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Scrabble - Season 2 - Episode 04: Book Worms
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00:01Do you think you're word perfect?
00:03Our players do, and tonight they are engaging in a war of words
00:07for their chance to win $10,000.
00:10It's time for Scrabble.
00:23Welcome to Scrabble, everyone.
00:25I am Craig Ferguson.
00:26Let's meet tonight's players, starting with our returning champion.
00:30I'm Tim.
00:31I'm a librarian living in Baltimore, Maryland.
00:33I'm Natalie, a textbook publishing manager from Northfield, Minnesota.
00:37I'm Jeff, an account manager living in Vancouver, Washington.
00:41Welcome to you, Natalie and Jeff.
00:43It's lovely to see you here.
00:44Welcome to the show.
00:45Tim, I feel I've known you for many years now.
00:48You've already won $20,000.
00:50He's our returning champion.
00:54So, Natalie and Jeff, obviously, you'll be fine.
00:56Don't worry.
00:57But, of course, it's very competitive here.
00:59And I can't wait to see you all in action on our supersized Scrabble board.
01:03Look at that.
01:05The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
01:09The player with the most points moves on to our final round
01:12for a chance to win $10,000.
01:15You know about that, Tim?
01:17He's already done it twice.
01:18The key to being a strong Scrabble player, of course,
01:21is the ability to look at random letters and turn them into words.
01:25I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:29Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:33The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
01:36You ready to play?
01:37Yes.
01:37OK, let's play Scrabble.
01:42All right, here comes the first word,
01:44always through the center square, of course,
01:46as we start every board.
01:48The clue is discover.
01:51Here are your scrambled letters.
01:55Tim.
01:56Found.
01:57Have we found the right word?
01:59Let's see you at the board.
02:00Yes, found.
02:01Tim, our reigning champion, got his first point.
02:04Natalie and Jeff, get ready to go.
02:06What did you say you do for a living, Natalie?
02:07I'm a textbook company manager.
02:10Textbook company manager.
02:11So you manage the company?
02:13I manage the company.
02:14I do the copy editing.
02:15I help the author with her book.
02:18Oh.
02:18Yes.
02:18So it's always a her?
02:20Well, this particular one is a her.
02:22All right.
02:22The initial author was a him.
02:23OK.
02:24Do you help people with their books there, Jeff?
02:26No.
02:26OK.
02:27Fair enough.
02:27What do you do?
02:28I'm an account manager for the state of Washington.
02:30The whole state?
02:31Yes.
02:32I mean, wow.
02:33That's impressive.
02:34All right.
02:35Here comes the next word.
02:37Through the F in found.
02:40The clue word is neck.
02:43Here are your scrambled letters.
02:48Tim again.
02:49Giraffe.
02:51Giraffe.
02:51Giraffe is the right answer.
02:53Well done, Tim.
02:54Up to two points.
02:55Natalie and Jeff, you had to get going.
02:57Here comes the next word.
02:58It is through the A in giraffe.
03:01The clue word is agile.
03:04Here are your scrambled letters.
03:08Tim again.
03:10Dynamic.
03:11Much like your play.
03:13Is that?
03:14Yes, it is.
03:15Dynamic.
03:16Dynamic.
03:17Tim on three.
03:18Rain and trampoline soaring ahead.
03:21All right, Natalie and Jeff, let's get going.
03:23Next word is up to the Y in dynamic.
03:28The clue word is fru-kt.
03:31Here are your scrambled letters.
03:35Tim for the win.
03:37Juicy.
03:39Juicy is the word.
03:41Juicy also is the brand name I sometimes have on my tracksuit bottoms.
03:48Well, congratulations, Tim.
03:50You're through to the next round, but you're used to that kind of thing.
03:53All right, Tim.
03:54You can relax, take some ujjayi breaths, and get ready for the next round.
03:58Our remaining players, good luck to you both.
04:00It is between Natalie and Jeff.
04:02Let's get back at it.
04:03The next word is...
04:07From the I in giraffe.
04:09The clue word is neglect.
04:13Here are your scrambled letters.
04:17Jeff.
04:18Ignore.
04:19It's up there.
04:20Ignore is the word.
04:21Well done, Jeff, you're off and running.
04:23Jeff has one, Natalie has zero.
04:25Okay, let's keep going.
04:26Here comes the next word.
04:28Through the E in ignore.
04:31Clue word is extend.
04:33Here are your scrambled letters.
04:37Jeff.
04:38Stretch.
04:40Stretch.
04:41Through the E in ignore.
04:43Jeff has two.
04:45Natalie has zero.
04:46The next word on the board is through the S in stretch.
04:52The clue word is herb.
04:55Here are your scrambled letters.
04:58Natalie.
04:59Basil.
05:00Basil.
05:02Is the correct answer.
05:04Natalie, up and running.
05:06The next word on the board.
05:09From the C in dynamic, through the N in found.
05:14The clue is valley.
05:16Here are your scrambled letters.
05:20Natalie.
05:21Canyon.
05:21Canyon from the C in dynamic.
05:23Yes.
05:24Natalie has two.
05:25Jeff has two.
05:26Neck and neck.
05:27Let's get a fresh board up there.
05:29Nice and clean.
05:30All right.
05:31The clue word is donut.
05:34Here are your scrambled letters.
05:38Jeff.
05:39Blazed.
05:40Blazed donut.
05:41Donut.
05:43Donut.
05:43I do like a glazed donut.
05:46All right.
05:46Next word.
05:47Through the Z in glazed.
05:50The clue word is danger.
05:52Here are your scrambled letters.
05:56Natalie.
05:57Hazard.
05:58Hazard.
05:58Through the Z in glazed is the correct answer.
06:01Natalie has three.
06:02Jeff has three.
06:03So whoever gets the next word right is going through to the next round to play for $10,000
06:08against our champion, Tim, who's already won $20,000.
06:11This is very exciting for me.
06:13And I hope for you, too.
06:16All right.
06:17Here we go.
06:18The next word is through the D in hazard.
06:22The clue is knowledge.
06:25Here are your scrambled letters.
06:29Jeff.
06:30Wisdom.
06:31Will your wisdom take you through to the next game?
06:34It will take you through the next game.
06:36Jeff's going to the next game.
06:38Congratulations, Jeff.
06:39That's four correct words.
06:41And you will be moving on to join Tim in the next round.
06:45And you're both that much closer to winning $10,000.
06:50Natalie, thanks for playing.
06:51I'm sorry it didn't work out.
06:52I hope you had fun.
06:53I had a great time.
06:54Thank you so much.
06:54Good meeting you.
06:55When we come back, Tim and Jeff will continue to compete for the $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
07:19Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
07:21I'm here with Tim and Jeff.
07:23And it is time for these two players to continue their word battle.
07:27And see who will be moving on to play for a chance to win $10,000.
07:32It's unbelievable.
07:33Now, of course, Tim, you are our returning champion.
07:37You have been through this twice before.
07:38You've already won $20,000.
07:41So you must be feeling calm and sanguine and okay about things, right?
07:45I'm feeling good.
07:45We'll see what happens.
07:46Okay.
07:47Jeff, how about you?
07:48This is your first time.
07:49I'm a little bit nervous.
07:50I got it.
07:51Yeah?
07:51Oh, you think so?
07:52I like that.
07:53I like the confidence.
07:53In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:59All right.
08:01The goal is to place the best words on the board.
08:04You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
08:09Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
08:13Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
08:16You guys ready?
08:17Yes.
08:17Ready.
08:17Okay, let's get on with it.
08:19Let's play Scrabble.
08:23All right, Tim, you were the first to Unscrabble four words in round one.
08:26Would you like to go first or second?
08:28I'm deciding to go second.
08:29You're going to go second.
08:30Okay.
08:31In that case, Jeff, to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest
08:35value tile in each rack.
08:38What do you think, Jeff?
08:39I'll go with rack five with a B.
08:42Rack five with a B.
08:44All right.
08:44The letters are B-A-G-O-O-U-S.
08:49You see anything there?
08:50Yes.
08:51I see bogus.
08:52I see goo.
08:56I see bag.
08:57I see bags.
08:58All right.
08:59Anything you want to go with?
09:00I think I'm going to go with bogus, going across with a B on the double letter score.
09:07B on the double letter square.
09:09Bogus.
09:10Double word score, because it's the first word up there, takes a total of 22 points.
09:14Very respectable.
09:15Good start, Jeff.
09:17All right, Tim, it's your turn.
09:19Which rack would you like to play?
09:21I'm feeling good about rack three with a W.
09:24Rack three with a W.
09:26Let's see what you got.
09:27I-D-R-H-E-W-N.
09:30See anything there?
09:32All right.
09:32Yes, I certainly see a lot of things there.
09:34Good letters, I think, actually, yeah.
09:36Who, Hugh, Drew, Hind, Hurd.
09:39Trying to get something good if I could play all the way to the S.
09:43I think I've decided just to maximize the H and play Hind under the U in bogus.
09:51Hind.
09:52You've got double letters on the H and N.
09:55You also created A and C.
09:58So that gives you a total of 24 points.
10:0124 points versus 22.
10:02Neck and Neck, your turn, Jeff.
10:04Which rack would you like to play?
10:06Let's go with rack number two with the Y.
10:10Here we go.
10:11A-I-R-I-Y-T-N.
10:15I see Aerie.
10:17If I had a T, I could spell Trinity, but there's no T there, or no T on the board.
10:20So I see Rainy.
10:22I also see Ray and Yarn.
10:24I'm going to try to stack up some points here.
10:27So I'm going to play the word Brainy, going down from the B to take advantage of the double
10:32word.
10:33Brainy from the B in bogus.
10:35You hit the double word with the N on Brainy.
10:38It's a very good score.
10:4022 points for Brainy.
10:42A very Brainy man.
10:44Very well done.
10:45Jeff, up to 44.
10:46Excellent score.
10:47Tim, your turn.
10:49I think I'm going to take rack four with the K, please.
10:53Here are your letters.
10:54A-M-R-Y-O-L-K.
10:58Yeah, I see yoke right away, obviously.
11:01I see army and words like that.
11:04I'm going to see what I could obviously get on a double word score or a triple letter.
11:09I have Koa also coming down next to Brainy.
11:12Okay.
11:12I think I'm going to stick with my idea to play Koa next to Brainy.
11:19Koa down the side of the I-N-Y of Brainy.
11:23Gives you key on an A.
11:25You get the double word.
11:27You get 32 points for that.
11:30Takes you up to 56 points for you, Tim.
11:32Very well done.
11:34All right, Jeff.
11:35You have it, 44 points.
11:36Tim has 56.
11:38There are two more racks to play.
11:39Which rack are you going to select?
11:40I think we're going to go with the rack number one with a C in it.
11:45D-O-C-R-T-D-E.
11:50Yeah, there's no...
11:52If I had another O, I'd see doctor, but there's no O that I can use.
11:56So that would have been good.
11:58I see doc.
12:00I see cord.
12:02I see cord with the E.
12:04I think I'm going to go with the word cred going down from con to make con and ray.
12:11And also taking advantage of that double word score for cred.
12:15You played cred, of course, and then two new words, con and ray.
12:20Double word score.
12:22Put that all together.
12:23Gives you a total of 25 points.
12:2625 points for you, Jeff.
12:27Takes you up to 69 points.
12:29All right, Tim.
12:30You need 14 points to pass Jeff and make it to the final round.
12:34Let's see your last rack of letters.
12:37I-E-E-V-O-A-T.
12:41The V is not great here.
12:42I'm trying to find a way to use that for some points.
12:46I also have just playing next to Chi to make Kit, potentially.
12:52Yes, I've decided to just play At, also making Kit and Ah-Ah.
12:58You played At, landing on a double word bonus to get Ah-Ah.
13:03And Kit gives you a total.
13:05You needed 14.
13:06You got 20, which means you're going through to the next round with 76 points to Jeff's 69.
13:13Congratulations, Tim.
13:14Outstanding play again.
13:16Jeff, that was amazing.
13:17I thought you might have had him there for a minute.
13:18It was very strong play.
13:20Thank you for playing with us.
13:21When we come back, we'll see if Tim can find the right words
13:24to bring home another $10,000, bringing his total to $30,000, right here on Scrabble.
13:47Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
13:49I'm here with my friend, Tim, our last Scrabbler standing,
13:53who's about to play for another $10,000.
13:56It's you and me again, buddy.
13:58Come on.
13:59I was worried for you, everyone.
14:01Jeff was coming after you.
14:03He's a strong player.
14:04It was close.
14:04What word do you think got you the...
14:06Did you have a big...
14:07You had a big score on that last one, didn't you?
14:09I think Koa was the...
14:10Yeah, that was it.
14:11Koa.
14:12Very good.
14:13Well, look.
14:13Let's see if your strong wordplay will continue.
14:17In this final round, points equal money.
14:21You will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:24You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
14:28And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
14:35Bring in your game total to $30,000.
14:39What are you going to do with that money if you win $30,000?
14:41What are you going to...
14:41Sounds good.
14:42I don't know.
14:42I didn't think about it that much.
14:44Start your own game show network or something?
14:45It'd be fine.
14:46Buy Scrabble.
14:47Now, look.
14:48If you don't make it to 200 points, you're not going to go home empty-handed.
14:52You've already won $20,000.
14:53Plus, you will be earning $25 for each Scrabble point.
14:59So every word counts, all right?
15:01Because every word makes you money.
15:03Okay, you ready to play, my friend?
15:04I'm ready.
15:05Tim, your game starts now.
15:08All right.
15:09Time to play your first word.
15:11Here are your letters.
15:12Good luck.
15:14T-O-R-O-P-D-I.
15:19Well, I do see torpid right away, which I could use on the double letter and getting the double
15:25word as well.
15:26I have a lot of shorter options, though, like pour or pod or pot also, which I could possibly
15:32set up for future scores.
15:35I've decided to play tripod with the D on the double letter score.
15:41First word to play.
15:42So, of course, a double word and the D with a double letter on it right there gives you
15:4822 points to start off with.
15:49That's good.
15:5022 points in.
15:52178 to go to get to that 10,000.
15:54All right.
15:55There are six words remaining.
15:57You got rid of most of your letters there.
15:58That was a smart thing to do.
15:59Let's start again.
16:00You got O, E, M, J, the dreaded J, G, H, C.
16:08I see words like chemo, using the C and the H. I have jog, I have jig.
16:13I could also just do a word like home.
16:16Decided to maximize my points playing home, starting above the I and tripod.
16:24Home with a double letter on the H right across the top there.
16:29You also created I, Hawk, Moe, and Ed.
16:3333 points takes your score to 55 points.
16:38Very nice job, Tim.
16:40Five words remaining, 145 points still to get if you want to get that 10,000.
16:44Let's see what you've got.
16:46J, G, C, F, R.
16:49Bonsonance, hopefully.
16:50Oh, there you go.
16:52And another O.
16:54Okay.
16:54Well, good.
16:55Yeah, I was a little bit short there on vowels.
16:57I have a couple now.
16:59I've got words like jog and cog and four.
17:02Just none of those play very well on this board.
17:05Yes, I'm just going to play forced, F-O-R-C to the E-D already on the board.
17:13Double word score gives you 24 points for that.
17:17Gives you a total now of 79 points.
17:20You're getting closer.
17:21Four words remaining.
17:23J, a G, and an O.
17:24Let's see what else you get.
17:26You get an I there.
17:28Got the S.
17:29There it is.
17:31D and an A.
17:33I'd still like to play that J somewhere.
17:35So I'm looking at words like jog or jag or jig.
17:38I think I'm just going to stick with my idea to get rid of the J.
17:41And I'm going to play jog next to the F and O in forced.
17:47Jog next to forced, which creates of and goal.
17:53Gives you 19 points.
17:56Takes your total up to 98 points, Tim.
18:0098 points.
18:01Very good.
18:02You have three words remaining.
18:03All right.
18:04Any good letters?
18:05Listen, you've got another A there.
18:06Okay.
18:07We've got a P and a T.
18:10You're the bingo man.
18:11What do you think?
18:13Well, I do see shorter words right now like pat and pad and words of that nature,
18:19which would go next to of for a decent score.
18:22Just seeing if I can get something better, maybe above the high.
18:26Decided to play adapt, also making five and top.
18:32So you've got adapt across the top there.
18:34You've got a triple letter on A.
18:36You've got a triple letter on T.
18:37You've also got five and top.
18:39So it gives you a total of 27 points.
18:42Excellent score, my friend.
18:45You didn't like the letters, but it's all right.
18:47Gets you up to 125.
18:48You need 75 points.
18:50You have two words remaining.
18:52Just hoping for good letters.
18:53I kept the S, hoping to be able to use it.
18:55All right.
18:55Let's see what we can give you.
18:57There's an N.
18:58There's an N.
18:59There's an E.
19:01That's good.
19:02A V.
19:02A E.
19:03And a W.
19:05Man, I have a lot of words like sinew and view and winds and winds and things like that.
19:11I've decided to sacrifice a few points to open up the board.
19:15I'm going to play view on the double letter score, also making the word aw.
19:21You across with a double letter on the V, also making the word aw.
19:25Gives you a total of 19 points.
19:28Brings you up to 144 points.
19:32Excellent.
19:33Excellent.
19:35One word remaining.
19:36You have to get 56 points.
19:38But don't forget, you've been earning $25 per point.
19:42Try and get 200 points for $10,000.
19:45You get an S and an N and an N.
19:47What else is coming up?
19:48An F, an E, an I, and a U.
19:55Okay.
19:56See anything?
19:57Well, I see funnies right away.
19:58F-U-N-N-I-E-S.
20:00And I believe it will play under tripod.
20:03They do have off and of type words up there at the top, but I don't think there'll be enough
20:07points for me.
20:08I'm going to stick with my initial reaction and play funnies.
20:11Also fitting underneath the T, R, and I, and tripod.
20:17Your third bingo, funnies!
20:20You also made the words T, re, and five.
20:25You got 81 points.
20:27You've won another $10,000.
20:30Nice, dude!
20:32It's so awesome!
20:33Another $10,000.
20:35Your three-game total is $30,000, my friends.
20:39Unbelievable.
20:40Let's see how much more you can win.
20:42See if you can win any more.
20:43We're going to get you into another game right now.
20:46Let's bring on your new opponents.
20:48Come on, you two.
20:49Let's have a look.
20:53Hello, guys.
20:54Please go ahead and introduce yourselves, would you?
20:57My name is V.
20:58I'm a teacher from Orlando, Florida.
21:00I'm Drew, a business analyst from Durham, North Carolina.
21:04Welcome to Scrabble.
21:05V and Drew, meet Tim.
21:07He's quite the player.
21:08Ready to send him home and get a crack at the $10,000?
21:11I'm going to try.
21:11We'll see it when we kick things off on Scrabble right after this.
21:15We'll be right back, everybody.
21:29Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody, where we've got two new players going against our champion, Tim.
21:35We have V from Orlando in Florida.
21:37You all right, V?
21:38Do you go to the Disneyland when you're there?
21:40Yes.
21:40I go often.
21:41Do you really?
21:42Oh, that's funny.
21:43I would never go if I lived there, but I don't live there, so I go as much as I
21:46can.
21:47Doesn't make sense.
21:48Drew, you're from Durham, North Carolina.
21:50That's right.
21:50Right.
21:50That's where the Pink Panther is from.
21:53Is it?
21:53Yes.
21:54You ever heard of it?
21:55It goes, Durham, Durham.
21:58That's a joke from the 1970s, young people.
22:02All right.
22:02I can't wait to see you all in action on this, our supersized Scrabble board.
22:08Look at that.
22:10Three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
22:14The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
22:18Now, let me just warn you.
22:20Tim has already done this three times, so it's going to be a tough one.
22:23The key to being a strong Scrabble player, of course, is the ability to look at random
22:28letters and turn them into words.
22:30I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:34Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
22:38The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
22:42You guys ready to play?
22:43Everybody ready?
22:44Okay.
22:44Let's play Scrabble.
22:49All right.
22:50Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course.
22:54The clue is marsupial.
22:57Here are your scrambled letters.
23:01Tim.
23:02Possum.
23:03Possum is up there.
23:04There it is.
23:05Possum.
23:07I'm telling you, V, I'm telling you, Drew, he's fast.
23:10He's the chap.
23:11You've got to come after him.
23:12You've got to get in there quick, V.
23:15Let's have a look at the next word up on the board.
23:16What have we got?
23:18All right.
23:18It's a big one.
23:19It ends in one of the second S of possum.
23:21The clue is enemy.
23:24Here are your scrambled letters.
23:28Tim again.
23:31Oh, it's out.
23:32So if you know it, V or Drew, buzz in and you can have it.
23:37Oh, sadly, nobody got it.
23:38I know it now.
23:39No, the word is.
23:40Did you get it in the end, Tim?
23:41You figured it out?
23:42Nemesis.
23:43Oh, wow.
23:43Nemesis.
23:44It is nemesis.
23:46Look at that.
23:46I, of course, knew it.
23:48But Tim doesn't care.
23:50He has so much money, he's just rolling around in it.
23:53All right.
23:54Here comes the next word.
23:56The next word through the E in nemesis.
24:00The clue word is nylon.
24:03Here are your scrambled letters.
24:08Tim.
24:11Spandex.
24:13Spandex is there.
24:14Tim gets another point at two points.
24:17Tim on two.
24:18V and Drew yet to get started.
24:20Here comes the next word.
24:21The next word is through the S in spandex.
24:25The clue word is corroded.
24:27Here are your scrambled letters.
24:32Tim.
24:33Rusted.
24:34Rusted through the S in spandex.
24:37Tim is up to three points.
24:39Now, remember, four points gets you through to the next round.
24:42So if you guys let Tim score another, he's going through again.
24:46And to be quite honest, I don't know if we can afford that.
24:50All right.
24:51Here comes the next word.
24:54Through the E in nemesis.
24:57The clue word is bargain.
25:00Here are your scrambled letters.
25:04Tim for the game.
25:06Cheap.
25:07It is cheap.
25:08Tim, you are through to the next round one more time.
25:11Unbelievable.
25:13Tim, the reigning champion, moves on to the next round for a chance to play for yet another $10,000.
25:19You can rest on your laurels a lit there, Tim.
25:21V and Drew, it's between you guys.
25:23Okay?
25:24Now, you've got to score points.
25:26So just to let you know, both of you have no points at the moment.
25:29It'd be really great if you would score some points.
25:33Thanks for the reminder.
25:34You know, it's a kind of thing we like to do here on a game show is have people, you
25:39know,
25:39score points.
25:40So good luck to you guys.
25:41You know what?
25:42Let's get rid of that board.
25:43We'll start a whole new board for you guys, right?
25:45A whole new board where you can score points.
25:47All right.
25:48I'm going to give you the first word through the center.
25:50Of course, always the first time.
25:52The clue is obstacle.
25:55Here are your scrambled letters.
25:59Drew.
26:00Hurdle.
26:01Hurdle is the first thing you have to get over when you...
26:04Yes!
26:06Drew has a point.
26:07V still to get going.
26:09All right.
26:09Let's look at the next word.
26:10What have we got up there?
26:12Something that ends on the H of hurdle.
26:15The clue is fasten.
26:17Here are your scrambled letters.
26:38It is magic.
26:45That's magic.
26:47Drew has three points.
26:48V has yet to score.
26:50If Drew scores another point,
26:52he's going through to the next round
26:53to play against our reigning champion, Tim.
26:56Here comes the next one.
26:59Through the eye and magic.
27:01The clue is weird.
27:03Here are your scrambled letters.
27:08Drew for the win.
27:09Quirky.
27:10Quirky will get you through to the next round.
27:14Four points for Drew.
27:16Drew and Tim going through to the next round
27:19where they will compete for the chance to play
27:21for $10,000.
27:23V, sadly, I feel like you just never...
27:26We hardly knew you, V.
27:27You were here and then you were gone.
27:30When we come back,
27:31Tim and Drew will compete with each other
27:33on their way to the big money
27:35right here on Scrabble.
27:36We'll be right back, everybody.
27:52Welcome back to Scrabble.
27:53I am here with Tim and Drew.
27:55Drew, of course,
27:56you are joining us
27:57to fight against Tim,
27:59our reigning champion.
28:01Good luck.
28:02All right.
28:03It's time for these two players
28:04to continue their world battle
28:06and see who will be moving on
28:07for a chance to play
28:09for $10,000.
28:11Woo!
28:12You feeling okay?
28:14This is old hat to you now, Tim.
28:15Yeah, we're good, yes.
28:16Yeah, this...
28:17If you get this,
28:18this would be up to $40,000.
28:19Yes.
28:20Good Lord, Drew.
28:21Work's cut out for me.
28:22Yeah, but also,
28:23I'd really like you to do it
28:24because he's costing us a lot of money.
28:26So good luck to you both.
28:28All right.
28:29In the next round,
28:29you will be presented
28:31with six racks of letters.
28:33Okay?
28:34The goal is to place
28:36the best words on the board.
28:37You'll learn the Scrabble point value
28:39for each of the three words
28:41that you make.
28:42Remember,
28:43this is a game
28:44of both vocabulary and strategy.
28:47Do not forget
28:47to take advantage
28:48of the bonus squares.
28:49Very important.
28:50That's where the money is.
28:52All right.
28:52You guys ready?
28:53I'm ready.
28:53Ready.
28:53All right.
28:54Let's play Scrabble.
28:58All right, Tim.
28:58You were the first
28:59to unscramble four words
29:00in round one.
29:01Would you like to go first
29:02or second here?
29:03I decided to go second.
29:04That means you're up first, Drew.
29:05Now, to help you decide
29:07which rack to play,
29:08I'm going to flip over
29:09the highest value tile
29:10on each rack.
29:11Take a look at that.
29:13All right.
29:14You got them all.
29:14Oh, the dreaded J on four.
29:16What do you think, Drew?
29:17What would you like to start with?
29:18I've got to take
29:19rack five with the Q.
29:22All right.
29:22Let's see what you got.
29:24Oh, there it is.
29:25U-N-Q-R-I-S-D.
29:29Well, the U is in there.
29:30You asked for it.
29:31You got it.
29:32You see anything?
29:32What jumps out right away
29:34is squid.
29:37However, if I put that S
29:39on the end
29:41and I use quids,
29:42I can place the Q
29:44on the double letter.
29:45I'm going to play quids
29:47with the Q
29:48on the double letter.
29:53Quids, Q
29:53on the double letter.
29:55It's a double word score
29:56because it's the first word
29:57up there.
29:58It's an outstanding start.
30:00It's a shocker.
30:01It's 50 points.
30:02Nice.
30:0250 points, Drew.
30:04Hey, champ,
30:05I think you just took
30:06one to the chin right there.
30:08Do you regret your decision
30:09to let him go first?
30:10Maybe.
30:11Yeah.
30:11All right.
30:11What are you going to go for, champ?
30:13I think I'm going to choose
30:15rack number one
30:16with the M.
30:17You got a T-M-E-G-R.
30:20M-N-O.
30:23I see words like
30:24moment right away
30:26and meg.
30:28Not a lot of others.
30:29Gnome, things like that.
30:31I've decided to play nutmeg
30:33through the U in quids.
30:36Well, nutmeg is there.
30:38You hit the double word score
30:39on E of nutmeg.
30:42Gives you a score
30:43of 18 points.
30:45All right, Drew.
30:47You got the champ
30:47on the run a little bit.
30:48Let's see what you can do.
30:49You got another rack coming up.
30:51What would you like?
30:52Give me rack four.
30:53I got to stay
30:53with the highest points.
30:55The dreaded J.
30:57U-N-Y-A-S-J-E.
31:01You got an S in there.
31:02I do have an S.
31:04Yeah.
31:05Which was easily playable
31:07on the end of nutmeg
31:09or at the beginning of quids.
31:11I could play squids or nutmegs.
31:14However, if I put the S on nutmegs,
31:16then I can utilize that double word space.
31:19So I'm going to play J's
31:22with the S ending at nutmeg.
31:27J's hitting the double word score
31:29on the A nutmegs.
31:32A total of 38 points
31:34for those two words.
31:36Takes you up to 88 points.
31:39Tim, you have 18 points.
31:40Now, I will warn you, Drew,
31:42I've seen this guy pull bingos
31:43out of nowhere.
31:44Okay.
31:45Out of nowhere.
31:45What do you want to go for here, Tim?
31:47Rack number two with the C.
31:52E-I-R-C-A-U-O.
31:56A lot of L's in there.
31:58Right now, I'm looking at core under J's.
32:04I think that's the play I'm going to make.
32:07Yes, I've decided to play core under J's.
32:12Gives you the double word score on the O.
32:15It gives you Joe and R.
32:17It's a 30-point word.
32:1930 points there.
32:20Tim takes you up to 48 points.
32:22Great job.
32:23Okay, it's your last rack.
32:24Drew, which one would you want?
32:26I'm going to take rack three with the F.
32:29Rack three with the F.
32:31Here you are.
32:32U-A-O-R-F-D-E.
32:36Let's see.
32:36I could play forge off of the G in nutmeg.
32:41I'm not forge.
32:42I'm sorry.
32:43Fog.
32:44I could play off the S in quids,
32:47but there's only that double letter up there.
32:50If I could get the F up there,
32:51I'm not sure if I'm finding anything.
32:53So I'm just going to go with my gut
32:55and utilize that double word space there above the Y and J's.
33:00I'm just going to play fog.
33:03Fog.
33:04It's also got far and oi, double word on the O.
33:08Gives you a total of 30 points for those words.
33:11Takes you up to 118 points.
33:13Well done.
33:15All right, champ.
33:15We're going to need to bingo this.
33:17If you're going to find your way out of here, what do you think?
33:19That's what it looks like.
33:19All right, let's see what you got.
33:21N-V-T-O-T-P-E.
33:25So, yeah, I've got to try to find a bingo on this rack,
33:28and I'm pretty sure there's not going to be one.
33:31If not, I'll have to make as many points as I can
33:33on the bottom row, potentially.
33:35I've decided to get as many points as I can
33:37by making vent and equids.
33:40Vent.
33:42Vent going down gives you vent and equids
33:45with the double letter on the V and the N.
33:49Gives you a total of 28 points.
33:51Brings you up to 76 points.
33:53But, Drew, romping ahead with 118 points.
33:57So, Drew, you are our new champ.
33:59That's the gang.
33:59Well done.
34:00Drew is moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
34:05Tim, congratulations, man.
34:06You had a great run.
34:08You got $30,000 you're going home with.
34:11A good run.
34:11When we come back, we'll see if Drew
34:13can find the right words to bring home $10,000
34:17right here on Scrabble.
34:19We'll be right back, everybody.
34:34Welcome back to Scrabble.
34:35I am here with Drew, who is our last Scrabbler standing,
34:38who's about to play for $10,000.
34:41May I just say to you, my friend,
34:44may I just say well done,
34:46because you were up against Tim,
34:48who is an amazing champion.
34:50He got $30,000.
34:53Wow.
34:53Yeah.
34:53What do you think is the word
34:55that helped you beat him today?
34:56It was quids at the beginning.
34:58It was, wasn't it?
34:58Yeah.
34:59Yeah.
35:00Anyway, let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
35:03In this final round, you will have seven chances
35:07to play seven words.
35:09You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
35:12And if your seven word total goes up to 200 points,
35:16you will win $10,000.
35:19Have you thought what you'd do with the 10 grand?
35:21I love traveling.
35:22Okay.
35:22I've got a trip to Thailand in my sights.
35:25Thailand?
35:26Yeah.
35:26I love to go to Thailand.
35:27Okay.
35:27Elephants, beaches, beautiful beaches, jungle.
35:30Let's get you to Thailand.
35:31But if you don't get 200 points,
35:33you won't go to home empty-handed.
35:34You'll get $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
35:37So every word counts.
35:38It's very important.
35:39You ready to play?
35:40I'm ready to play.
35:41Drew, your game starts now.
35:45Time to play your first word.
35:47Here are your letters.
35:49Good luck.
35:50C-L-T-F-E-I-V.
35:56All right.
35:56First thing that comes to mind here is cleft.
36:00Cleft, five, no, cleft, clive, cleve.
36:04I'm just going to go with my gut.
36:07First thing I see is cleft.
36:08I'm going to play that with the C on the double letter.
36:14Cleft across there, C on the double letter.
36:17It's a double word because it is the first word on the board.
36:20So that gives you a score of 26 points.
36:24You're off and running.
36:25All right.
36:26And you get rid of the C. Good idea.
36:28Right.
36:29I'm ready to see.
36:30Okay.
36:30You've got I and the V on the right there.
36:32Five letters to come.
36:33What are you looking for?
36:34Oh, yeah.
36:35I'm going to look to try to play off the double letters below C and L or above.
36:39Okay.
36:40Let's take a look.
36:42B-E-R-E-L.
36:47Okay.
36:48First thing that I see is bevel.
36:51B-E.
36:52I need to get rid of that V.
36:54Mm-hmm.
36:55So bevel.
36:56I'm going to stick with my original thought.
36:59Yeah.
36:59I'm going to play bevel off of the double word above L.
37:05There it is.
37:06Bevel with a double word on the E gives you 20 points.
37:10It's pretty good.
37:11Takes you up to 46.
37:1420 points takes you up to 46.
37:15And you've still got five words remaining.
37:18You have 154 points to get.
37:20You can do it.
37:20All right.
37:21Here are your letters I-R-L-I-E-V-R.
37:29Wow.
37:30It's nearly the same again.
37:31All right.
37:32First thing I'm seeing is violer.
37:35Violer.
37:38Liver.
37:40River.
37:41Play relieve.
37:44I'm going to play relive off of the E.
37:50There it is.
37:51Relive.
37:52Down there with a triple letter on the I.
37:56And add the word E-R-R.
37:58Er gives you a total of 13 points.
38:01Brings you up to 59 points.
38:05Okay.
38:06All right.
38:07Four words remaining.
38:08Let's have a look at your next set of letters.
38:10We have F-U-J-L-K.
38:17J.
38:18J.
38:18The dreaded J.
38:20The J.
38:22Bulk.
38:22I could use bulk.
38:24Up at the B.
38:27I'm going to play juke onto the E and relive.
38:32Juke across there with a double word on the U gives you 30 points.
38:38There you go.
38:39That's a little more like it.
38:40You're up to 89 points.
38:42You need 111 points to get to the big money.
38:46All right.
38:47You have three words remaining.
38:49Here are your letters.
38:51I-R-F-L-L-E-W.
38:56All right.
38:57First thing I'm seeing, I want to play the J with that double word right underneath.
39:04Oh, okay.
39:05Um, and the first thing I'm seeing is Jill.
39:08I could play fill, filler.
39:11I'm going to open up the, I'm going to play Jill so I can open up the triple word square
39:17as an option for my next turn off of juke.
39:20Jill off of juke going down there.
39:23You've got a double word score on the I.
39:26Gives you a total of 22 points.
39:29Brings you up to 111 points.
39:31You need 89 points to get there.
39:34You have two words remaining, but you very cleverly put yourself in the very high scoring
39:39area of the board.
39:40All right.
39:40Let's see what you got.
39:42R-F-E-W-M-O-A.
39:48Would love to play, put one of the higher scoring letters on the double letter and then get a
39:55triple.
39:56Let's play Loafer.
39:58Loafer from the L at the bottom of Jill.
40:02There it is.
40:03Loafer.
40:04You hit the triple word on the R. You've also got a double letter on the O. Gives you a
40:10total of 30 points.
40:11That's good.
40:12Takes you up to 141 points.
40:15All right.
40:15Okay.
40:16That's pretty good.
40:18Yeah.
40:18That was smart because you got yourself down to the higher earning part of the board.
40:22Very clever.
40:22So you have one word remaining.
40:24You need to get 59 points.
40:26But don't forget, you've been earning $25 for every point that you make.
40:30All right.
40:31Let's take a look.
40:31Good luck, my friend.
40:32W-M-U.
40:34Ugh.
40:35U.
40:36Oh.
40:36Oh.
40:37Ugh.
40:38S.
40:38Yes!
40:40Why?
40:41Okay.
40:41Yeah.
40:42I see, uh, right away, Mousy.
40:46I'm just going to try to maximize the number of points I can get here.
40:50Let's play Mousy at the end of Cleft.
40:53With the S at the end of Cleft.
40:56It gives you Cleft and Mousy.
40:58You get a double letter on U. You get a double letter on Y.
41:02You got 26 points, which brings you up to 167 points.
41:08You didn't quite get there, but not to worry, because at $25 per point, you still won $4,175.
41:17I'll take it.
41:18So well done, you.
41:18I'll take it.
41:19And you're the rating champion.
41:21So you're going to be joining us next time for a chance to win more money.
41:25And I hope you will join us, too.
41:27See you next time on Scrabble.
41:28Who will be here?
41:29He's the new champion.
41:58He's the new champion.
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