angeles, California.
20:35Hi, I'm Margaret.
20:36I'm a creative production manager from Princeton, New Jersey.
20:39Well, welcome to Scrabble, ladies.
20:42Welcome, Anwar.
20:43Welcome, Margaret.
20:44It's lovely to see you.
20:45You just saw Chris.
20:46He's a very good player, isn't he?
20:47He's done very well.
20:48Are you feeling confident to go against?
20:50Feeling all right?
20:50I'm excited, yeah.
20:52All right, okay.
20:52Now, listen, I can't help but noticing Anwar you work in HR.
20:55I do.
20:55Am I in trouble?
20:56Is that why you're here?
20:58I've heard some things about you.
21:00Oh, get out of here!
21:02We'll kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
21:18Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
21:21We've just seen Chris win $2,875.
21:25Well done, Chris.
21:26But he's playing against two new players, Anwar and Margaret.
21:30Are you girls feeling confident?
21:32Can I say girls, Anwar?
21:33Is that okay?
21:34You work in HR.
21:35Is girls all right?
21:35Can I say that?
21:36I'm not going to tell you what to do on your show.
21:38Oh, that's...
21:40You know, I wish more people here would think that.
21:44All right.
21:46Welcome to you, too, Margaret.
21:47You feeling okay?
21:48Yeah, I'm feeling great.
21:48Ready to go.
21:49All right.
21:49Well, I can't wait to see all you guys in action on the supersized Scrabble board.
21:53Look at the size of this thing.
21:54Isn't that amazing?
21:56I don't know why, but they really want me to sell this.
21:59I think...
22:00I think it's like they're really proud of it.
22:02They spent a lot of money on the supersized Scrabble board.
22:05So they're like, oh, Craig, every show always talk about the great big Scrabble board.
22:10So look at the size of that thing.
22:12Gosh darn.
22:15Now, the three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
22:20The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
22:25All right?
22:26Now, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters and turn them
22:32into words.
22:33I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:37Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
22:40The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
22:44You guys ready to play?
22:45Yeah.
22:45Do it.
22:46All right.
22:47Let's play Scrabble.
22:51All right.
22:52Here comes the first word on the giant Scrabble board.
22:55Always through the center square in the first word, of course.
22:58The clue is kind.
23:00Here are your scrambled letters.
23:09There you are, gentle and kind.
23:11That's good.
23:11You feeling all right there, Chris?
23:12Yeah, feeling gentle.
23:13All right.
23:14Feeling gentle and kind.
23:15Feeling a little more confident.
23:16Now you want a little cash.
23:17A little bit.
23:18Yeah.
23:18Watch out.
23:19Watch out.
23:20Don't let him get too confident.
23:21All right.
23:22Here comes your next word.
23:24Through the N in gentle.
23:26The clue is cake.
23:29Here are your scrambled letters.
23:34Oh, Chris, again.
23:35Icing.
23:37The icing is on the cake.
23:39All right, Amara, your fingers warm them up.
23:42I feel like he has the advantage.
23:45He doesn't have the advantage.
23:47That's the thing.
23:48That's in your head.
23:49That's in your head, Amara.
23:50Don't let him get in your head.
23:52It's like Hannibal Lecter.
23:54Don't let him get in your head, Clarice.
23:55Oh, Lord.
23:56Does that make me Hannibal Lecter?
23:58Well.
23:59No, he doesn't.
24:00All right.
24:02Here comes the next word.
24:04Through the I in icing.
24:06The clue is voluntary.
24:09Here are your scrambled letters.
24:14Chris.
24:15Unpaid.
24:16Like a game show host on Scrabble.
24:20Unpaid.
24:22Chris, you're at three.
24:24Anwar and Margaret yet to score.
24:26Now, remember, first person of four goes through the next round.
24:29Here comes the next word.
24:32Ian Gentle.
24:34The clue is boosters.
24:37Here are your scrambled letters.
24:42Chris.
24:43Jetpack.
24:45Chris has four.
24:48Congratulations.
24:48You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
24:50You've made it to the next round.
24:51You can sit the rest of this one out.
24:52But Anwar and Margaret, good luck to you both.
24:55Let's get back to it.
24:57The next word is through the A in jetpack.
25:00The clue is mixed.
25:03Here are your scrambled letters.
25:08Marguerite.
25:09Marguerite.
25:10Variety.
25:11There you are.
25:13Variety.
25:14Nice job.
25:15Marguerite has one.
25:16Anwar yet to score.
25:17Here is your next word.
25:20Through the E in variety.
25:22The clue is bypass.
25:24Here are your scrambled letters.
25:29Anwar.
25:30Detour.
25:32Detour.
25:34Congratulations, Anwar.
25:35You're off and running.
25:36Anwar has one.
25:37Margaret has one.
25:38Let's look at the next word on the board, please.
25:41Through the O in detour.
25:43The clue is diner.
25:45Here are your scrambled letters.
25:49Margaret.
25:51Booth.
25:52There you are.
25:53Booth.
25:55Margaret has two.
25:57Anwar has one.
25:58Last word on this board.
25:59Let's have a look at it.
26:00Okay.
26:01Over to the R in detour.
26:03The clue is previous.
26:07Here are your scrambled letters.
26:11Margaret.
26:12Former.
26:13Former.
26:13Previous.
26:14Before.
26:15There it is.
26:15Former.
26:17Margaret, you're up to three.
26:18It's clear the board.
26:19Start a new board.
26:21Now, we're starting off with a new board.
26:23Remember, though, first person to four goes through.
26:26So, Anwar, you need this to stay in the game.
26:28I understand.
26:28Yes.
26:29Okay.
26:30First word always through the centre square in the new board.
26:33There it is.
26:34The clue is robbery.
26:37Here are your scrambled letters.
26:43Anwar.
26:44Uh.
26:45Oh.
26:46Um.
26:47Oh, didn't get it.
26:48I can throw it to you, Margaret.
26:49Buzz in if you know the answer.
26:51Margaret, what is it?
26:52Heist.
26:53You've stolen the round, Margaret.
26:55That's it.
26:56You're moving on to the next round.
26:59Congratulations, Margaret.
27:00That's four correct words.
27:01You're moving on to the next round to join Chris.
27:04You're both that much closer to winning $10,000.
27:07Anwar, thank you for joining us.
27:09I hope you had fun.
27:10Tough game.
27:11When we come back, Chris and Margaret will compete with each other on their way to the big money,
27:16right here on Scrabble, when we come back.
27:33Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
27:34I'm here with Chris and Margaret.
27:36It's time for these two players to continue their war battle to see who will be moving on for the
27:41chance to win $10,000.
27:43Did you like the way I did that, you guys?
27:45Loved it.
27:46It was kind of good, wasn't it?
27:46Yeah.
27:47Great.
27:47Margaret, congratulations for making it through round one.
27:50It's a bit tricky, round one, isn't it?
27:52Now all the nerves are through.
27:54Right.
27:54So now you're feeling confident and calm.
27:56You ready to take on Chris, the reigning champion?
27:58Definitely.
27:59All right.
27:59You feeling good, Chris?
28:00Feeling good.
28:01All right.
28:02In this next round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
28:06Take a look at that.
28:07See them?
28:08Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
28:12You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
28:16Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
28:20Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
28:22You guys ready?
28:23Yep.
28:24Ready.
28:24All right.
28:25Let's play Scrabble.
28:30All right.
28:30Chris, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
28:35Would you like to go first or second?
28:36I would like to go first.
28:37All right.
28:38To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile on
28:42each rack to help you make your decision.
28:44All right.
28:45There they are.
28:46What do you think, Chris?
28:47Anything up there you like?
28:48I think I'd like to go with rack four with the J.
28:50Rack four with the J.
28:52OK, OK, here are your letters.
28:54E-D-T-L-A-I-J.
29:00OK, we've got a few options here.
29:02Jet would be one.
29:04I think I see a pretty good word.
29:08Jailed would be great.
29:12I wonder if there's anything better out there.
29:15I'm going to play jailed starting on the double letter.
29:21Jailed starting on the double letter J, double word on the E, because, of course, it's the
29:25first word on the board, which gives you a cracking start of 44 points.
29:29Well done, Chris.
29:31Very good.
29:33All right, Margaret, it's your turn.
29:35Which rack would you like to play?
29:37Hmm.
29:37I think I'm going to go for one with the K.
29:43Let's see what kind of letters you get.
29:45E-A-L-K-S-T-E.
29:50Cool.
29:50So I'm seeing stocks, skates, maybe skated, late.
29:58Um, yeah, I think I might go with skated, starting on the double letter, using the D in jailed.
30:12Gives you a double letter on the S, double letter on the E, gives you 13 points for that,
30:17Margaret, 13 points.
30:20No, 44.
30:21No, it wasn't 44.
30:23But, Chris, it's your turn.
30:24Which rack would you like to play?
30:25Rack six with the H.
30:28Let's see your rack of letters.
30:30A-I-H-C-L-R-U.
30:34Hmm, yeah.
30:36Um, I'm seeing crush, potentially, at the top there.
30:42Um, the H would fit nicely in the corner of jailed and skate.
30:46Um, don't know what I could do with the J.
30:51All right, we'll play heel in the corner of jailed and skated.
30:57Heel, at the corner of skated and jailed.
31:00He also gives you the word he.
31:02I got you 12 points.
31:0312 points for heel.
31:05All right.
31:06Chris, you're up to 56.
31:08Margaret, you have 13.
31:10It's your turn.
31:11Which rack would you like to play?
31:12Um, maybe two with the F.
31:16Let's see what you get.
31:18M-F-S-A-H-Y-U.
31:23That's an interesting combo.
31:25Okay.
31:25Um, let's see.
31:29Mash is there, so I could do that.
31:32I guess that would put the H on the double word, which isn't too bad.
31:36I'm going to play mash through the A in skated.
31:43H on the double word tile gives you 18 points, Margaret.
31:48Takes you up to 31 points.
31:50All right.
31:50Chris, you have 56.
31:51Margaret, you got 31.
31:53But Margaret still has one turn after this.
31:55So, Chris, which rack would you like to play?
31:58I'll take, uh, rack five with the B, please.
32:01See your rack of letters.
32:03G-G-B-O-E-E-N.
32:08Okay.
32:08We got bog, bone, gone, um, bin.
32:15Uh, be gone, I think, would be another option.
32:20Could also probably play off the J.
32:24Uh, I'm going to play bog, starting on the double letter and going below the J.
32:29Bog below the J in jail.
32:32Yeah, bog.
32:33Gives you a double letter on the B.
32:35You also create the words Joe and Ag.
32:37Uh, gives you 21 points.
32:39Takes you up to 77 points, Chris.
32:42Excellent score.
32:44All right, Margaret.
32:45You need 47 points to pass, Chris, and make it to the final round.
32:49It can be done.
32:50We'll see.
32:50Here are your last rack of letters.
32:53Give it a go.
32:54Never say die.
32:55D-E-S-I-I-E-A.
32:59So, in there I can see, well, that's a lot of vowels, first of all.
33:03Mm-hmm.
33:03But, um, a side, um, side.
33:07I'm just trying to see if I can B-side, maybe, would give me a double word.
33:13Um, would be awesome to use that J, but, so I'm going to play beside using the B in bog.
33:26Down from the B, and bog gives you the double word on the D.
33:32You needed 47.
33:33You got 18, so it's not quite enough to get you through, Margaret.
33:36So, it only takes you up to 49.
33:38So, Chris, congratulations.
33:39You're moving on to the next round.
33:41The chance to play for $10,000.
33:43Margaret, thank you for playing.
33:45Really fun.
33:45All right.
33:46When we come back, we'll see if Chris can find the right words to bring home $10,000 right here
33:51on Scrabble.
33:52We'll be right back, everybody.
33:55APPLAUSE
34:11Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
34:13I'm here with Chris, who's looking to add $10,000 to the $2,875 he's already won.
34:21Well done, Chris.
34:23Do you think you'd make it this far?
34:24Did you think when you started out, you'd get to do it again?
34:27I really had no idea.
34:29Yeah.
34:29Glad to be doing it.
34:30Yeah, well, congratulations.
34:32Because, you know, Anwar and Margaret were good players.
34:34Sure.
34:35But you managed to get here again.
34:37Let's see if your strong word play can continue.
34:39All right.
34:40In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
34:44You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
34:46And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
34:52Well, look, if you don't make it to 200 points, don't worry.
34:55You won't go home empty-handed.
34:56You'll still be earning $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
35:00Every word counts.
35:02Remember that.
35:02Trying to get you to the $10,000.
35:04So remember to build out the entire board, get to the edges, take advantage of those bonus
35:08squares, maximize your points.
35:10All right.
35:10All right.
35:10Ready to play?
35:11Ready to play.
35:12All right, Chris.
35:13Your game starts now.
35:17All right.
35:18Time to play your first word.
35:19Here are your letters.
35:21Good luck.
35:23O-A-H-P-R-N-E.
35:28All right.
35:29I see phone or prone.
35:34Hope, which I think I have some of.
35:37Just sort of looking for a seven-letter option.
35:41I will play phoner, starting on the double-letter score.
35:46Phoner with a P in the double-letter square.
35:49It's an E on the double-word.
35:51That is, of course, a double-word because it's the first word on the board.
35:53Nice start.
35:5428 points for phoner.
35:55Nice job, Chris.
35:57All right.
35:59Here are your next rack of letters.
36:02A-D-I-L-I-B-L.
36:06Hmm.
36:07See anything there?
36:09I see plaid, potentially, coming down off the P.
36:13Hmm.
36:14Well, as a Scotsman, I'm delighted you see that.
36:17I see bill, I see lid, which probably won't help much.
36:22I think we'll play plaid going down from the P and hitting the double-word score.
36:29Very good.
36:30Got you to the double-word score on the D of plaid.
36:32Give you a total of 16 points.
36:34Plaid and phoner.
36:36In Scotland, we call plaid tartan.
36:39I did not know that.
36:40Tartan, yeah.
36:41If you say plaid in Scotland, people will attack you.
36:44Wow.
36:45Made myself laugh.
36:47All right.
36:47So you have five words remaining.
36:49Here are your next rack of letters.
36:52I-B-L-U-R-E-N.
36:57Okay.
36:58I see blur.
37:01I see lure.
37:03Hopefully, I can take advantage of some multipliers here.
37:08I'll play Ben going down next to the I and D.
37:14Down from the side of plaid.
37:15Gives you the double-word on the N.
37:19Also gives you the word buy and ed.
37:21Gives you a total of 17 points.
37:23Nice job.
37:24Takes you up to 61 points.
37:26You have four words remaining.
37:28Let's look at your next rack of letters.
37:30I-L-U-R-N-A-L.
37:36There's some things in there that I could maybe use
37:38if urinal is appropriate for TV.
37:42You know, sometimes you really need one.
37:44Yeah.
37:45All right.
37:46I think I'll play rail going down next to Ben.
37:52Rail gets you the double-word on the I.
37:55Also gives you the word red and an.
37:57Gives you a total of 14 points.
37:59Takes you up to 75 points.
38:00All right.
38:01Not bad.
38:02Not bad.
38:03Couldn't get the urinal, eh?
38:05No place for a urinal.
38:07No.
38:07All right.
38:08Chris, you need 125 points to get to the 200 points
38:12that you need to win $10,000.
38:13You have three words remaining.
38:15Let's look at your next rack of letters.
38:17U-N-L-A-N-V-I.
38:22See, vein.
38:24Um.
38:26Lan.
38:27Not a lot to work with here.
38:29Veil.
38:30I'm playing vein above phoner.
38:35Okay.
38:36Veil.
38:36Coming down to the E in phoner.
38:39It's not a big score.
38:39Gives you seven points.
38:41Seven points.
38:42But takes you up to 82 points.
38:44But you get rid of the V.
38:45Got rid of the V.
38:46Got rid of the V.
38:46Okay.
38:47You have 118 to get.
38:48Two words remaining.
38:49So you've got to be trying for a bingo or something in here.
38:51Let's see what you get.
38:53Here are your next rack of letters.
38:57U-L-N-I-B-D-A.
39:01A little bit more to work with here.
39:03Mm-hmm.
39:03I see bland or blind.
39:06Um.
39:07Vital.
39:08I think I would like to take advantage of the triple word score.
39:11Mm-hmm.
39:12We'll play bland across the bottom using the triple word score.
39:18Bland.
39:18Okay.
39:19Gives you a triple word on the B.
39:21Double letter on the N.
39:23It's a good score.
39:2527 points.
39:2627 points for bland.
39:28Takes you up to 109.
39:29So.
39:30So you have one word remaining.
39:32You need 91 points to get to the 200 points to win $10,000.
39:37But remember this.
39:39You've been earning $25 per Scrabble point.
39:42All right.
39:43See what you get.
39:44U-L-I-M-O-L-T.
39:50Um.
39:51I see molt or toll.
39:53Um.
39:55Yeah.
39:55I'm sort of running myself into a corner here.
39:58Um.
39:59We're going to play vomit.
40:01Using the double word score next to the V.
40:05There it is.
40:06Vomit.
40:07Gives you a double word on the I.
40:0920 points for vomit.
40:10Gets you up to 129 points.
40:13Nice job.
40:15You didn't get to the 200.
40:16But not to worry.
40:17At $25 per point.
40:19You still won $3,225.
40:22Which brings you two-game total to $6,100.
40:27And you're going to be joining us next time for the chance to win even more money.
40:33So we'll see you next time right here on Scrabble.
40:37Come back.
40:37Chris will be here.
41:05We'll see you next time.
41:09We'll see you next time.
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