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00:01Do you think you're word perfect?
00:03Because our players do.
00:04And tonight, they're engaging in a war of words
00:07for their chance to win $10,000.
00:10Quelle oire til, Monsieur Ferguson.
00:13It's time for Scrabble.
00:28Sometimes I just gotta dance.
00:31Welcome to Scrabble.
00:33I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:34Let's meet tonight's players,
00:36starting with our returning champion.
00:38I'm Chris.
00:38I'm a software engineer from Chicago, Illinois.
00:40I'm Terry, a retired attorney from Slingerlands, New York.
00:44I'm Aiden.
00:45I'm a marketer from Seattle, Washington.
00:48Well, welcome to the show, you guys.
00:51Welcome.
00:51Chris has been here before.
00:53Terry and Aiden, you're new.
00:54Are you OK?
00:55You feeling confident?
00:57Feeling pretty good, Craig.
00:58All right, good.
00:59How are you, Terry?
00:59You all right?
01:00I feel very confident.
01:01All right.
01:01Chris, are you feeling confident?
01:03I am still here.
01:03You should be.
01:04Twice?
01:05He's won through to the final run now.
01:06So, good luck.
01:07I can't wait to see you in action
01:09on our super-sized Scrabble board.
01:11Look at that thing right there.
01:12Isn't that amazing?
01:13Look at that.
01:14The three of you are going to battle it out
01:16in three rounds of word games.
01:18The player with the most points moves on to our final round
01:21for a chance to win $10,000.
01:24Now, the key to being a strong Scrabble player
01:26is the ability to look at random letters
01:28and turn them into words.
01:30I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters
01:33and clues.
01:34Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:37The first two players to get four correct will move on
01:40to the next round for a chance to win $10,000.
01:43You guys ready to play?
01:45Ready.
01:45Ready to play.
01:46All right.
01:46Let's play Scrabble.
01:50All right.
01:51Here comes the first word always through the center square
01:53at the start of a new game.
01:55There it is.
01:56The clue is headlamp.
01:58Here are your scrambled letters.
02:04Aidan.
02:09Sorry.
02:09Too late.
02:10I'm going to throw it open.
02:11Terry.
02:12Miner.
02:12Put that headlamp on your head and go and dig the clue.
02:16Miner.
02:17Well done.
02:18Have you ever been a miner at any point, Terry?
02:20Not really, no.
02:21Oh, okay.
02:21Were you a retired attorney?
02:23Yes.
02:23All right.
02:24What kind of attorney were you?
02:25Evil or good?
02:26Only the best.
02:27The most benevolent.
02:29All right.
02:29That's good to know.
02:30Second word.
02:31Through the I in minor, the clue is sit.
02:36Here are your scrambled letters.
02:41Terry.
02:41Chair.
02:42Chair.
02:43Sit in that chair and get the job done.
02:44Well done.
02:46Terry has two.
02:47Chris, yet to score.
02:48Aidan, yet to score.
02:49Next word.
02:51Through the C in chair, the clue is look.
02:54Here are your scrambled letters.
03:00Chris.
03:01A glance.
03:03With a glance and a look.
03:05Yep.
03:06Chris has one.
03:07Terry has two.
03:08Aidan, yet to score.
03:09Down through the E in minor.
03:12The clue is honey.
03:15Here are your scrambled letters.
03:19Aidan.
03:21Aidan.
03:21Beeswax.
03:22Mind your own beeswax.
03:23Welcome aboard, Aidan.
03:24Here you are.
03:25Happy to be here.
03:26All right.
03:27Aidan has one.
03:28Terry has two.
03:29Chris has one.
03:30Across from the A in beeswax.
03:32The clue is regret.
03:35Here are your scrambled letters.
03:41Terry.
03:42Apology.
03:43I am so sorry.
03:45There you are.
03:46Terry has three.
03:48Aidan has one.
03:48Chris has one.
03:49So, Terry, if you get this next one, you're moving on.
03:52Chris and Aidan, got to stay in the game.
03:53The next word, through the L in apology, the clue is shout.
04:00Here are your scrambled letters.
04:06Chris.
04:07Hello.
04:08Yes.
04:09Yes, it is.
04:10Chris has two.
04:11Terry has three.
04:12Aidan has one.
04:14Let's have a look at the next word on the board.
04:16Down through the G in apology.
04:17The clue is blur.
04:20Here are your scrambled letters.
04:25Aidan.
04:27Smudge.
04:28Smudgy.
04:29There you are.
04:30Smudge.
04:30Well done, Aidan.
04:32Aidan has two.
04:32Terry has three.
04:33Chris has two.
04:35Terry has three.
04:35Let's look at the last word for this board, then we'll change the board out.
04:38Through the S in smudge, the clue is courier.
04:43Here are your scrambled letters.
04:49Terry.
04:50Uh, postal.
04:52Yes!
04:54Congratulations, Terry.
04:55You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
04:57You've made it to the next round.
04:59Let's change the board out.
05:00Let's look at the first word on the new board.
05:02Through the middle, as it always is on a new board.
05:05The clue is soup.
05:07Here are your scrambled letters.
05:12Aidan.
05:13Broth.
05:14My mother used to make lovely scotch broth.
05:17There you are.
05:18Aidan has three.
05:19Chris has two.
05:20Chris, you are the returning champion, but you have to get a point here to stay in the game.
05:25Aidan, you get this.
05:26You're moving on.
05:27All right.
05:27Down from the R in broth.
05:30The clue is shop.
05:33Here are your scrambled letters.
05:38Aidan.
05:40Retail.
05:40Go and get some shopping done, Aidan.
05:44You're through the next round.
05:46Well done, Aidan.
05:48Congratulations.
05:48You're through the next round.
05:49Chris, thank you for joining us.
05:52You did very well.
05:53I hope you had fun.
05:54Because you're going home with $6,100 that you won in the last two games.
05:59Thanks.
06:00When we come back, Terry and Aidan will continue to compete for the $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
06:06When we come back.
06:21Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
06:23I'm here with Terry and Aidan, and it's time for these two players to continue their world battle to see
06:28who will be moving on for the chance to win $10,000.
06:34Congratulations, you guys.
06:35You beat our returning champion, Chris.
06:38You got rid of them, and now the game is open to you both.
06:40Are you feeling victorious?
06:42Cautiously optimistic.
06:43Cautiously optimistic.
06:44You talk like you were an attorney, Terry.
06:47What about you, Aidan?
06:49You cautiously optimistic, or maybe a little higher than that?
06:51I think cautiously optimistic is probably what I would say, too.
06:54All right, fair enough.
06:55Well, look.
06:55In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:00There they are up there.
07:01Look at that.
07:02Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
07:06You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
07:11Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy, so don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
07:17You guys ready?
07:18Ready.
07:18Ready.
07:19Let's play Scrabble.
07:23Terry, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
07:25Would you like to go first or second?
07:27First.
07:27First.
07:28OK.
07:29Well, to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest-valued tile on each
07:33rack.
07:34So take a look at this.
07:35All right.
07:35There you are.
07:36That's the highest-valued tile on whatever rack you see.
07:39Does that help you make your decision?
07:40It does.
07:41What are you going to go for?
07:42I'll choose rack two with a J.
07:44All right.
07:45Here are your letters.
07:45J.
07:46S.
07:47L.
07:48I.
07:49E.
07:50U.
07:51R.
07:54OK.
07:54What do you think?
07:55The first one I see is Jurel's with the J and the double letter.
08:00Mm-hmm.
08:01Going six spaces out.
08:03I don't think there's a bingo.
08:06I'm playing Jurel.
08:07J-U-R-E-L starting from the double letter and going to the center star.
08:13Jurel starting on the double letter on the J.
08:16Double word on the L because it is the first word on the board.
08:19Gives you a total of 40 points.
08:21Nice start, Terry.
08:24Jurel, of course, is a fish from the warm seas.
08:28Apparently.
08:29Did you know that?
08:30Not really, no.
08:31No.
08:31It's funny.
08:32You don't have to know what the word does in Scrabble as long as it's a real word.
08:36Yeah.
08:36Aidan, it's your turn.
08:37Ooh.
08:38So I do have that E in Jurel that I could maybe use an X for to get some good
08:43points.
08:44So I would love to do rack number five with the X.
08:47Rack five with the X.
08:49Let's see what you get.
08:51E.
08:52X.
08:53R.
08:54V.
08:55P.
08:56D.
08:57O.
08:58Hmm.
08:58Is that the kind of thing you were looking for?
09:00I don't know.
09:02Oh.
09:02A little bit.
09:03Maybe a little bit, yeah.
09:04Okay.
09:05Definitely have the X, which I was anticipating.
09:09Can maybe make something happen with, ooh, could put an E under the R in Jurel.
09:16I'm going to play EX under the R and E in Jurel to make X.
09:22X under a Jurel gives you a double letter on the X twice.
09:28Plus it gives you the words re and X.
09:31Gives you a total of 36 points.
09:33Excellent score, Aidan.
09:35Excellent.
09:36Aidan has 36.
09:37Terry has 40, kind of neck and neck.
09:40Terry, which rack would you like to play?
09:43I'm looking to bingo.
09:44Are you now?
09:45And I think the most bingo-prone child given the board's configuration is rack six with
09:53the H.
09:53Well, let's see your letters.
09:55E-H-A-M-O-N-T.
09:59Seen any bingos in there?
10:01Um, I'm seeing words like ham above the EX.
10:06Um, hame.
10:07Yeah, I want to take advantage of that hot spot over the X.
10:11I'm going to play ham.
10:12I'll play CH above the EX.
10:15Ham across the EL and Jurel.
10:18Gives you a double letter on the H, double letter on the M.
10:21Also gives you the word hex and L.
10:23Gives you a total of 34 points.
10:25Takes you up to 74 points.
10:27Nice job, Terry.
10:29Now look, I don't normally do this, but I did see a bingo.
10:32Oh.
10:33Methanol.
10:34Methanol.
10:35Methanol.
10:36If you know anything about me, you know I never miss my methanol.
10:39Yes.
10:40There you are.
10:41Aidan, it's your turn.
10:42Which rack would you like to play?
10:43I feel like P is a good letter to use, so I'll take rack number three, please.
10:48Rack number three with a P.
10:50Your letters are L-T-R-I-A-T-P.
10:55You happy with that, Aidan?
10:57Almost looks like the word partial.
11:00Partially looks like partial, but don't think quite so.
11:06I'll play trap under the E and X.
11:11Trap.
11:12To make rep and trap, gives you triple letter on the P.
11:16Twice takes it to 23 points for that word.
11:20Takes you up to 59 points.
11:21Nice job, Aidan.
11:24All right, Terry, this is your final rack.
11:25You've got 74 points.
11:27Aidan still has one turn to play.
11:29Which rack are you going to select?
11:30Rack four with a W.
11:32Rack four with a W.
11:34E-W-O-D-D-A-N.
11:39What do you think?
11:40You seen anything?
11:41Well, I can put the W under the A in trap.
11:45Mm.
11:46And repo is a word, so I can play W-O and then probably extend it to ham,
11:53because that takes, of course, the back E hook.
11:56Mm.
11:56I'm going to play the word woe, the W underneath the A of trap.
12:03Whoa, under the A in trap, gives you double word on awe and woe.
12:11Also creating the word repo.
12:13It's a score of 28 points for that.
12:16Takes you up to 102 points.
12:18Nice job, Terry.
12:19Excellent score.
12:20All right, Aidan.
12:21You need a big result.
12:22I'm not going to lie to you.
12:23You need 44 points to pass Terry and make it to the final round.
12:26It can be done.
12:27Let's look at your last rack of letters.
12:30A-W-A-F-E-T-I.
12:36Gosh, I really wish there was an S there.
12:38I could make strap on the way down.
12:41Everybody's looking for that S.
12:43Uh, repot might be a word.
12:46Um, let's see what else we got.
12:49I've seen the word fate on this rack.
12:52Uh, wait.
12:54Oh, wait.
12:55Definitely need a big scoring play here.
12:59Can't, don't see anything that I could add to the, to W-O-E.
13:05I'm going to play the word wet under the A-W in awe and repo.
13:11Wet under the awe gives you a double word on the W.
13:18So you get the words wet, awe and repot.
13:21You needed 44.
13:22That got you 25 points.
13:25Ah.
13:25So you didn't quite get there.
13:26That's the game with 102 points, Terry.
13:29You're moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
13:33Congratulations to you, Aidan.
13:34Thank you for playing.
13:35Very strong play, but somebody's going to win.
13:37Somebody's got to win.
13:38When we come back, we'll see if Terry can find the right words
13:41to bring home $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
13:44When we come back.
13:59Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
14:01I'm here with Terry, who's our last Scrabbler standing,
14:05who's about to play for $10,000.
14:08Well done, Terry.
14:09Congratulations.
14:09Thank you very much.
14:11You know, I thought it was a very difficult round there,
14:13because Aidan was a strong player.
14:15Mm-hm.
14:15Well, what was the best word you think you played?
14:17Not many.
14:18I'm annoyed that I missed methanol,
14:20something I would have seen during a tournament game.
14:22Don't let that get in your head.
14:23Don't let the methanol take control.
14:26All right.
14:27Let's see if your strong word play can continue, all right?
14:30Right.
14:30In this final round, points equals money.
14:34You will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:37You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
14:40And if your seven words total up to 200 points,
14:44you will win $10,000.
14:46If you don't make it to 200 points,
14:48you won't go home empty-handed.
14:49Mm-hm.
14:49You'll still be earning $25 for each point.
14:53Mm-hm.
14:53So every word counts.
14:54All right, you ready to play?
14:55I'm ready.
14:56Terry, your game starts now.
15:00Time to play your first word.
15:02Here are your letters, Terry.
15:03Good luck.
15:04T-R-I-C-E-A-M.
15:10So I want to take advantage of putting the highest scoring letter
15:14on the double letter.
15:17I'm going to play metric with the M on the double letter
15:20going through to the center square.
15:23Metric.
15:24M on the double letter, I on the double word.
15:27It is, of course, the first word on the board.
15:30So it gives you a healthy 26 points for your first word.
15:33Nice job.
15:35Nice job, Terry.
15:36And you got rid of the C.
15:37Everybody wants to get rid of the C, right?
15:39Yes.
15:39C's not a great pile.
15:41All right, here are your next track of letters.
15:43A-T-T-N-V-J-E.
15:50Hmm.
15:51What do you think about that?
15:52You got the dreaded V in there.
15:54Everybody hates that V.
15:55Well, I see jeté through the E in metric.
15:59The only four letter J word I can think of with anything close
16:02to those letters is Java, and I don't have the second A.
16:05I'm going to play jet, making the J hit the triple letter score
16:11above the T.
16:12There it is, jet with a triple letter on the J. It gives you another 26 points.
16:18Takes you to 52 points.
16:19You have five words remaining.
16:21Here are your next track of letters.
16:24A-T-T-N-V-I-A.
16:29I'm going to do a set up for the next round since I don't see a great play, and I'm
16:34going
16:34to play veto with the A under the M in metric.
16:38Gives you a double letter on the T. You also created the word ma.
16:42It's not a huge score.
16:43It's 12 points, but it's a very strategic play.
16:46Good job.
16:46Takes you up to 64.
16:48You got the V in the edge there now.
16:50That's the plan, right?
16:51Yeah.
16:51No, I think that was very clever.
16:52Let's look at your next set of letters.
16:54T-N-A-O-N-D-I.
17:01Feeling good?
17:02Not really.
17:02Oh, come on.
17:03I can see a smile there.
17:05I hate these one-point tiles.
17:07I'm so bad at anagramming one-pointers.
17:10I'm trying to use the V, and I see only divan, D-I-V-A-N.
17:14Mmm.
17:16Doesn't score that much.
17:19I'm going to play divan through the V in Vita.
17:23Divan through the V in Vita gives you a triple word on the I,
17:28which gives you a very nice 27 points for divan.
17:31Takes you up to 91.
17:3391 is good, Terry.
17:35You have 109 points still to go.
17:37To get to the 200, you need to win 10,000,
17:40but you have three more words to play.
17:42Okay.
17:42All right.
17:43Let's look at your next rack of letters.
17:45T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
17:51Well, right away I look for suffixes like full.
17:55Um, I see the word fount.
18:00Um, I want to see how it connects to anything on the board.
18:05I don't, I'm just drawing a blank.
18:08I'm going to play front through the R in metric.
18:11Front through the R in metric gives you a double letter on the F twice,
18:15creates the word F.
18:17You also have a double letter on the O.
18:19That gives you 22 points for front.
18:22Takes you up to 113 points.
18:24But I think that was the right choice because look, you've opened up that part of the board again.
18:28Yes.
18:28They weren't great letters.
18:29I agree.
18:30But you've opened up the board again.
18:31You're back in the high scoring area.
18:33Yes.
18:33Let's see what you got.
18:34U-I-L-W-I-D-S.
18:39Oh my goodness.
18:40You got the S though.
18:41I have the S. Right away I see wilds and fronts.
18:46See, I would ideally like to play something to the triple word score after the T in front
18:52or through the two double letter words through the T for a double double,
18:56but I just don't see it right now.
18:58So I think I'll play wilds and pluralizing front.
19:01Let's see that on the board.
19:04Wilds across there creating a wilds and fronts.
19:07You got a double word on the I of wilds.
19:09It's a nice healthy score.
19:1027 points for that.
19:12Takes you up to 140 points.
19:15140 points.
19:16Obviously, this is the final word.
19:19You need 60 points to get to the 200 and win 10,000.
19:2360 points.
19:23It's been done before.
19:24Okay.
19:25All right.
19:25Your last rack of letters.
19:27U.
19:28I.
19:29A.
19:30R.
19:31R.
19:32B.
19:33P.
19:38Um.
19:40Those U's can be tricky, can't they?
19:41Those U's are brutal.
19:43Mm-hmm.
19:43I don't see anything that can fit under the W.
19:48Um.
19:51I can't see anything better.
19:53I'm going to play warped from the W.
19:57Warped down from wilds.
19:58Gives you a double word on the A of warps.
20:00Gives you a total of 18 points for that word.
20:03Takes you up to 158.
20:04So you didn't get to the 200.
20:07But not to worry, because at $25 per point, you've still won $3,950.
20:13Congratulations, Terry.
20:15Let's see how much more you can win by getting into another game right now.
20:20Let's bring on your new opponents.
20:21Come on, you guys.
20:22Come on in.
20:27Hello, new players.
20:29Do me a favor.
20:29Go ahead and introduce yourself, would you please?
20:31I'm Sean.
20:32I'm a writer from Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
20:34I'm Kiwan.
20:35I'm an analyst from New Orleans, Louisiana.
20:37Welcome to Scrabble, you two.
20:39Welcome to you both.
20:40We just saw Terry go through the final round.
20:42She's quite the player.
20:43You feel intimidated in any way?
20:45Not at all.
20:46No, we're ready.
20:46Yeah.
20:47Are you feeling all right, Terry?
20:48I'm feeling good.
20:49All right.
20:49Now, you know I don't have favorites.
20:51It's like my children.
20:52I don't have favorites.
20:53I just have one that I try not to piss off.
20:56Yeah.
20:57We'll kick things off when we return on Scrabble.
21:14Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
21:16How are you doing, Terry?
21:17You feeling good?
21:17I'm feeling good.
21:18All right.
21:19How are you doing, Sean?
21:19Feeling good?
21:20Feeling great, Craig.
21:21All right, then.
21:21Kiwan, how are you doing?
21:22I feel awesome.
21:23Oh, awesome.
21:24Oh, that's nice.
21:25Do you know each other, you three?
21:26No, but we've been with each other all day.
21:28Yeah.
21:29Oh, really?
21:29Been hanging out.
21:30Do you try and psych each other out backstage, like?
21:32Just a little bit.
21:33Little bit?
21:33Just a little bit.
21:34You know, I would say things like, oh,
21:35that looks like a very spantacaceous bedroom.
21:39Terry, you won 3,950 in the last game.
21:42Sean and Kiwan, you are both new to us,
21:45but I'm sure not new to Scrabble.
21:46And I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in action
21:48on the supersized Scrabble board.
21:50Look at the size of that thing.
21:53Three of you are going to battle it out
21:54in three rounds of word games.
21:56The player with the most points moves on to our final round
21:59for a chance to win $10,000.
22:02First two players to get four correct,
22:04we'll move on to the next round.
22:05Are you ready to play?
22:07Let's play, yes.
22:07All right.
22:08Let's do it.
22:08Let's play Scrabble.
22:13Do you know what's interesting?
22:14Wherever in my life, if I actually say the word Scrabble,
22:17I start dancing.
22:23All right, here we go.
22:24Here comes the first word.
22:25Always through the center square, of course.
22:27The clue is trainer.
22:30Here are your scrambled letters.
22:35Terry.
22:36Coach.
22:36Put me in, coach.
22:37There you go.
22:39All right, Terry.
22:40Good enough.
22:40The next word is down to the O in coach.
22:44The clue is tile.
22:47And here are your scrambled letters.
22:53Sean.
22:54Domino.
22:55Domino is a tile game.
22:57Well done, Sean.
22:58Did you play dominoes?
22:59A little bit.
23:00Yeah.
23:01Sean's an Irish name.
23:02You probably played dominoes while you're drinking your Guinness
23:04and playing with your leprechaun friend.
23:06Exactly right.
23:07Right.
23:08Down to the T.
23:08See, it's almost like I know you.
23:11All right, here comes the next word.
23:13From the M in domino.
23:15The clue is edge.
23:17Here are your scrambled letters.
23:22Terry.
23:23Margin.
23:24On the edge.
23:25Living on the margins.
23:26Terry has two.
23:27Sean has one.
23:28Kyan, yet to score.
23:32First person to four goes through to the next round.
23:33The next word.
23:33Cross to the eye.
23:34The next word.
23:34Cross to the eye.
23:35The next word.
23:36The next word.
23:38Down from the H in coach.
23:41The clue is water.
23:43Here are your scrambled letters.
23:49Terry.
23:50Hydrant.
23:51Yes.
23:51There you go.
23:52Terry has three.
23:53Sean has one.
23:54Kyan, yet to score.
23:56First person to four goes through to the next round.
23:57And the next word.
23:59Cross to the R in hydrant.
24:02The clue is claws.
24:04Here are your scrambled letters.
24:09Terry.
24:11Um.
24:13Wolkers.
24:14Oh.
24:15I'm afraid not.
24:15I'm going to throw open to Sean or Kyan.
24:18Kyan.
24:18Lobster.
24:19They're delicious.
24:20They're our undersea animal friends.
24:22And they are, of course, lobsters.
24:24Yes.
24:25Well done, Kyan.
24:26Sean has one.
24:27Kyan has one.
24:28Terry has three.
24:29Down to the L in lobster.
24:31The clue is colors.
24:33Here are your scrambled letters.
24:38Sean.
24:39Uh, pastel.
24:40Pastel colors are the colors of Los Angeles.
24:44There you are.
24:45Do you wear a lot of pastel colors, Sean?
24:47I can't say I do, Craig.
24:48You know, I do.
24:49And I will say this.
24:51Underneath, I'm all pastel.
24:54Terry has three.
24:55Sean has two.
24:56Kyan has one.
24:57Let's look at the next word on the board.
24:59A cross from the T in hydrant.
25:02The clue is burners.
25:04Here are your scrambled letters.
25:09Terry.
25:10Terry.
25:10So.
25:10That's the word.
25:12Terry, congratulations.
25:13You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
25:15You have made it to the next round.
25:16You can sit the rest of this out.
25:18Sean, you have two.
25:19Kyan, you have one.
25:20You know what?
25:21I think we should clear this board and start again.
25:24Let's give you a nice start in a new board.
25:27Let's have our first word across the center square as per usual.
25:31The clue is pitchfork.
25:33Here are your scrambled letters.
25:38Sean.
25:39Farmer.
25:40One of the only farmers has a pitchfork.
25:42Yes.
25:43Sean, you're up to three.
25:45Kyan, you have one.
25:46So here's the thing, Kyan.
25:47You have to get this next one to stay in the game.
25:49Sean, if you get it, you're moving on.
25:51Here comes the next word.
25:52Through the F in farmer, the clue is rise.
25:57Here are your scrambled letters.
26:02Sean for the game.
26:03Uplift.
26:04That's correct.
26:05Got the four, you need it.
26:07Congratulations, Sean.
26:08You're going to be moving on to join Terry in the next round.
26:12Kiwan, thank you so much for joining us.
26:14Thank you so much.
26:14It's been a pleasure.
26:15I hope you had fun.
26:16I feel like we got to know you a little bit.
26:18That little bit's just lovely.
26:19That's all y'all need.
26:20When we come back, Terry and Sean will compete with each other
26:23on their way to the big money, right here on Scrabble.
26:41Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
26:43I'm here with Terry and Sean.
26:46And it is time for these two players to continue their world battle.
26:49To see who will be moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
26:53Woo!
26:56Congratulations, Sean.
26:57You won through the first round and you got through.
26:59Terry, congratulations to you, of course.
27:00You got through.
27:01It's touch and go the first round, isn't it?
27:03It's dangerous.
27:04Totally, yeah.
27:04Now we dig in.
27:05Now we dig in and we get Scrabbling.
27:07Or as we say in the Scrabble community, Scrab-a-layton.
27:12In this next round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
27:16There they are up there.
27:17Look at that.
27:18Aren't they lovely?
27:20The goal is to place the best words on the board.
27:23You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
27:28Now remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
27:32You guys ready?
27:33Let's do it.
27:34Ready?
27:34All right.
27:35Let's play Scrabble.
27:38Terry, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
27:42Would you like to go first or second?
27:43First, please.
27:44To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest valued tile on each rack.
27:49Let's take a look at that.
27:50Oh, the dreaded V.
27:51Yeah.
27:52All right.
27:52Did that help you choose, Terry?
27:54Yes, I'll choose rack six with a Z.
27:57Let's see your letters.
27:58R-A-G-F-E-Z-U.
28:03Oh, you like that?
28:04I do.
28:04OK, good.
28:06I see right away furs, F-U-R-Z-E, with the F on the double letter.
28:12Gauze, of course, but that scores fewer than furs.
28:15I'm going to play furs with the F on the double letter to the centre star.
28:21There it is.
28:22Furs, F-U-R-Z-E.
28:24Double letter on the F, double word on the E.
28:27It's the first word on the board.
28:28Gives you 42 points for furs.
28:30Very good.
28:31Excellent start.
28:34Furs, of course, do you know what furs means?
28:35No, we don't.
28:36You just know it is a word.
28:37I just know it's a word.
28:38Sean, any idea what furs is?
28:39No idea.
28:40I thought it was just like coats.
28:42Let me have a think about it for a second.
28:44I think furs means Google it, man.
28:47I think it might have to do with vegetation.
28:49Oh, it's a bush.
28:51Yeah.
28:52Probably do a dirty joke there if you were that type of person, but I won't.
28:57Sean, your first rack, what would you like to play?
29:00I will take rack five with the Q, Greg.
29:04A-D-R-E-I-Q-T.
29:09I suppose you were hoping for the U there, were you?
29:11Oh, well, there's a U on the board already, so I'm going to try.
29:13Oh, it's like you know how to play.
29:16I'm looking at, I see quad, I see quarter, so I'm not quite seeing a bingo.
29:24So I did quart with the Q over the U and then going down to the T at the double
29:29word.
29:30Quart, yeah.
29:32Gives you the double word on the T, gives you a nice, big, healthy 28 points for the start.
29:37Very good, Sean, 28 points.
29:39You managed to try to get a bingo there.
29:41A bingo, of course, is when we use all the letters in the rack.
29:44That's what we call a bingo here in America.
29:45But in the UK, did you know that bingo is a game played exclusively by old people?
29:51Terry, it's your turn.
29:52Which rack would you like to play?
29:55I would like to play rack three with the H.
29:58Let's look at your letters.
30:00A-C-T-W-N-H-C.
30:06That make you happy?
30:07Not really.
30:08Okay.
30:09Um.
30:10Two C's in there.
30:11Yeah.
30:12Mmm.
30:13You probably know that, though.
30:15I don't see anything better at the moment, so I'm going to play watch from the E in furs across
30:21to the right.
30:23Watch.
30:24Double letter on the A. You also create the word we.
30:27Gives you 19 points for that.
30:28Good score, Terry.
30:29Takes you up to 61.
30:30Nice job.
30:31All right, Sean.
30:33Let's get Scrabble-eating.
30:37I will take rack one with the B in it.
30:40E-A-B-S-T-O-I.
30:46Okay, so my first thought is to hit the double letter under the H with a vowel and then hit
30:50the triple word score.
30:51So the first thing I see is Eats.
30:53I would love to play beast, but that would put the C in the B and that's not going to
30:57fly.
30:58I'm going to play Eats with the E under the H to the double letter and then going across with
31:02the S on the triple word.
31:04Eats.
31:05Also gives you he.
31:06Double letter on the E.
31:08Triple word, of course, on the S.
31:09And nice score, 21 points.
31:11Good job.
31:13All right, Terry.
31:14This is your final rack.
31:15You've got 61 points.
31:17Sean still has one turn to play, so which rack are you going to select?
31:20I'd like to take rack two with a K.
31:22Rack two with a K.
31:23K-A-W-G-T-Y-E.
31:28I don't see anything scoring higher than the Yawka.
31:32I see a play of Week and Quarta with a back E on Quart.
31:39Yeah.
31:41I'm going to play Tweaky through the E in Quarta.
31:46Tweaky and Quarta.
31:48Wow.
31:49Very nice.
31:50Also creating the word Quarta.
31:53Double word on the W.
31:55Double letter on the Y.
31:57Very good score.
31:5855 points.
32:00Amazing word.
32:00Tweaky.
32:01All right, Sean.
32:02This is a bit tricky.
32:03You need 68 points to pass Terry and make it to the final round.
32:06Tweaky is an amazing word.
32:08So let's look at your last rack of letters.
32:10T-I-N-O-S-V-E.
32:15All right, I see T-I-O-N.
32:18I see that prefix there for Sean with an S.
32:21If I could get a V-E, not vexations.
32:25I'd really like to use the, try and get for the triple word and use the bingo along that S.
32:30I don't see how it can happen right now.
32:32Maybe I will later.
32:33I'm going to play votes going down the right with a V on the double letter down to Eats.
32:38Votes.
32:38Nice job.
32:39V on the double letter score.
32:41You needed 60.
32:42You got 12 for votes, so it wasn't quite what you needed.
32:46It's not going to do it.
32:47You know what?
32:47Tweaky won the game.
32:48Terry, you are moving on for the chance to play for $10,000.
32:53Congratulations, Sean.
32:54Thank you for playing.
32:55I had fun.
32:56It was a good game and I learned some words.
32:58All right, me too.
32:59There we go, yeah.
32:59When we come back, we'll see if Terry can find the right words to bring home $10,000 right
33:06here on Scrabble.
33:23Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
33:24I'm here with Terry, who's looking to add $10,000 to the $3,950 she's already won.
33:31Well done, Terry.
33:33What do you think was the word that did it for you today, got you to this sport?
33:37Tweaky.
33:37Tweaky, definitely.
33:38See, when I saw you put that word, tweaky, in, you know what I thought to myself, Terry?
33:42I thought, that's Scrabble eating.
33:45Let's see if your strong word play can continue.
33:47In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
33:52You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
33:54And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you know, of course, you will win the $10,000.
34:00What are the plans for that money?
34:01I'll probably take a trip somewhere.
34:03I'll combine my two loves, which are tournament Scrabble and a trip, so...
34:08Could you play Scrabble in a different language?
34:10Oh, I've played in French.
34:11You have?
34:12I have, yes.
34:13What do they call Scrabble in French?
34:14Le Scrabble?
34:15I think so, yeah.
34:16Yeah, Le Scrabble or Scrabble.
34:18Scrabble.
34:19Scrabble.
34:21All right.
34:22Well, if you don't make it to 200 points, you won't go home empty-handed.
34:24You'll be earning $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
34:28Ready to play, Terry?
34:29I am.
34:30Terry, your game starts now.
34:34Time to play your first word.
34:36Here are your letters, Terry.
34:37Good luck.
34:38B-O-S-T-R-A-I.
34:44Hmm.
34:45What do you think, Terry?
34:46Well, I see Boast making the...
34:49I want to land the B on the double letter.
34:51Yeah.
34:52I see Bader's O-R-S doesn't sound right.
34:55I'm going to have to make a play, so I will...
34:58I'm going to play Bort with a B on the double letter, B-O-A-R-T, to the center
35:02square.
35:05Bort.
35:05Double letter on the B.
35:06It's a double word, of course, on that T because it's first word on the board.
35:10Gives you 20 points.
35:11Respectable start.
35:12Well done.
35:12Let's look at your next set of letters.
35:14S-I-A-A-R-L-S.
35:20Ah, you got some S's to play with.
35:22The duplicate letters aren't great, but I think I'll play, um...
35:28Just to give myself a chance for a better rack, I'm going to unduplicate my S's.
35:34I'm going to play Brails from the B down to the double word score.
35:39There you are.
35:40Brails gives you a double word on the L.
35:43Gives you 16 points.
35:45Takes you up to 36.
35:46Very good.
35:47I see what you're doing, though.
35:49Here is your next rack of letters.
35:52A-S-G-O-T-I-F.
35:57I'm trying to maximise the placement of the F since it's the highest scoring title,
36:01but I don't think there's a bingo in this rack.
36:03And I would love to get rid of the G, O, and the F, because the remainder are very good
36:11tiles to have.
36:12So I might even try to just get rid of Fogs.
36:15I'm going to add an S to Borts, playing Fogs, going down.
36:20Fogs down to make Borts.
36:22Very good.
36:23Gives you a double letter on the G.
36:25Gives you a total of 18 points.
36:26Takes you up to 54 points.
36:29Nice job.
36:30I see what you're doing.
36:30You're building out.
36:31Yeah, and I'm trying to create hot spots for myself, like after the O.
36:35Yeah.
36:35Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Terry.
36:37OK.
36:37But you do have to look ahead.
36:39You've got to look ahead.
36:40That's strategy.
36:41You're right.
36:41Where the board is going.
36:42All right.
36:43There are four words remaining.
36:44You have A-T-I-S-Q-E-V.
36:51How are you feeling?
36:52Well, the only...
36:53Well, of course, Q-I is good.
36:56Q-E and Q-A-T.
37:00I have to get rid of the Q, but I need a place that scores.
37:06I'm going to play Cots to the S in Brails.
37:09Q-A-T-S.
37:12Cots to the S in Brails.
37:13Very nice.
37:14You've got a double word on the T.
37:16You've got the Q in there.
37:16Gives you 26 points for that.
37:18Takes you up to 80 points, Terry.
37:20Nice job.
37:23You have three words remaining.
37:26So you've got to get that 120 in three words.
37:29Let's see what you get.
37:31I-S-E-V-O-T-X.
37:37Ah, it's a high scoring tile, though.
37:39You didn't want it, did you?
37:41I could see you.
37:41When I said the X, you went, ah.
37:44Um, I'll just make sure there's not a bingo,
37:46but at the very least, I have vexed.
37:50Um, yeah, I think I'll do that.
37:52I'm going to play vex with the X on the O of fogs.
37:58You played the word vex,
38:00also creating the words fee and ox.
38:04Vex gives you a triple letter on the X twice.
38:07You got 59 points for that, Terry.
38:1159.
38:12Takes you up to 139 points.
38:15That's very good.
38:16You need to get 61 points with your last two words.
38:20Do you want to see your next set of letters?
38:21I do.
38:22OK.
38:23Here they are.
38:24I-S-O-T-E-D-J.
38:30Well, I see the bingo joisted, but does it play anywhere?
38:35And I'm looking to see if there's a place to,
38:38there's a hot spot with a triple letter, double word,
38:42above the A in cots.
38:44But I don't, J-I...
38:47Oh.
38:49I can play hotas there.
38:51I'm going to play hotas from the triple letter above the A in cots
38:57through the A making J-O-T-A-S.
39:01Hotas.
39:02Wow.
39:02With a triple letter on the J and a double word on the S,
39:06it's another high-scoring word.
39:08You got 56 points for that, Terry.
39:11Keeps you up to 195 points.
39:17Hotas is a folk dance in Spain.
39:20Did you know that?
39:21I didn't.
39:22But you just knew it was a word.
39:23I knew it was a word.
39:24Yeah.
39:24All right.
39:25Five points.
39:26One word remaining.
39:27Let's see if we can get you to that.
39:29200 points and $10,000.
39:31Here is your last set of letters.
39:33I-E-D-R-L-P-A.
39:39Hmm.
39:40You see five points in there?
39:41I see Pedril as a bingo, but I don't see where it plays.
39:46Um...
39:47You know what they say, no play, no bingo, Terry.
39:49That's what they say in the old scrabbling game.
39:51That's a shame.
39:52Um...
39:53I'm going to play Vapid from the V.
39:56Very nice.
39:57You get a double word on the P of Vapid.
39:59You needed five points to get to 200.
40:01You got 22.
40:03It got you to 217.
40:05Terry, you did it.
40:06You just won $10,000.
40:09Come on, here.
40:11And...
40:11In the last game, you won $3,950.
40:14So, at the moment, your total is, for two games, $13,950.
40:20And...
40:21You're going to be joining us next time, because you're the reigning Scrabble Champion.
40:24You've got a time to win more money.
40:26We'll see you next time on Scrabble.
40:27Terry over here.
40:28Come back, why don't you?
40:29Well done.
40:30Go on!
40:32Go on!
40:32Good try!
40:36You're the RISBan!
40:37Go on!
40:38Go, go, go!
40:40Go, go!
40:40Go, go.
40:40Go, go on, go!
40:40Oh!
40:41Goオリ
40:41Go, go!
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