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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 ouretil, 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?
01:00You 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
01:39will move on to 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.
02:04Aiden.
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 cool.
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.
02:48Aiden, yet to score.
02:49Next word.
02:50Through 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.
03:08Aiden, yet to score.
03:09Down through the E in minor.
03:12The clue is honey.
03:15Here are your scrambled letters.
03:20Aiden.
03:21Beeswax.
03:22Mind your own beeswax.
03:23Welcome aboard, Aiden.
03:24There you are.
03:25Happy to be here.
03:27All right.
03:27Aiden 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.
03:48Aiden has one.
03:48Chris has one.
03:49So, Terry, if you get this next one, you're moving on.
03:52Chris and Aiden, 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.
04:07Bellow.
04:08Yes.
04:09Yes, it is.
04:10Chris has two.
04:11Terry has three.
04:12Aiden 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.
04:25Aiden.
04:27Smudge.
04:28Smudgy.
04:29There you are.
04:30Smudge.
04:30Well done, Aiden.
04:32Aiden has two.
04:32Terry has three.
04:34Chris has two.
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, puzzle.
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.
05:12Aiden.
05:13Brath.
05:14My mother used to make lovely scotch broth.
05:17There you are.
05:18Aiden 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.
05:25Aiden, 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.
05:38Aiden.
05:40Retail.
05:41Go and get some shopping done, Aiden.
05:44You're through the next round.
05:46Well done, Aiden.
05:48Congratulations.
05:48You're through the next round.
05:50Chris, 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 we won in the last two yanks.
06:00When we come back, Terry and Aiden 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 Aiden.
06:25And it's time for these two players to continue their award battle.
06:28To see who 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.
06:38And 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, Aiden?
06:49You cautiously optimistic or maybe a little higher than that?
06:51I think cautiously optimistic is probably what I would say to you.
06:54Fair 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.
07:14So 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.
07:26Would you like to go first or second?
07:27First.
07:28First.
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.
07:36There 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.
07:46J.
07:47S.
07:48L.
07:48I.
07:49E.
07:50U.
07:51R.
07:53OK.
07:54What do you think?
07:56The 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.
08:13J-U-R-E-L starting from the double letter on the J, double word on the L because it
08:18is the first word on the board.
08:19Gives you a total of 40 points.
08:21Nice start, Terry.
08:24A Jurel, of course, is a fish from the warm seas.
08:29Apparently.
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, 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.
08:48Rack five with the X. Let's see what you get.
08:51E-X-R-V-P-D-O.
08:58Hmm.
08:59Is that the kind of thing you were looking for?
09:01I don't know.
09:02Oh, a little bit.
09:03Maybe a little bit, yeah.
09:05Okay.
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 E-X under the R and E in Jurel to make X.
09:23X under a Jurel gives you double letter on the X twice.
09:28Plus it gives you the words re and X. Gives you a total of 36 points.
09:33Excellent score, Aidan.
09:35Excellent.
09:36Aidan has 36.
09:38Terry has 40.
09:39Kind of knack and knack.
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.
09:59Seeing any bingos in there?
10:02Um, I'm seeing words like ham above the E-X.
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 place the H above the E-X.
10:16Ham across the E-L in Jurel.
10:18Gives you a double letter on the H, double letter on the M.
10:21Also gives you the word hex and L. Gives 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 meth and all.
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.
11:26You'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 seeing anything?
11:41Well, I can put the W under the A in trap.
11:45Mm-hmm.
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-hmm.
11:57I'm going to play W-O.
11:58I'm going to play the word woe.
11:59The W underneath the A of trap.
12:03Woe under the A in trap.
12:07Gives you a double word on awe and woe.
12:10Also creating the word repo.
12:13It's a score of 28 points.
12:15For that takes you up to 102 points.
12:18Nice job, Terry.
12:20Excellent score.
12:21All 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.
12:29A-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.
12:44Repot might be a word.
12:46Let's see what else we got.
12:49I'm seeing the word fate on this rack.
12:53Wait, await.
12:55Definitely need a big scoring play here.
12:58Don't see anything that I could add 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.
13:17So you get the words wet, awe and repot.
13:21You needed 44.
13:22That got you 25 points.
13:25So you didn't quite get there.
13:26That's the game with 102 points.
13:28Terry, you're moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
13:32Congratulations to you.
13:33Aidan, thank you for playing.
13:35Very strong play.
13:36But somebody's got 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.
14:04Who'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, something I would have seen
14:21during a tournament game.
14:22Don't let that get in your head.
14:23I know.
14:24Don't let the methanol take control.
14:26All right.
14:27Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue, all right?
14:29Right.
14:30In this final round, points equals money.
14:33You 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.
14:50You'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
15:13letter on 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.
15:38Everybody wants to get rid of the C, right?
15:39Yes.
15:40C's not a great pile.
15:41All right.
15:41Here are your next track of letters.
15:42A-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 above the T.
16:12There it is.
16:13Jet with a triple letter on the J.
16:15It 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,
16:33and I'm going to play Vita with the A under the M in metric.
16:38Gives you a double letter on the T.
16:40You 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?
16:50Yeah.
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.
17:10Trying to use the V, and I see only divan, D-I-V-A-N.
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, which gives you a very nice
17:2927 points for divan.
17:31Takes you up to 91.
17:3491 is good, Terry.
17:35Terry, you have 109 points still to go to get to the 200.
17:39You need to win 10,000.
17:40OK.
17:41But you have three more words to play.
17:42OK.
17:43All right.
17:43Let's look at your next rack of letters.
17:45T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
17:50T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
17:50T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
17:51T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
17:55T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
18:03T-O-N-U-F-I-L.
18:05No.
18:06I'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
18:28Well, they weren't great letters. I agree, but you've opened up the board again. You're back in the high scoring
18:32area. Yes
18:33Let's see what you got you I
18:35L W I
18:38D s oh my goodness. You got the s though. I have the s right away
18:43I see wilds and fronts see I would ideally like to play something to the triple word score
18:51after the T in front or
18:53Through the two double letter words through the T for a double double, but I just don't see it right
18:57now
18:58So I think I'll play
19:00Wilds and pluralizing front. Let's see that on the board
19:04Wilds across there creating a wilds in front. You got a double word on the eye of wilds. It's a
19:09nice healthy score
19:1027 points for that takes you up to 140 points
19:15140 points obviously
19:17This is the final word you need 60 points to get to the 200 and win
19:2210,000 60 points has been done before okay, all right your last rack of letters you I
19:29I a
19:30R
19:31R
19:32R
19:32B P
19:38um
19:39Those use can be tricky can't those use are brutal mm-hmm
19:43I don't see anything that can fit under the W
19:48Um
19:51I can't say anything better. I'm gonna play warped from the W
19:57Warped down from wilds gives you a double word on the a of warps gives you a total of 18
20:01points for that word takes you up to
20:03158 so you didn't get to the 200 but not to worry because at
20:08$25 per point you still won
20:10$3,950
20:13Congratulations Terry
20:15Let's see how much more you can win by getting into another game right now. Let's bring on your new
20:21opponents. Come on you guys
20:22Come on
20:27Hello new players do me a favor go ahead and introduce yourself. Would you please? I'm Sean
20:32I'm a writer from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. I'm Kiwan. I'm an analyst from New Orleans, Louisiana
20:37Welcome to Scrabble you two welcome to you both. We just saw Terry go through the final round
20:42She's quite the player. Are you feel intimidated in any way?
20:45Not at all. No, we're ready. Yeah. Are you feeling all right Terry? I'm feeling good. All right. Now, you
20:49know
20:50I don't have favorites. It's like my children. I don't have favorites. I just have one that I try not
20:55to piss off
20:57We'll kick things off when we return on Scrabble
21:14Welcome back to Scrabble everybody. How are you doing Terry you feeling good? I'm feeling good. All right
21:19How are you doing Sean feeling good feeling great Craig? All right, then Kiwan. How are you doing? I feel
21:22awesome. Oh, awesome
21:24Oh, that's nice. Do you know each other you three? No, no, just met today all day. Yeah
21:28Oh, really hanging out do you try and psych each other out backstage like just a little bit little bit
21:33You know, I would say things like oh that looks like a very
21:37Spantacacious
21:39Terry you won three thousand nine hundred and fifty in the last game Sean and Kiwan you are both new
21:44to us
21:44But I'm sure not new to Scrabble and I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in action on the
21:49super-sized Scrabble board
21:50Look at the size of that thing
21:53Three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games the player with the most
21:57points moves on to our final round for a chance to win
22:01$10,000 first two players to get four correct. We'll move on to the next round. Are you ready to
22:06play?
22:07Let's play. All right, let's do it. Let's play Scrabble
22:09Do you know what's interesting wherever in my life if I actually say the word Scrabble I start dancing
22:23All right, here we go here comes the first word always through the center square of course the clue is
22:28trainer
22:29Here are your scrambled letters
22:35Terry coach put me in coach. There you go
22:39All right, Terry good enough the next word is down to the o and coach the clue is tile and
22:47Here are your scrambled letters
22:53John domino
22:55Domino is a tile game well done, Sean. Thank you dominoes
22:59A little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah Sean's an Irish name
23:02You probably play dominoes while you're drinking your Guinness and playing with your leprechaun friend
23:06Exactly, right right down to the T. See it's almost like I know you
23:11All right, here comes the next word from the M and domino the clue is edge
23:17Here are your scrambled letters
23:22Terri
23:23Terri
23:23Margin on the edge living on the margins
23:26Terri has to Sean has one key on yet to score, but it's early days. Don't worry. I'm good. Yeah,
23:32it's all right
23:33I'm ready. I'm not trying to tell you what to do. I'm just saying
23:36All right, here comes the next word down from the H and coach
23:41The clue is water here are your scrambled letters
23:49Terri
23:49Hydrant. Yeah, there you go
23:52Terri has three Sean has one key on yet score first person to four goes through the next round the
23:58next word cross to the R in
24:01Hydrant the clue is claws here are your scrambled letters
24:09Oh
24:10Terri
24:11Um
24:13Polters, oh, I'm afraid not. I'm gonna throw open to Sean or key one
24:17Come on lobster. They're delicious. There are undersea animal friends and they are of course lobsters. Yeah
24:25Well, thank you. I shown us one key on has one Terry has three down to the Ellen lobster. The
24:31clue is colors
24:33Here are your scrambled letters
24:38Sean
24:38Uh pastel pastel colors are the colors of los angeles
24:45Do you wear up a lot of pastel colors Sean? I can't say I do Craig. You know I do
24:49and I will say this underneath. I'm all pastel
24:54Terri has three Sean has two key on has one. Let's look at the next word on the board across
24:59from the T and hydrant
25:30The clue is burners
25:31The clue is pitchfork
25:33Here are your scrambled letters
25:38Sean
25:42Sean
26:08Farmer
26:09We're gonna be moving on to join Terri in the next round. Kiwan, thank you so much for joining us.
26:14Thank you so much
26:14It's been a pleasure. I hope you had fun. I feel like we got to know you a little bit.
26:18That little bit's just lovely
26:19That's all y'all need
26:50When we come back
26:50We will be moving on for a chance to win
26:51$10,000
26:53$10,000
27:04Yeah
27:04Now we dig in
27:05Now we dig in and we get scrabbling
27:07Or as we say in the Scrabble community
27:10Scrabbleating
27:12In this next round you will be presented with six racks of letters
27:16There they are up there. Look at that
27:18Aren't they lovely?
27:19The 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
27:27Now remember this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy
27:32You guys ready?
27:33Let's do it
27:34All right
27:35Let's play Scrabble
27:38Terri, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one. Would you like to go first or second?
27:43First please
27:43To help you decide which rack to play I'm gonna flip over the highest valued tile on each rack
27:49Let's take a look at that
27:49Oh the dreaded V
27:51Yeah
27:51All right
27:52Did I help you choose Terri?
27:54Yes, I'll choose rack six with a Z
27:56Let's see your letters
27:58R-A-G-F-E-Z-U
28:03Oh, you like that?
28:04I do
28:04Okay, good
28:06I see right away first 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 gonna play first
28:16It's with the F on the double letter to the center star
28:21There it is
28:21Furs
28:22F-U-R-Z-E
28:24Double letter on the F
28:26Double word on the E
28:27It's the first word on the board
28:28Gives you 42 points for furs
28:30Very good
28:32Excellent 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, I thought it was just like coats
28:42Let me have a think about it for a second
28:43I think furs means Google it man
28:46I think it might have to do with vegetation
28:49Oh, it's a bush
28:50Yeah
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, Craig
29:03A-D-R-E-I-Q-T
29:08I suppose you were hoping for the U there, were you?
29:11Well, there's a U on the board already
29:13Oh, it's like you know how to play
29:16I'm looking at, I see quad, I see quarter
29:19So I'm not quite seeing a bingo
29:24So I did quart with the Q over the U
29:27And then going down to the T at the double word
29:30Quart, yeah
29:32Gives you the double word on the T
29:34Gives 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, which rack would you like to play?
29:54I would like to play rack 3 with the H
29:58Let's look at your letters
29:59A-C-T-W-N-H-C
30:05That make you happy?
30:07Not really
30:08Okay
30:08Um
30:10Two C's in there
30:11Yeah
30:12Mmm, you probably know that though
30:15I don't see anything better at the moment
30:17So I'm gonna play watch from the E in furs across to the right
30:22Watch
30:23Double letter on the A
30:25You also create the word we
30:26Gives you 19 points for that
30:28Good score Terry
30:29Takes you up to 61
30:30Nice job
30:32Alright Sean, let's get Scrabble-eating
30:37I will take rack 1 with the B in it
30:40E
30:41A
30:41B
30:42S
30:43T
30:44O
30:45I
30:46Okay, so my first thought is to hit the double letter under the H with a vowel
30:50And then hit the 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 and the B and that's not going to
30:57fly
30:58I'm gonna play eats with the E under the H to the double letter and then going across with the
31:02S on the triple word
31:04E
31:05Also gives you he
31:06Double letter on the E
31:07Triple word of course on the S and nice score 21 points
31:11Good job
31:13Alright Terry
31:14This is your final rack
31:15You've got 61 points
31:17Sean still has one turn to play
31:19So which rack are you gonna select?
31:20I'd like to take rack 2 with a K
31:22Rack 2 with a K
31:24K
31:24A
31:25W
31:25W
31:25G
31:26T
31:26Y
31:27E
31:28I don't see anything scoring higher than the Yawka
31:32I see a play of week and quarter
31:36With a back E on quart
31:39Yeah
31:41I'm gonna play tweaky through the E in quarter
31:46Tweaky and quarter
31:48Wow
31:49Very nice
31:50Also creating the word quarter
31:53Double word on the W
31:55Double letter on the Y
31:57Very good score
31:5855 points
31:59Amazing word
32:00Tweaky
32:01Alright Sean
32:02This is a bit tricky
32:03You need 68 points to pass Terry and make it to the final round
32:06We need a big one here
32:07Tweaky is an amazing word
32:07So let's look at your last rack of letters
32:10T
32:10T
32:10I
32:11N
32:12O
32:12S
32:13V
32:14E
32:21V
32:22V
32:23V
32:23V
32:25V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26V
32:26I'm gonna 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
32:31Maybe I will later
32:33I'm gonna play votes going down the right with the V on the double letter down to eats
32:38V
32:38Vote
32:38V
32:39V
32:39V
32:39V
32:40V
32:40V
32:40V
32:40V
32:40the score. You needed 60. You got 12 for votes, so it wasn't quite what you needed, but you
32:47know what? Tweaky won the game. Terry, you are moving on for the chance to play for $10,000.
32:53Congratulations, Sean. Thank you for playing. I had fun. It was a good game, and I learned
32:57some words. All right, me too. Yeah. When we come back, we'll see if Terry can find the
33:02right words to bring home $10,000 right here on Scrapper. We'll be right back.
33:23Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody. I'm here with Terry, who's looking to add $10,000 to
33:28the $3,950 she's already won. Well done, Terry. What do you think was the word that did it
33:35for you today, got you to this sport? Tweaky. Tweaky, definitely. See, when I saw you put
33:39that word tweaky in, you know what I thought to myself, Terry? I thought, that's Scrabble
33:43eating. Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue. In this final round, you will
33:49have seven chances to play seven words. You will earn the Scrabble point value for each
33:54word, and if your seven words total up to 200 points, you know, of course, you will win
33:58the $10,000. What are the plans for that money? I'll probably take a trip somewhere. I'll combine
34:04my two loves, which are tournament Scrabble and a trip, so. Could you play Scrabble in a
34:09different language? Oh, I've played in French. You have? I have, yes. What do they call Scrabble
34:14in French? Le Scrabble? I think so, yeah. Yeah, Le Scrabble or Scrabby-bue.
34:21Scrab. All right. Well, 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. Ready to play, Terry? I am.
34:30Terry, your game starts now. Time to play your first word. Here are your letters, Terry. Good luck.
34:38B-O-S-T-R-A-I. What do you think, Terry? Well, I see Boast making the B. I
34:49want to land
34:50the B on the double letter. Yeah. I see Bader's O-R-S doesn't sound right. I'm going to have
34:55to make a play, so I will. I'm going to play Bort with a B on the double letter, B
35:01-O-A-R-T,
35:02to the center square. Bort. Double letter on the B. It's a double word,
35:07but, of course, on that T, because it's first word on the board, gives you 20 points.
35:11Respectable start. Well done. Let's look at your next set of letters. S-I-A-A-R-L-S.
35:20Ah, you got some S's to play with. The duplicate letters aren't great, but I think I'll play,
35:27um, just to give myself a chance for a better rack, I'm going to unduplicate my S's.
35:33I'm going to play Brails from the B down to the double word score. There you are. Brails gives
35:41you a double word on the L, gives you 16 points, takes you up to 36. Very good. I see
35:48what you're
35:48doing, though. Here is your next rack of letters. A-S-G-O-T-I-F. I'm trying to maximise
35:58the placement of the F,
35:59since it's the highest-scoring tile, but I don't think there's a bingo in this rack, and I would love
36:04to get rid of the G, O, and the F, because the remainder are very good tiles to have. So
36:12I might
36:13even try to just get rid of Fogs. I'm going to add an S to Bortz, playing Fogs, going down.
36:20Fogs down to make Bortz. Very good. Gives you a double letter on the G. Gives you a total
36:25of 18 points. Takes you up to 54 points. Nice job. I see what you're doing. You're building
36:31out. Yeah, and I'm trying to create hot spots for myself, like after the O. Yeah. Let's
36:35not get ahead of ourselves, Terri. Okay, but you do have to look ahead. You've got to look
36:40ahead. That's strategy. You're right. Where the Bortz is going. All right. There are four words
36:43remaining. You have A-T-I-S-Q-E-V. How are you feeling? Well, the only, well, there, of
36:54course,
36:55Q-I is good, Q-E, and Q-A-T. I have to get rid of the Q, but I
37:03need a place that scores.
37:06I'm going to play Cots to the S in Brails, Q-A-T-S.
37:12Cots to the S in Brails. Very nice. You've got a double word on the T. You've got the Q
37:16in there. Gives you 26 points for that. Takes you up to 80 points, Terri. Nice job.
37:23You have three words remaining, so you've got to get that 120 in three words. Let's see
37:29what you get. I-S-E-V-O-T-X. Ah, it's a high score in Tile, though. You would
37:40didn't want it, did you? I could see you. When I said the X, you went, ah. Um, I'll just
37:45make sure there's not a bingo, but at the very least, I have Vex. Um, yeah, I think I'll
37:52do that. I'm going to play Vex with the X on the O of Fogs.
37:58You played the word Vex, also creating the words Fee and Ox. Vex gives you a triple letter
38:06on the X twice. You got 59 points for that, Terri. 59. Takes you up to 139 points. That's
38:15very good. Thank you. You need to get 61 points with your last two words. Do you want to see
38:21your next set of letters? I do. Okay. Here they are. I-S-O-T-E-D-J. Well, I
38:31see the bingo
38:32joystick, but does it play anywhere? And I'm looking to see if there's a place to, there's
38:38a hot spot with a triple letter, double word above the A in cots, but I don't, J-I, oh.
38:49I can play hotas there. I'm going to play hotas from the triple letter above the A in cots
38:56through the A making the J-O-T-A-S. Hotas. Wow. With a triple letter on the J and
39:05a double
39:05word on the S. It's another high-scoring word. You got 56 points for that, Terri.
39:10It takes you up to 195 points. Hotas is a folk dance in Spain. Did you know that?
39:21I didn't. But you just knew it was a word. I knew it was a word. Yeah. All right. Five
39:25points. One word remaining. Let's see if we can get you to that. 200 points and $10,000.
39:31Here is your last set of letters. I-E-D-R-L-P-A. Hmm. You see five points in
39:41there?
39:41I see pen rail as a bingo, but I don't see where it plays. Um.
39:47You know what they say? No play, no bingo, Terri.
39:49Exactly. That's what they say in the old scrabbling game. Um. I'm going to play Vapid from the V.
39:56Very nice. You get a double word on the P of Vapid. You needed five points to get to 200.
40:01You got 22. We got you to 217. Terri, you did it. You just won $10,000. Come on here.
40:10And in the last game, you won $3,950. So at the moment, your total is, for two games, $13
40:18,950.
40:20And you're going to be joining us next time because you're the reigning Scrabble champion.
40:24You're going to take to win more money. We'll see you next time on Scrabble.
40:27Terri over here. Come back, why don't you? Well done.
40:32Woo!
40:32Woo!
40:32Woo!
40:38Woo!
40:40Woo!
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