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Scrabble - Season 2 - Episode 02: Hit Me
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00:01are you feeling wordy our three players are and tonight they are engaging in a war of words
00:07for their chance to win ten thousand dollars it's time for scrabble
00:23welcome to scrabble everyone i am craig ferguson let's meet tonight's players starting with our
00:28returning champion i'm melanie i'm a social impact consultant and i'm from los angeles california
00:35i'm archit i'm a yoga teacher from atlanta georgia i'm cornelia i'm a college professor
00:40from bethel connecticut well what an adorable trio i'm very excited welcome to the show everybody i
00:47can't wait to see you in action on our supersized scrabble board look at this thing i know now the
00:54three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games the player with the most
00:59points moves on to our final round for a chance to win ten thousand dollars as you know the key
01:07to
01:07being a strong scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters and turn them into words
01:11i am going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues your job is to find the words
01:18that match those clues the first two players to get four correct we'll move on to the next round
01:24are you ready to play absolutely all right good let's play scrabble everybody
01:32all right here comes the first word always through the center square of course it is scrabble
01:37the clue word is television and here are the scrambled letters melanie meteor is the wrong word so i'm
01:48going to throw open to archith or cornelia do you know what the right word is buzz in if you
01:52do
01:52cornelia remote it is remote well done well done may i just uh quickly have a word with our
02:03reigning champion melanie do you use a meteor at any point when you watch television uh let's
02:09change the channel throw a space rock at the television i think tv is out of sight well hey that's
02:15quite good well done cornelia thank you i think you showed college professor chops there well done
02:21what are you a professor of english oh oh a wave of fear just went through the entire audience all
02:29right here comes the next word is going to go through the r in remote and the clue is runner
02:37here are your scrambled letters melanie track it is well done melanie point to melanie a point to
02:48cornelia archith you've yet to go but i've i feel okay you're a yoga instructor you're probably breathing
02:53i am standing in a yoga pose oh yeah that's gonna help me calm just myself down i'm doing the
02:59same
02:59thing i love it yeah me too all right here's the next word it is going through the c in
03:05track the clue
03:06word is vote here are your scrambled letters archith elect elect booyah booyah there you go that is there's
03:17that yoga power well done here comes the next word it is through the e in elect the clue word
03:26is cold
03:27here are your scrambled letters melanie freeze freeze is not the correct word i'm going to throw open
03:39fingers and buzzes buzz in if you know the word archith or cornelia arches fever is the word fever
03:46it is arches two points cornelia one melanie one surprising me you're just throwing words at the
03:54sign there melanie here comes the next word the next word ends on the e in remote the clue word
04:01is
04:02stone here are your scrambled letters
04:09cornelia
04:12oh cornelia the time went out okay if you know it buzz in melanie or arches
04:17melanie marble marble is the correct answer melanie beginning to warm up getting in the game
04:24cornelia you got to be careful you got to be able to answer if you hit that buzzer all right
04:28the next word
04:30is through the o in remote the clue word is housework here are your scrambled letters
04:41melanie chores
04:44very good melanie chores is the correct answer melanie on three archith on two cornelia on one come on
04:51cornelia melanie needs one to move on to the next round here comes the next word
04:57from the s at the end of chores the clue word is coil here are your scrambled letters
05:07cornelia spring word is spring well done cornelia
05:12melanie on three archith on two cornelia on two last word for this board through the g and spring
05:20the clue word is quail here are your scrambled letters
05:27cornelia cornelia beluga beluga is the correct answer well done cornelia cornelia on three melanie on
05:35three archith on two let's clear the board let's start again the next word is through the center right
05:41there the clue word is years here are your scrambled letters
05:47the first archith
05:50archith
05:51arches
05:51wow arches back in the game
05:56arches on three melanie on three cornelia on three the next person to score goes through to the next round
06:02The next word, through the sea and decade.
06:06The clue word is saucer.
06:09Here are the scrambled letters.
06:13Archeth.
06:14Teacup.
06:15Teacup is the right answer.
06:17Archeth's going through to the next round.
06:19Outstanding.
06:20You were the first to identify four scrambled words.
06:23You can sit the rest of this one out.
06:25Won't be long, though, because the person who answers correctly
06:29next is going through with Archeth.
06:31Let's have a look at the next word.
06:34It is through the E in teacup.
06:36The clue word is acidic.
06:39Here are your scrambled letters.
06:43Cornelia.
06:45Lemon.
06:46Lemon is the correct word.
06:48Cornelia, you're going through to the next one.
06:51Melanie, you're not going home empty-handed.
06:53You won $3,475 last time, so that's yours to keep.
06:58When we come back, Cornelia and Archeth for the chance to play
07:02for $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
07:23Welcome back to Scrabble.
07:24I am here with Archeth and Cornelia, and it is time for these two players to continue their word battle
07:30to see who will be moving on to play for a chance to win $10,000.
07:35Woo!
07:36Woo!
07:37Very excited.
07:38I'm very excited.
07:39How are you guys feeling?
07:40Very excited about this.
07:42I think it was so interesting that you were both getting creamed by our champion in the first round, and
07:46then you both came back.
07:48Thank goodness.
07:48Well done.
07:49In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:56The goal is to place the best words on the board.
08:00You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
08:05Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
08:09Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
08:12It's very important.
08:13You both ready?
08:14Yes.
08:14Absolutely.
08:15Let's play Scrabble.
08:20All right, Archeth, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
08:25Would you like to go first or second?
08:26I would love to go first.
08:28To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest-valued tile on each rack.
08:33Take a look at this.
08:35All right, there you go.
08:36There's the X there.
08:37That's the big one.
08:37J, obviously.
08:38Any ideas?
08:39Craig, I would love to play rack four with the X in it.
08:43Rack four with the X.
08:44Let's go for it.
08:45What letters do you have?
08:46You've got E-D-I-X-P-I-R.
08:51I see the Pri, P-R-I-X, taking advantage of the X there.
08:56I see Pride, P-R-I-D-E.
08:59I'm going to keep it short and sweet and go with Pix, P-I-X, taking advantage of the X,
09:03and also the first word getting the double word score.
09:06Let's have a look at Pix on the board.
09:09Pix.
09:09You've got the X.
09:10It's a double word, of course, because it's the first word played.
09:13It gives you a total of 24 points.
09:15It's a good start.
09:15It's a good start, Cornelia.
09:19Arch is in the lead with 24 points.
09:21Cornelia's turn.
09:22May I call you Cornelia or just Professor?
09:24Absolutely.
09:26Could I use rack five with a J, please?
09:29Rack five with a J, a bold choice.
09:31G-Y-S-J-E-M-O.
09:35Hmm.
09:35Got an S, though.
09:36You see anything in there, Cornelia?
09:38Anything you'd like to play?
09:39Well, I was thinking jog with the J on the double letter and the G over the I.
09:44Hmm.
09:45I was also thinking Gox, G-O-X.
09:48M-I-G is a good word.
09:50I think I'm going to play jog with the J on the double square, the O over the P and
09:58the G on the square next to that.
10:00This is what we call a stacker.
10:02It's a stacker.
10:03That's jog, O-P, G-I.
10:06Jog, O-P.
10:07These three words together give you a total of 30 points.
10:10Open it up.
10:12Very good.
10:13All right.
10:14Cornelia's got 30 arches.
10:15You have 24.
10:16Okay.
10:16Let's see which rack of letters you would like to play.
10:19Which one do you want?
10:20All right.
10:21I would love to play rack number two with a K, please.
10:25N-A-N-D-E-K-T.
10:30Very interesting bunch of letters.
10:32Anything there you see popping out at you immediately?
10:34I see dent.
10:36I see tank.
10:37T-A-N-K.
10:39Tanked.
10:39Oh, okay.
10:40T-A-N-K-E-D.
10:41A little bit of a trickier board here now.
10:45I'm going to play the word tanned.
10:47Stack it under picks.
10:48More stacking, eh?
10:49Let's have a look at it on the board.
10:51Tanned.
10:53Very nice.
10:54Good old tanned.
10:5510.
10:56Landing on a double letter bonus.
10:58Very good.
10:59Gives you a total of 22 points, those three words.
11:03Brings you up to 46 arches.
11:05Very good.
11:0516 points in the lead.
11:06Cornelia, you're up next.
11:08Which rack would you like to play?
11:10I'll do rack one with a C, please.
11:12Rack one with a C.
11:15U-L-D-C-A-I-L.
11:19Ooh, this is a hard one.
11:21It is a hard one.
11:22Yes.
11:22Um, maybe acid.
11:26Um, maybe...
11:26Not right now.
11:27I'm working.
11:29Unclad.
11:30Ooh, I say.
11:32But I think I'm going to play talc, coming down from the T and tanned.
11:38Very good.
11:40Talc.
11:40Gives you a double word score on the C.
11:42Gives you a total of 12 points.
11:44Takes you up to 42.
11:45Arches, still in the lead with 46.
11:47Your final rack.
11:49All right.
11:50All right.
11:50Which one are you going to choose?
11:51I would like to pick rack number three with the W.
11:56T-U-T-P-W-N-E.
11:59All right.
12:00So we see a couple of words here.
12:01We see punt.
12:02We see went.
12:04I like the word wane.
12:05I also don't want to give her the advantage of the triple word score, so try not to go
12:08all the way to the triple letter.
12:09Mmm.
12:10I'm going to play the word wane with the A in talc to stack and get the A-N as
12:15well.
12:15Wayne.
12:16E is on a triple letter.
12:19Yeah.
12:20All right.
12:21It gives you Wayne, Knee, and Anne.
12:24Gives you a total of 15 points, taking you up to 61 points.
12:2961 points, Arches.
12:32All right, Cornelia.
12:33You need 20 points to pass, Arches, and make it to the final round.
12:38Here is the last rack of letters.
12:41Ooh.
12:42I-V-V-O-L-O-A.
12:47I immediately see viola under Wayne, making Anna.
12:54Vocal is there, too.
12:55I could play vocal.
12:57Van.
12:58I'm playing viola with the V to the left of the L in talc, and the A ending under A
13:06-N.
13:06All right, Cornelia.
13:07You need 20 points to pass, Arches, and make it to the final round.
13:12You created the words viola, woe, and Anna.
13:15You got the double word score on both Anna and viola.
13:19That takes you a total of 27 points.
13:22You're moving through to the next round.
13:24That is the game.
13:26Outstanding play, Cornelia.
13:27Congratulations to you.
13:29Thank you for playing with us, Arches.
13:31You were awesome.
13:32When we come back, we'll see if Cornelia can find the right words to bring home $10,000
13:36right here on Scrabble.
13:37$10,000.
13:56All right, welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
13:58I'm here with Cornelia, our last Scrabbler standing, who's about to play for $10,000, Cornelia.
14:06I'm so excited.
14:06Is there any particular word you're proud of today?
14:10I think viola because it's made the win.
14:12Viola was great.
14:13Very nice.
14:14Well, let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
14:18In this final round, points equal money.
14:21You will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:25You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
14:29And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
14:35Oh, that would be so good.
14:36That would be nice.
14:37If you don't make to 200, you won't go home empty-handed because you earn $25 for each Scrabble point.
14:44So every word makes you money.
14:46You ready to play?
14:47I am.
14:47Okay, let's do it.
14:49Cornelia, your game starts now.
14:54Here are your letters.
14:56Good luck.
14:58R-T-E-A-L-O-N.
15:03I see real or maybe antler.
15:06That might be a better word to play.
15:07Mm-hmm.
15:08Use the English professor powers, Cornelia.
15:12I'm going to play antler with the R on the star.
15:15First word up.
15:17Nice.
15:17Getting out towards the side.
15:18Double word score, of course, because it's the first word up.
15:21A double letter on the N.
15:23Gives you a total of 14 points.
15:24But it's a very, very good play because you're out towards the edge of the board.
15:29Let's see what we got.
15:30We've got letter O, but next we got G-A-N-M-A-R.
15:37I'm thinking mango.
15:40I'm thinking man-o, goa.
15:43I think gamma is my favorite.
15:46Yeah?
15:46I'm going to play gamma with the M under the A of antler.
15:50Let's see that up on the board.
15:53Oh, very nice.
15:55So, you got a double letter on the M.
15:58You created the words am and na with, of course, gamma, which gives you a total of 19 points.
16:04Brings you up to 33 points, Cornelia.
16:07That's excellent.
16:08And what you've done is you've got yourself out to the edge of the board, which is really
16:11the smart thing to do.
16:12So, let's see what else we can get you.
16:14We get an A.
16:15We get a Q.
16:17We get a K.
16:19We got a U.
16:20You got a Q, but you also get a U.
16:22Um, okay.
16:24I see quart going down to the T.
16:27I see, um, Quaker.
16:31Quart.
16:32I'm going to play quart ending with the T in antler.
16:36Q-U-A-R-T.
16:38Double word score under the U, which takes quart up to 28 points.
16:44Gives you a total of 61 points.
16:47And you got it down again and you haven't used your N yet either.
16:51So, I presume you're looking for an I now, are you?
16:53I am.
16:54All right.
16:55Let's see what we got in your next set of letters.
16:57Next up is an I.
16:59There it is.
16:59There's an I.
17:00A B, an S, and an S.
17:05Well, I'm looking at biking.
17:07Right.
17:08I'm looking at, um, skiing, squib.
17:12I, no, I don't have a U.
17:15I'm going for kings through the G in gamma.
17:19Kings through the G in gamma.
17:23You got the triple word score on that.
17:26Kings through the G in gamma gives you 30 points for kings.
17:30Takes you up to 91 points, Cornelia.
17:32That's very good.
17:33You have three words left.
17:35I can kind of smell that $10,000.
17:38Okay.
17:38Well, let's see what you got.
17:40E, a D, an R, and a G.
17:46No U, but you see anything in there?
17:49Um, I see bodger over the B in antler.
17:54B, E, G.
17:56Um, G, E, L, D.
18:00I want to play gelds going down to the right of the A in chord.
18:08You're a stacker.
18:09I'm a stacker.
18:09You love to stack.
18:10I like to stack.
18:11Ag, re, and gelds.
18:14Triple letter on the G, triple letter on the S.
18:16Gives you a total of 22 points for those three words.
18:20Excellent score again.
18:22Takes you up to 113 points.
18:24Now look, you've got two words left.
18:27You're going to try and get to that 200 points from 113.
18:30It can be done.
18:31What letters are you hoping for?
18:33Oh, high scoring ones.
18:34Yeah.
18:35High scoring and you want to try and get to these bonus squares.
18:38That's the answer, isn't it?
18:39O, B, and R.
18:44I, M, E, and B.
18:47I'm thinking, um, brim.
18:51I'm thinking, um, robe.
18:54Um, going through a go, robe.
18:59I'm playing robe with the O after ag.
19:03Right.
19:06Very good.
19:07Wow.
19:08More stacking.
19:09Robe, a go, reb, B on the double letter square.
19:13It gives you a total of 21 for those three words.
19:1721 takes you up a total of 134.
19:19Ooh.
19:20It's 134 points.
19:21You've been earning $25 for every point.
19:24So, you know, that's not nothing.
19:26But you need 66 points to get to $210,000.
19:31Here's your final word.
19:32Let's take a look.
19:33I, M, E, B, D, S, and Y.
19:38The S is always good.
19:39Do you see anything you're going to play?
19:42Ride.
19:43No, there's no R.
19:44R, um, dies, buys.
19:50I'm going to play buy with the E after the R in robe.
19:56Y on a double letter score gives you 14 points.
19:59It takes you up to 148 points, which is not quite.
20:04No, no.
20:05Not quite.
20:07210,000.
20:08You didn't get there, but not to worry, because at $25 a point,
20:12you've still won $3,700.
20:15That's great.
20:16Thanks.
20:16Now, let's see how much more you can win by getting you
20:19into another game right now.
20:21Let's bring on your new opponents.
20:23Come on.
20:24Come on, everybody.
20:25Come on in.
20:29Hello, new players.
20:31Please go ahead and introduce yourselves.
20:33I'm Kevin.
20:34I'm a casino dealer from San Diego.
20:36I'm Marianne.
20:37I'm a preschool teacher from Gilbert, Arizona.
20:39Well, welcome, Kevin and Marianne.
20:41Welcome to Scrabble.
20:43We just saw Cornelia.
20:44She's quite the player.
20:45Are you ready to send her home and have your shot at the money?
20:48Sorry, Cornelia.
20:49All right.
20:49Let's do it.
20:50We're ready.
20:50Don't let Cornelia's professorial air fool you.
20:54She is a ruthless competitor.
20:56Ruthless.
20:57All right.
20:58We will kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
21:15Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
21:17We have two new contestants with us joining us in our reigning champion, Cornelia, who's
21:22very good at this.
21:22I have to warn you.
21:23Kevin, you're a casino manager?
21:25I'm a casino dealer.
21:26Oh, what does that mean?
21:26So blackjack, craps, roulette.
21:27I'm a guy that, well, reverse game show hosts.
21:30Instead of awarding money, I'm usually taking it from people.
21:32Right.
21:32Okay.
21:32So you're sort of a shady customer, one would say.
21:35That's right.
21:36And Marianne, you're a...
21:38I'm a preschool teacher, Craig.
21:39So you're also sort of a shady customer.
21:41I'm just kidding.
21:43Yeah.
21:43I can't wait to see you all in action on our supersized Scrabble board.
21:47This is going to be great.
21:48All right.
21:49The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
21:53The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
21:59May the best words win.
22:01The key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters and
22:06turn them into words.
22:07So I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:11Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
22:16The first two players to get to four correct will move on to the next round.
22:19You ready to play?
22:20Ready.
22:21Let's go.
22:22All right.
22:22Let's play Scrabble.
22:23All right.
22:27Here comes the first word always through the center square, of course.
22:31The clue is investigate.
22:34And here are your scrambled letters.
22:40Kevin.
22:41Search.
22:43Yes.
22:44Search is the first word.
22:45Kevin has one point.
22:46Cornelia and Marianne have zero.
22:48Here comes the next word.
22:50Through the S in search, the clue word is meat.
22:55Here are your scrambled letters.
23:00Kevin.
23:01Brisket.
23:03It is brisket.
23:05Well done indeed, Kevin.
23:06Soaring ahead with two points.
23:08Man.
23:09Here comes the next word.
23:11All right.
23:12Up to the R in brisket.
23:15Clue is leader.
23:17Here are your scrambled letters.
23:22Kevin again.
23:23Emperor.
23:24Wow.
23:25Wow.
23:27Nice job.
23:28It's true, Kevin.
23:29Outstanding.
23:30Man.
23:30Kevin has three.
23:32Cornelia and Marianne both at zero.
23:33Save some for us.
23:33Oh my God.
23:34Wow.
23:34That, it's very impressive.
23:35Okay.
23:36I'll be out of the game soon.
23:37Yeah.
23:37You have one more and you're through to the next round, Kevin.
23:40If you get the next one right.
23:41Now, come on ladies.
23:42Let's pick up the game.
23:43Fine.
23:43A minute.
23:43All right.
23:44Here comes the next word.
23:45The next word through the E in emperor.
23:48The clue word is clean.
23:51Here are your scrambled letters.
23:55Here goes Kevin.
23:56Fresh.
23:58Fresh.
23:58Boom.
23:59Kevin is through to the next round.
24:01Good job.
24:02Congratulations, Kevin.
24:03You are the first to identify four scrambled words.
24:06You've made it to the next round.
24:07You can sit the rest of this out between you two ladies.
24:09All right.
24:10Your next word is through the P in emperor.
24:15The clue word is shade.
24:18Here are your scrambled letters.
24:22Cornelia.
24:23Cornelia.
24:23Canopy.
24:25Canopy.
24:26It is canopy.
24:28Well done, Cornelia.
24:30All right.
24:31Here comes the next word.
24:32It is through the A in canopy.
24:36The clue word is desert.
24:38Here are your scrambled letters.
24:43Marianne.
24:44Oasis.
24:45Oasis.
24:46Oasis is there.
24:47Marianne.
24:48You're up and running.
24:49One each.
24:49On the board.
24:50All right.
24:51Let's keep going.
24:52Here comes the next word.
24:53The next word through the E in brisket.
24:56The clue word is travel.
24:58Here are your scrambled letters.
25:04Cornelia.
25:06Um.
25:08Oh no.
25:09Out of time.
25:09Sorry, Cornelia.
25:10I'm going to throw it to Marianne.
25:12Jet lag.
25:14It is there!
25:16Yes!
25:16Jet lag!
25:17I got it!
25:18All right.
25:19Marianne has two.
25:20Cornelia has one.
25:22Here's the last word for this board.
25:25Let's have a look.
25:26It is from the G in jet lag.
25:28The clue word is clove.
25:31Here are your scrambled letters.
25:35Marianne.
25:36Garlic.
25:38It is the correct answer.
25:39Yes!
25:39I love garlic!
25:41I'm a bloody girl!
25:42Marianne at three points.
25:43Yes!
25:43Marianne at three points.
25:45If you get this, you're through the next round.
25:47Cornelia, our reigning champion.
25:49You've got it all to do.
25:50All right.
25:51Let's get a new board up there to finish this off.
25:53Of course, with a new board, the word goes through
25:55the center.
25:57All right.
25:58Clue word for this word is fashion.
26:00Here are your scrambled letters.
26:06Cornelia.
26:08Um.
26:10Corset.
26:11Oh, I'm sorry.
26:12To move on and send our champions home, do you know it, Marianne?
26:15Buzz if you do.
26:16I'm guessing escort.
26:18Escort.
26:19They're fashionable.
26:20Escort.
26:21Escort is not the correct answer, strangely enough.
26:26The correct word is corset.
26:29Did you know that, Kevin?
26:30Yeah.
26:30I mean, I wear them all the time.
26:31You wear them all the time.
26:33Oh, man.
26:33So we're still Cornelia at one.
26:35Marianne has three.
26:37Here comes the next word.
26:39Ends on the R in corset.
26:42The clue word is diet.
26:45Here are your scrambled letters.
26:49Cornelia.
26:49Fiber.
26:51Fiber is up there.
26:53Take your fiber.
26:55You won't need a corset.
26:57All right.
26:58Cornelia has two.
26:59Marianne has three.
27:00Marianne, you can go through with one point.
27:01Next word.
27:03Through the I in fiber.
27:05The clue word is foresee.
27:08Here are your scrambled letters.
27:12Marianne.
27:13Predict.
27:14I predict that it is predict.
27:16You are going through the next round.
27:18Congratulations, Marianne.
27:19Four correct words.
27:21You'll be moving on to join Kevin in the next round.
27:23And both of you are that much closer to winning $10,000.
27:27Cornelia, thank you for joining us.
27:30Oh, my pleasure.
27:30You had fun.
27:31You also won $3,700.
27:33I'm very happy.
27:34Thanks, Cornelia.
27:35When we come back, Kevin and Marianne will compete with each other on their way to the big money.
27:40Right here on Scrabble.
27:59Welcome back to Scrabble.
28:01I am here with Kevin and Marianne.
28:03It's time for these two players to continue their word battle and see who will be moving on for a
28:08chance to play for $10,000, everybody.
28:11You guys feeling good?
28:14You dispatched the reigning champion.
28:16She's a college professor, you know.
28:18I'm surprised.
28:18I'm a preschool teacher and I beat a college professor.
28:20I am so surprised.
28:21Right.
28:22You do great.
28:22It's fingers on the buzzers.
28:24It's staying focused.
28:24It's a bit like being in a casino except without the cheatiness.
28:29Right.
28:29Yeah.
28:29Without the house edge.
28:31You've got to be focused and disciplined and very exact.
28:33Right.
28:34Well, do that then.
28:35Don't do that.
28:36OK.
28:36OK.
28:37In this next round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
28:42There they are.
28:44The goal is to place the best words on the board.
28:47You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words you make.
28:52Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
28:56Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
28:59Very important.
29:00You guys ready?
29:01Ready.
29:01All right.
29:02Let's play Scrabble.
29:07Kevin, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
29:10Would you like to go first or last?
29:12I'll go first.
29:12You'll go first.
29:13To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest valued tile on each rack.
29:19Let's take a look.
29:20OK, there you are.
29:21Oh, there's the dreaded Q. The X is over on five.
29:24What do you think, Kevin?
29:25What are you going to do?
29:26I'll go with rack one with the F.
29:32One with the F.
29:34So U-T-F-A-R-P-S.
29:39I definitely want to put that F on the double letter to get double and then double letter,
29:45double word.
29:47And put, Pat, I need to put that F there.
29:50I'm going to play Fraps with the F on the double letter going through the star.
29:53OK.
29:55Fraps.
29:55Let's take a look at it.
29:57Fraps.
29:57F on the double letter.
29:58Double word score, of course, because it's the first letter up.
30:02Gives you a score of 28 points.
30:04Very good.
30:05What does Fraps mean?
30:06Does anybody know?
30:07What's a Frap?
30:08You know what I think it means?
30:10I think it means to draw tight with ropes or cables.
30:13Oh, is that what you think it means?
30:14Wow, you're so smart, Craig.
30:15I just thought of that.
30:16Yeah.
30:17All right.
30:18Marianne, it is your turn.
30:20I'm ready, Craig.
30:21What right would you like to play, my dear?
30:22I'm going to play rack three with the Z.
30:26OK.
30:27A-O-Z-E-L-L-Y.
30:30Looks like there could be some high score in there.
30:32Do you see anything?
30:33Zelly.
30:34I don't think that's a word, though.
30:36Les would be a good word.
30:38I don't know if Yao is a word, either.
30:40I know Za.
30:41Za is one of my go-to words, and I love that word.
30:43Yes.
30:44I'm going to put Z-A with the Z on the double letter
30:47and the A under the F.
30:49So I'll play Za and Fa.
30:52Double letter on the Z for Za.
30:55Za and Fa gives you a score of 26 points.
30:58It's neck and neck, really.
31:00Let's go!
31:0028 points to 26 points.
31:02Very good.
31:03All right.
31:04Back to you, Kevin.
31:05Which rack are you going to play?
31:06OK.
31:07Let's go with rack number four with a J, please.
31:12Rack number four with a J, please.
31:14Rack number four with a J, please.
31:14Rack number four with a J.
31:16I don't know why I'm singing.
31:17It's good.
31:17I quite like it.
31:18R-C-J-U-Y-E-E.
31:22I want to put that J.
31:26I'm going to play jeer with a J on the double word
31:29going vertically.
31:32J on the double word.
31:34Here down to the R in fraps.
31:37You know what, Kevin?
31:38It's 22 points.
31:3922 points.
31:40A great score.
31:41You're at 50 points.
31:43All right, Marianne.
31:44Which rack would you like to play?
31:45So I have been with my husband, Brian, for 22 years.
31:49His name starts with B, so I'm going to go with number two.
31:522B for some kind of anniversary reason.
31:56E-U-O-O-R-G-B.
32:00B for Brian, of course.
32:01The love of our lives.
32:03Beautiful Brian.
32:04All right, you see any words there?
32:06Well, I love using the E and the R.
32:07I'm trying to figure out how to do it.
32:09Oh, you know what?
32:09I'm going to put booger.
32:10But do I have a good place to put it?
32:12Well, you're a preschool teacher.
32:14I bet you can think of something.
32:15I deal with them a lot.
32:16I'm going to play boogers.
32:17It's silly, but I'm going to play it off of the S in fraps.
32:19Your preschool class would be so proud.
32:24Boogers, with O on the double letter on the board,
32:27gives you 11 points.
32:29OK, it takes you up to 37.
32:31Kevin is at 50.
32:32So this is your last rack.
32:33Which one are you going to choose?
32:35I'm going to go with rack five with the X.
32:38E-M-N-S-X-T-I.
32:43So that X has to go on a triple letter or a double.
32:47I'm seeing if I can make it longer.
32:50But that could give something to Marianne.
32:52I'm going to play sex with the X on the triple letter in jeer.
32:58Sex is up there with the X on the triple letter.
33:03Gives you a score of 26 points.
33:05Takes you up to 76 points.
33:07Whoa!
33:0976 points.
33:10I have to get 39 points.
33:12Yeah, that's what I was going to say.
33:14I was going to say, you need 40 points to get past them.
33:17Got a Q in there in the last rack of letters.
33:20And let's find out the rest of them.
33:21OK.
33:21Is there a U in there?
33:22Maybe there is.
33:23T-V-E-U-O-Q-D.
33:30OK, I see quoted.
33:31But the thing is, I don't know why I'm going to put the Q.
33:33I see quoted.
33:35I see O-V-E.
33:36I need to use the Q.
33:38I could do quad if there was an open A.
33:40I'm going to play the word quoted with the first O in boogers.
33:46There it is.
33:47It's a great word.
33:49You've got a double letter on the U, double letter on the T.
33:53Quoted will bring you 18 points.
33:56It takes you up to 55, which is not enough.
33:59So the game goes to Kevin.
34:01Kevin moves on to the next round.
34:02I'm sorry, Mary Ann, you played a great game,
34:04but that's the way the letters fall.
34:0576 for you, Kevin.
34:07You are moving on to the next round.
34:08All right.
34:08When we come back, we'll see if Kevin can find the right words
34:11to bring home $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
34:31Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
34:33I am here with Kevin, who is our last Scrabbler standing,
34:37who's about to play for $10,000.
34:40Yes.
34:40Are you OK?
34:41I'm alive.
34:42Now that I've won, I can breathe.
34:44Take a breath.
34:45Is there any word you played today you're proud of, you think?
34:48I like sex.
34:50Yeah, sex is pretty good.
34:51Although I have to tell you this.
34:52I thought boogers was my favorite.
34:54Boogers was pretty good.
34:55Boogers was a great word.
34:56I wish I had got more, but it didn't.
34:57And you won.
34:58Sex wins over boogers.
35:00Every time.
35:00All right.
35:02True.
35:02Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
35:06In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
35:12You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
35:14And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win the $10,000.
35:20All right?
35:21You thought what you would do with that money?
35:23Play blackjack?
35:24Ha!
35:25No, I know better than to play blackjack when I'm dealing it.
35:27I actually have a side hustle as a science birthday party and assembly entertainer.
35:31Oh, wow.
35:32So I'll go to libraries and schools and blow stuff up and make kids really interested in
35:36science.
35:36So I'd love to invest in that business, maybe do some marketing and more materials.
35:40That's a great thing.
35:40We have to get you that $10,000.
35:42I need it now.
35:42Let's do it.
35:42This is for the good of the children.
35:44It's for the children.
35:44It's for the children.
35:46And look, even if you don't make 200 points, you won't go home empty handed.
35:49You'll be earning $25 for every Scrabble point you earn.
35:53Awesome.
35:54So every word counts.
35:55All right, you ready to play?
35:56I'm ready.
35:56Let's do it.
35:57Okay.
35:58Kevin, your game starts now.
36:01All right.
36:02Time to play your first word.
36:04Here are your letters.
36:06Good luck.
36:06D-I-S-T-E-P-A.
36:12There's Pit, Stip, Step.
36:14I'm looking at Stead, Stade.
36:16I'm just going to go for the most points right now and hope that I can build out later.
36:21I'm going to play Pasted with the P on the double letter score extending through the star.
36:28Pasted, P on the double letter score.
36:30Of course, it's a double word score as well because it is the first word.
36:34Gives you a total of 24 points for Pasted.
36:38That's not bad.
36:39We're off and running.
36:39Not bad.
36:40We're off and running.
36:41You almost cleared the rack as well, so it's a new day.
36:44What letters are you looking for?
36:46I'm looking for letters that I can use all seven of to make a bingo.
36:51Yeah.
36:51I think that would be great.
36:53That's a good strategy.
36:53Okay, let's see what you got.
36:54We've got the I, of course.
36:55We've got an L, an N, an O, R, E, D.
37:03I'm seeing pine, pined, pilfered, purloined, pioneer.
37:11I'm seeing a lot of words, but none of them are seven letters.
37:13I'm sure there's one up there, but I'm just going to have to go with opined going vertically through the
37:19P and pasted to use that double word score.
37:23Through the P and pasted down to the double word score gives you a total of 18 for that one.
37:31Takes you up to 42 points.
37:32That's good.
37:33All right, I'll take it.
37:34Two words, 42 points.
37:35That's good.
37:36You've got to try to get to 200.
37:37All right.
37:38Let's have a look at your third rack.
37:40Let's see what we've got.
37:42L, R, E, L, O, H, I.
37:49There's no Z there, is there?
37:51There is no Z there.
37:52I'll look again, but I'm pretty sure I would have noticed it.
37:54Yeah.
37:54Okay.
37:55Well, I'm seeing Euler.
37:58I want to put that H on one of the premium squares, but where to put it holier.
38:05That's a long word, but can I put it somewhere where there's a premium square and gets a lot of
38:10points?
38:11I'm going to play hode with the H on the double letter score so I can get to that triple
38:15word next turn.
38:16Okay.
38:16Let's take a look.
38:18Hode.
38:19Hode.
38:20Across there, a hode in the double letter on the H.
38:24Gives you 12 points.
38:26Takes you to 54 points.
38:29This is your fourth word.
38:31What are you hoping for in the fourth word?
38:33Ideally, maybe a Q, a U.
38:36Let's see what we got.
38:37L, R, L, I, N, A, E.
38:42Great.
38:43Trying to maybe use that H on the triple word.
38:45I can do higher and hale.
38:50That's not many points.
38:52But at some points, I'm going to play higher using the H in hode down to the triple word.
39:00Yes, look at that.
39:02Landing on a triple word bonus.
39:0421 points.
39:05That's a better score in now.
39:07Higher, 21 points.
39:08Takes you up to 75 points.
39:10Now you're moving forward.
39:12You have three more words to do.
39:14Okay, let's see what you get.
39:15You get L, L, N, A, A, R, and I.
39:20Hmm.
39:21I'm going to try and offload that A and the L so that maybe I'll get some different letters next
39:25time.
39:26Okay.
39:26So I'll play real using the E in opined, also making re.
39:33Real.
39:34R, E, and R, E, A, L.
39:36Double word on the real.
39:38Gives you 10 points.
39:40That's terrible.
39:40Takes you up to 85.
39:42That's a lot less than I thought, Frank, but we'll take it.
39:4485.
39:4485.
39:45But look, you're out in scoring land.
39:47It's all right.
39:47You have two words.
39:48Final two words.
39:49All right.
39:50Let's have a look.
39:51You've got L, N, A, I, U, H, and T.
39:57Huh.
39:58That's not what I wanted.
40:00I want to really try and get to that triple word, but I can't see a way to do it.
40:05I could do lane, L, A, I, N. I'm not sure if it's a word.
40:09I'm going to play lathe using the L from real with the H on the triple letter score.
40:15The H on the triple letter gives you 15 points.
40:20All right.
40:20Takes you up to 100 points.
40:22You're halfway there.
40:23OK.
40:23But don't forget, you've been earning $25 per point.
40:27So let's maximize your points right now.
40:30This is your last word.
40:31Which letters are you looking for?
40:32S, Q, T.
40:33Let's see what you get.
40:34You get your last letters, O, X, and V. None of the letters you want.
40:39None of those letters.
40:41But there's an X.
40:41But high score letters, if you can get them in there.
40:43Man, I want to put that X on a premium square.
40:47Ooh.
40:48I can put the X below the A in pasted and get points for the X with X and Nix.
40:54Or Vix.
40:55Or Vixen.
40:57I'm going to play Nix using the I in opine to also make X.
41:02You get a double letter on the N. But, of course, you double up on that X because it's Nix
41:07and Axe.
41:08It gives you a store of 20 points.
41:10Gets you up to 120.
41:12Didn't get you to $10,000.
41:13All right.
41:14But at $25 per point, you still won $3,000.
41:18Hey, yeah.
41:19I'll take it.
41:19And you're going to be joining us next time for a chance to win more money.
41:23So, I feel like you can relax and enjoy yourself as winning champions.
41:27Thank you so much.
41:28I appreciate you, Craig.
41:29Thank you, thank you.
41:29We'll see you next time here on Scrabble.
41:31Join us.
41:32Kevin over here.
42:04We'll see you next time.
42:04We'll see you next time.
42:06Bye.
42:06Bye.
42:06Bye.
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