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crabble - Season 2 Episode 15 - Ruthless with Words
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00:00Are you into the word play?
00:03Our players are, and tonight they will be engaging in a war of words
00:06for their chance to win $10,000.
00:09What time is it, Craig?
00:11It's time for Scrabble.
00:24Hi, welcome to Scrabble.
00:26I am Craig Ferguson.
00:27Let's meet tonight's players,
00:28starting with our returning champion.
00:30I'm Terry, a retired attorney from Slytherins, New York.
00:34I'm Atoje, a filmmaker from New York City.
00:37I'm Anna, a marketing manager from Houston, Texas.
00:40Well, welcome to the show, you guys.
00:43Atoje, you live in New York City?
00:44Yes, I do.
00:45I live in New York City.
00:46We should hang out sometime.
00:47We should hang out sometime, but not until the game is over,
00:50because I don't want anyone thinking I have favorites.
00:52Anna, where are you from?
00:54I'm from Houston.
00:54I've been there, named after Sam Houston, of course.
00:57Yeah, well done.
00:57A cartoon character in the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
01:00Spot on.
01:01Well, welcome to the show, you guys.
01:02I can't wait to see you in action on our super-sized Scrabble board.
01:05Look at the size of that thing.
01:06Isn't that amazing?
01:07Wow.
01:07Now, the three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
01:12The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
01:20Which is a decent amount of money.
01:23Now, the key to being a strong Scrabble player, of course, is the ability to look at random letters and
01:28turn them into words.
01:29I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:33Your job is to find the words that match these clues.
01:36The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round for the chance to win
01:40$10,000.
01:42You guys ready?
01:43Yeah.
01:44All right.
01:44Let's play Scrabble.
01:49All right.
01:50Here comes the first word through the center of the square, if it's a new board, obviously.
01:53So, there you are.
01:55The clue is document.
01:57Here are your scrambled letters.
02:02Otoje.
02:04Format.
02:05Format.
02:07Very nice.
02:10Did that phrase your name right?
02:11Otoje.
02:12You said it perfectly.
02:12Otoje.
02:13Yeah.
02:13I didn't want to get it wrong because it's got an A and I didn't want to say Otoja.
02:18That's what a lot of people do say and I kind of let them have it and let it go.
02:21But I think since you're a New Yorker, I had to tell you the right word.
02:24Yeah, you've got to tell me, man.
02:25I don't want to, I don't want to, because we're going to hang out.
02:27I don't want you to be like, you know, feeling awkward.
02:29Yeah.
02:29No.
02:30All right.
02:30Format.
02:31Well done.
02:31Otoje has won.
02:32Anna and Terry yet to score, but early days.
02:35One word.
02:35Let's see the next word.
02:37Okay.
02:37Down to the F in format.
02:40The clue is peer.
02:42Here are your scrambled letters.
02:48Terry.
02:49Worf.
02:50Worf.
02:50There you are.
02:52Let's appear.
02:53Worf.
02:55Also, he was a Klingon on Star Trek, wouldn't he?
02:58Worf.
02:58Was he a Klingon on Star Trek?
02:59I've never seen Star Trek.
03:00Come on.
03:01You guys play Scrabble competitively.
03:03You all know Star Trek.
03:06Here comes the next word.
03:08Down through the R in format.
03:11The clue is patty.
03:13Here are your scrambled letters.
03:19Anna.
03:20Burger.
03:21Big burger patty.
03:23Big burger patty.
03:26Some of you folks might know that down in Houston, Texas, there's a gal I used to see called burger
03:30patty.
03:33All right.
03:33Here is our next word.
03:36Through the R in burger.
03:37The clue is busy.
03:39Here are your scrambled letters.
03:46Toji.
03:47Crowded.
03:47If it's busy, it's crowded.
03:49It's New York City.
03:50Yes.
03:52Toji has two.
03:53Terry has one.
03:53Anna has one.
03:54Let's look at the next word.
03:56Down through the E in crowded.
03:58The clue is diary.
03:59Here are your scrambled letters.
04:05Terry.
04:06Memoir.
04:06My diary and my memoir will be available.
04:11Terry has two.
04:12Toji has two.
04:13Anna has one.
04:14Here comes the next word.
04:15Down through the T in format.
04:18The clue is trait.
04:20Here are your scrambled letters.
04:26Terry.
04:27Quality.
04:29Quality.
04:32Terry has three.
04:33Toji has two.
04:34Anna has one.
04:36First person to four goes through the next round, remember?
04:38So, Terry, if you get this, you're going through.
04:40The next word is through the U in quality.
04:44The clue is roof.
04:46Here are your scrambled letters.
04:52Terry.
04:52Gutter.
04:55Gutter.
04:56Congratulations, Terry.
04:57You are the first to identify four scrambled words.
04:59You've made it to the next round.
05:00You can sit the rest of this round out.
05:02Don't sit down, obviously.
05:03You know, people like to stand there and go, oh.
05:06OK.
05:06Toji and Anna, it's between you guys now.
05:08Let's start a new board.
05:10First word goes through the center square, obviously.
05:13The clue is nebula.
05:15Here are your scrambled letters.
05:22Anna.
05:23Galaxy.
05:25The galaxy far, far away.
05:27All right.
05:28Toji has two.
05:30Anna has two.
05:31Here's your next word.
05:33Down through the first day of galaxy.
05:35The clue is safe.
05:37Here are your scrambled letters.
05:43Toji.
05:45Vault.
05:48Vault, well done.
05:50All right.
05:50Toji has three.
05:52Anna has two.
05:53Anna, you need this one.
05:54It's staying in the game.
05:55All right.
05:55Toji, you get this.
05:56You're going on.
05:57I want to go on.
05:58OK.
05:59Let's see what the next word is.
06:02Through the T in vault.
06:04The clue is respectful.
06:06Here are your scrambled letters.
06:12Toji for the game.
06:13Polite.
06:14You've won the game, Toji.
06:16There you are.
06:17You're moving through.
06:18Good luck.
06:20Anna, thank you for joining us.
06:22I hope you had some fun.
06:23It was very fun and great to meet everyone.
06:25Well done, Toji.
06:25You're through playing Terry in the next round.
06:27When we come back, Terry and Toji will continue to compete
06:30for the $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
06:33We'll be right back, everybody.
06:52Welcome back to Scrabble.
06:53I'm here with Terry and Toji.
06:54And it's time for these two players to continue their word battle.
06:58And see who will be moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
07:03All right.
07:04How are you guys feeling?
07:06Terry, you've been here before.
07:07You probably feel quite calm.
07:09I do.
07:09Right.
07:10And Toji, you live in New York City.
07:11So this probably doesn't frighten you at all.
07:13I mean, Terry frightens me, but not the lights.
07:17She's ruthless when it comes to the words with, like, U's in them and stuff.
07:21You'll be all right, though.
07:23In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:28There they are.
07:29Look at them.
07:29Aren't they beautiful?
07:30The goal is to place the best words on the board.
07:33You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
07:37Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
07:40Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
07:44Okay, you guys ready?
07:45Yes.
07:45Feeling good?
07:46Yeah.
07:46All right.
07:47Let's play Scrabble.
07:51All right.
07:52Terry, you were first to unscramble four words in round one.
07:54Would you like to go first or second?
07:56I'd like to go first, please.
07:57All right.
07:57To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest-valued tile in each rack.
08:01Take a look at this.
08:03Which rack would you like to start with?
08:04I'd like to play Rack 2 with a Z.
08:07Rack 2 with a Z.
08:11M-F-E-F-S-U-Z.
08:15Well, I would love to get the Z on the double letter.
08:20I believe that ZIFs is good, but not ZEFs.
08:25I'm going to play Fuses with the F on the double letter going to the center square.
08:30Fuses with the F on the double letter.
08:32There it is.
08:33F on the double letter is double word score, of course, because it's the first word on the board.
08:37Gives you 42 points for Fuses.
08:39Nice start, Terry.
08:42All right, Atoji.
08:44Your turn.
08:44Which rack would you like to play?
08:46I'd like to choose rack number four, Craig.
08:49Rack number four.
08:51R-D-Y-A-D-T-O.
08:56I want to try to take advantage of the double letter word scores with YAH, OI.
09:01I see RAD.
09:04But now I have to look at the board.
09:06And I see YARD.
09:09I'm going to play YARD with the Y over the E.
09:14YARD.
09:15With the Y above the E infuses.
09:17Very good.
09:18Gives you the double letter on the Y, double letter on the R.
09:22Also create the words YEE and AS.
09:25Gives you a total of 24 points.
09:27Nice job, Atoji.
09:29All right, Terry.
09:30Your turn.
09:31Which rack would you like?
09:32I'd like rack six with a K.
09:36Rack six with a K.
09:38E-R-T-K-A-A-H.
09:44You happy about that?
09:46See anything?
09:47It's not the worst rack.
09:49I could play faker from the F.
09:51But I'd like to take advantage of the underlap of the A under Y-E.
09:57So maybe A-H, ZAH, and Y-E-H.
10:02Of course, words like HAKE are good.
10:05I'm going to play A-H underneath Z and Y-E.
10:10A-H.
10:11Ah, under the fuses.
10:14Gives you a double letter twice on the H.
10:17You also create the words ZAH and YEE, which gives you 33 points.
10:22Nice job, Terry.
10:2333 points.
10:24Takes you up to 75 points.
10:28All right, so, Jay, what rack would you like to play?
10:30Oh, I'm fairly behind Terry, so I'm going to kind of swing big, like most New Yorkers do.
10:34I'll go with rack number five, Craig.
10:36Rack number five with a Q.
10:38Q-R-E-S-A-E-I.
10:43No U.
10:44No U, but I was hoping I would get an I, and the Scrabble Gods came to me.
10:49So, uh, I'll use the, uh, I'm, uh, so I'm looking for, I see the word chi, I see the
10:54word, uh, I see C, I see re, seer, I see that as well.
11:00I'm going to add an S to yards and play cheese coming down.
11:05Cheese tells me to make yards.
11:07Very nice.
11:08Double word picking up in the Q.
11:11It gives you 33 points, takes you up to 57 points.
11:16Very nice job.
11:17Very nice job, Atoji.
11:19Cheese, of course, uh, do you know what cheese means?
11:21I mean, it's not cheese.
11:22It's not like cheese.
11:23It's, uh, it's a different type of cheese.
11:25Do you know what it means?
11:25Yeah, it's an alternate word for the word chi.
11:27Yeah, like energy.
11:29Yes.
11:29Terry, this is your final rack.
11:30You've got 75 points.
11:32Uh, Atoji still has one turn to play after this.
11:35So, what are you going to play there, Terry?
11:37Which rack do you want to choose?
11:38I think I'm going to choose rack three with a C.
11:41Three with a C.
11:43T-R-O-A-E-A-C.
11:47They're not a lot of great options.
11:49I see factor from the F.
11:50It doesn't score a lot.
11:51There's nothing that can parallel the Q and cheese.
11:56There's nothing that hooks on to the Z, A.
12:00I'm going to play curate through the U of fuses.
12:04Curate down through the U of fuses.
12:06Also create the word ra.
12:08Gives you a double word on the T for curate.
12:12It's a total of 22 points for that.
12:14Takes you up to 97 points.
12:16Very good job.
12:18Very good job, Terry.
12:19All right, Atoji, here's your task.
12:22You need 41 points to pass Terry and make it to the final round.
12:26Here's your last rack of letters.
12:30I-W-O-L-D-N-L.
12:36All right, instantly I see a lot of two-letter words,
12:39but it's not going to be helpful here.
12:44I'm going to play wild off the E in curate.
12:55Wild coming off the curate.
12:57It gives you a double word on the W.
13:00Double letter on the D.
13:01You also play the word we.
13:03You needed to get 41 points.
13:05Is this one going to do it for you?
13:06It gives you 30 points.
13:08Ah, 87 to 97.
13:11That's the game.
13:12So with 97 points, Terry, you're moving on
13:15for a chance to win $10,000.
13:17Congratulations to you, Atoji.
13:19Thank you for flying.
13:20When we come back,
13:21we will see if Terry can find the right words
13:24to bring home $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
13:27We'll be right back, everybody.
13:47Welcome back to Scrabble.
13:48I'm here with Terry,
13:50our last Scrabbler standing,
13:52who's about to play once again for $10,000.
13:55Congratulations, Terry.
13:58Awesome.
13:58You know when we talk about you here,
14:00we say, that's some fine Scrabble-ating, we say.
14:03It was hard today, wasn't it?
14:04It was harder.
14:05It was frustrating because I think I made a few blunders
14:10that could have really cost me.
14:12Fuses was nice, though.
14:13Fuses was good.
14:14Yeah.
14:14Anyway, let's see if you can keep the streak going, all right?
14:17Okay.
14:17In this final round,
14:18you will have seven chances to play seven words.
14:22You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word,
14:25and if your seven words total up to 200 points,
14:28then you will win $10,000.
14:31Now, you've already done that once.
14:33If you don't make it to 200 points,
14:35you still don't go home empty-handed
14:37because you earn $25 for each point.
14:40So every word counts because every word makes you money.
14:43Take advantage of the bonus squares.
14:45Maximize your points.
14:46Okay.
14:46Okay, you ready to play?
14:47I'm ready.
14:48All right.
14:49Terry, your game starts now.
14:54Time to play your first word.
14:56Here are your letters.
14:57Good luck.
14:58T-A-R-P-O-I-G.
15:04I see plays like...
15:08GRIPT, G-R-I-P-T, I think is good,
15:10but I would like to get the P on the double letter.
15:16I'm going to play GRIPT from the double letter
15:19going to the centre square.
15:22GRIPT, very good.
15:24Double letter on the G, double word, of course,
15:26because it's the first word on the board.
15:28Gives you 20 points for GRIPT.
15:29Well done.
15:31What does that mean, GRIPT?
15:32GRIPT with a T.
15:33It's a past tense of GRIPT.
15:35Oh, wow.
15:35It's an alternate past tense.
15:36Rather than saying GRIPT, you can say GRIPT.
15:38Exactly.
15:39Like, I was GRIPT by your intense scrabbling.
15:44Well, let's see what your next rack of letters are.
15:46A-O-O-C-R-W.
15:51H.
15:51Oh, my goodness.
15:52Is that good?
15:53No.
15:54No, I didn't think it.
15:54Those are horrible tiles.
15:55You never know what tiles you're going to get.
15:57That's Scrabble.
15:58That's Scrabble.
15:58It's just part of the game.
16:00I see Wahoo, W-A-H-O-O,
16:02but no place that it really plays.
16:05WoWa is good, but that doesn't play anywhere either.
16:07W-H-O-A.
16:10I'm going to play Chop to the P.
16:13Chop to the P.
16:14There it is, Chop.
16:16Double letter on the O.
16:18Gives you 12 points.
16:19Takes you up to 32 points.
16:21But, having said that, we've got a new set of letters.
16:23Let's see if this is any better for you.
16:25A-O-R-W-R-N-I.
16:30If it were a word, N-Crown would be a double-double,
16:34hitting both double word scores.
16:36The other thing I'm looking at is rowing to the G,
16:39but that doesn't score very much.
16:42I'm going to play Crown from the C.
16:44Playing across from the C in Chop, Crown.
16:46Let's look at that on the board.
16:47Very nice.
16:48Gives you the word Crown.
16:49You get a double word on the N.
16:51It's not a bad score.
16:5220 points.
16:53Takes you up to 52 points.
16:57You have four words remaining.
16:58In those four words, you have to get 148 points
17:01to get to the 200 that are required
17:04to give you another $10,000.
17:06A-R-I-P-D-T-O.
17:13First, having to find a place where I can play.
17:19I think Trottetor is a word.
17:23I'm going to play Parrot through the R of Gripped.
17:27Parrot.
17:28All right.
17:29Double word on the P.
17:31That's 16 points for Parrot.
17:33Takes you up to 68 points.
17:35Nice job.
17:37You have three words left.
17:39I assume you're trying to get an S in here now.
17:41Yeah, I mean, I would imagine.
17:42Well, let's see.
17:43I-D-A-L-L-A-C.
17:47Another C.
17:49Well, I see the word Cala, C-A-L-L-A,
17:52but I don't see where it fits.
17:55I see the word Lilac again.
17:58Don't see a place for it.
18:02I'm going to play Wild from the W.
18:05Yep.
18:06Setting yourself up.
18:07Good shot.
18:08Wild, triple letter on the I.
18:10Gives you 10 points for Wild.
18:12Takes you up to 78 points.
18:14But it's a good score, and you can set yourself up.
18:17I see what you're doing.
18:18You're trying to get to the high scoring squares.
18:20Two words to go.
18:21You need to get 122 points in these two words.
18:24A-L-A-C-N-F-I.
18:28Again, it's not seeing words, but where they place.
18:33I see Calif, C-A-L-I-F, Final, Finac.
18:38I'm going to play Alice from the N of Crown.
18:42Alif on the board.
18:43Alif from the N in Crown, you got a double word on the L of Alif.
18:47You also create the word Anne.
18:49Gives you a score of 16 points.
18:51Takes you up to 94 points.
18:54This is your final word, Terry.
18:56You would still need to get 106 points to get to 200 points and win $10,000.
19:01Last rack.
19:03A-C-N-U-I-M-L.
19:09You see anything in there?
19:10You've put some fancy words up there before.
19:13You see anything in there?
19:14I see cumin.
19:16C-U-M-I-M, but no place to hook it.
19:20I'm trying to see if there's a way I can use one of the three-point tiles in the hotspot
19:24underneath the F.
19:26Mafic, I believe is a word.
19:28M-A-F-I-C.
19:30Through the F of Alice, I'm going to play Mafic.
19:35There it is.
19:36You get a double word on the M.
19:38You get a triple letter on the C.
19:41Gives you a score of 36 points for Mafic.
19:44Takes you up to 130 points, which is only 70 points shy of 200, so you didn't get the 10
19:50,000.
19:50But don't worry, because at $25 a point, you still won, I'm not kidding, $3,250.
19:58Brings you a three game total to $17,200.
20:02That's amazing.
20:04All right, let's see how much more you can win by getting you into another game right now.
20:09Okay?
20:10Let's bring on your new opponents.
20:11Come on, you guys.
20:16Hello, new players.
20:18Please go ahead and introduce yourselves, would you?
20:20I'm Bill.
20:21I'm an attorney from Frisco, Texas.
20:23I'm Joy, and I'm a teacher from Charlotte, North Carolina.
20:26Well, welcome to Scrabble, Bill and Joy.
20:30I've been to both of these towns that you're from.
20:32Have you met Terry?
20:33She's an amazing player.
20:34I've heard.
20:35Yeah, yeah, she's good.
20:36You guys, bring your A game, all right?
20:38Are you ready to send her home?
20:39Take a short of the money?
20:40We're ready.
20:41All right.
20:42We'll kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
21:06Hi, welcome to Scrabble.
21:07Terry just won $17,200 in the last game.
21:13You're not intimidated by that, Bill or Joy, are you?
21:15You're not intimidated.
21:16Of course not.
21:17Of course not.
21:17I'm excited to be here.
21:18Yeah, exactly.
21:18You're a competitive Scrabble player.
21:20Yeah.
21:20You live for Scrabble.
21:22You breathe Scrabble.
21:23You think words and letters all joined together.
21:26I do.
21:27I'm looking forward to seeing you guys in action on the super-sized Scrabble board.
21:30Take a look at that thing.
21:31Wow.
21:33I know.
21:34Isn't it impressive?
21:35It's like the monster truck of Scrabble boards.
21:38Now, the three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
21:43The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
21:48$10,000.
21:51Now, of course, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters
21:56and turn them into words.
21:58I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:02Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
22:06The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
22:09You guys ready to play?
22:11Yes.
22:11Ready.
22:12All right.
22:12Let's play Scrabble.
22:16Here comes the first word.
22:18Always through the center square, of course, when it's the first word on the board.
22:21There it is.
22:22The clue is allow.
22:25Here are your scrambled letters.
22:30Bill.
22:32I'm going to say permit.
22:34I permit you to say permit.
22:38Permit or permit, I suppose.
22:40Do you have a driver's permit?
22:41I have a driver's license.
22:42You do?
22:43Look at you.
22:45Terry has zero.
22:46Bill has one.
22:46Joy has zero.
22:47But we're just getting started.
22:48Let's have a look at the next word on the board.
22:50Down through the E in permit.
22:53The clue is showcase.
22:55Here are your scrambled letters.
23:08Here comes the next word through the E in feature.
23:17The clue is holy.
23:20The clue is holy.
23:20Here are your scrambled letters.
23:26Terry.
23:28Sacred.
23:30Yes, of course.
23:31Sacred.
23:33All right.
23:34Terry has one point.
23:35Bill has two points.
23:36Joy.
23:37Yet to score.
23:38But it's early days, Joy.
23:39Don't get down on yourself.
23:40Don't turn that thumb the other way around.
23:42There it goes.
23:44All right.
23:45Next word on the board.
23:46Down to the S in sacred.
23:48The clue word is window.
23:50Here are your scrambled letters.
23:55Terry.
23:56Blinds.
23:58All right.
24:00Terry has two.
24:01Bill has two.
24:02Joy.
24:02Yet to score.
24:03Don't worry about it, Joy.
24:03It's all good.
24:04I'm not worried.
24:05You'll get there.
24:05Next word.
24:06Down through the C in sacred.
24:08Clue is distraction.
24:10Here are your scrambled letters.
24:16Terry.
24:16Decoy.
24:17Decoy.
24:18There you go.
24:19There it is.
24:21Terry has three.
24:22Bill has two.
24:22Joy.
24:23Yet to score.
24:24First person to four goes through the next round, remember?
24:26So, Terry, if you get this, you're going through.
24:28Let's look at the next word on the board.
24:30Cross through the Y in decoy.
24:32The clue is chaos.
24:34Here are your scrambled letters.
24:40Bill.
24:41Mayhem.
24:43Chaos.
24:44Mayhem.
24:44Nice job.
24:46All right, Terry has three.
24:47Bill has three.
24:48Joy yet to score.
24:49Now, let me just say this.
24:50The person who gets four goes through to the next round.
24:54So, obviously, Terry or Bill, if you guys get this, you're going to the next round.
24:58Let's have a look at the next word on the board.
25:00Down through the T of permit.
25:03The clue is prehistoric.
25:05Here are your scrambled letters.
25:11Bill.
25:14Extinct.
25:16Well done, Bill.
25:18This round is over for you.
25:20Congratulations, Bill.
25:21You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
25:23You've made it to the next round.
25:24You can sit the rest of this round out.
25:26I don't mean sit down, Bill.
25:27Stay right there.
25:28Don't go anywhere.
25:29But you've done well.
25:30Terry, if you get this, you're moving on to the next round.
25:32Joy, you need to get this next one.
25:34Yeah.
25:34Stay in the game.
25:34All right.
25:35Let's get rid of this board.
25:36Get a new board in here.
25:37This one's all busy and messy.
25:39There.
25:39There's a good one.
25:40New word on a new board.
25:41So through the center square.
25:43The clue is award.
25:46Fingers on buzzers.
25:47Here are your scrambled letters.
25:52Terry.
25:53Trophy.
25:54You're getting an award for that.
25:55You're getting a trophy because yes, Terry.
25:58Four correct words.
26:00You'll be moving on.
26:01Joy and Bill in the next round.
26:03Congratulations.
26:04Joy, I'm sorry, but that's Scrabble.
26:06That's okay.
26:07Thanks for joining us.
26:08I hope you had fun.
26:10All right.
26:10When we come back, Bill and Terry will compete with each other on their way to the big money.
26:15Right here on Scrabble.
26:16We'll be right back every day.
26:35Welcome back to Scrabble.
26:36Bill, everybody.
26:37Let's get Scrabble.
26:38I'm here with Bill and Terry, and it's time for these two players to continue their battle
26:43to see who will be moving on for the chance to win $10,000.
26:49In this round, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
26:55Et voila.
26:56There they are, as the French say.
26:58Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
27:01You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
27:06Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
27:10Do not forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
27:13You guys ready?
27:14Yeah.
27:14Ready.
27:14All right.
27:15Let's get scrambling.
27:20Bill, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
27:23Would you like to go first or second?
27:24I'd like to go second.
27:25Terry, you're up first.
27:27To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest valued tile on
27:32each rack.
27:33Let's take a look.
27:34There you are.
27:35What do you want, Terry?
27:36I'll choose rack six with a Z.
27:40Rack six with a Z.
27:41Going for the big one.
27:43E-P-A-S-E-Z-T.
27:49Well, I want to try to get the Z on the double letter so I see Zetas right away.
27:55I don't think P is P-E-A-Z-E, but that wouldn't have scored.
28:01I'm going to play Zetas, starting at the double letter and going to the center star.
28:07Zetas.
28:07Let's look at it on the board.
28:09Zetas.
28:09Double letter on the Z.
28:11Outstanding.
28:12Double word.
28:13It's the first word on the board.
28:14When the S there gives you a total of 48 points for your first word.
28:19Outstanding.
28:19Well done.
28:21All right there, Bill.
28:23You regretting letting her go first here, or you think you're going to be okay?
28:26I'm regretting it.
28:27All right.
28:27Well, let's see how it goes.
28:28Which rack would you like to play?
28:30I'd like to play Rack 3 with a K.
28:33Rack 3 with a K.
28:36F-N-I-K-A-L-R.
28:40So I see blank and I see rank.
28:45And it's just a question of where to try to put those.
28:50I also see ka.
28:54I'm going to play a small word.
28:55I'm just going to play ka with the K on the double letter above the A and Zetas.
29:03Ka.
29:04All right.
29:05Gives you a double letter on the K.
29:06You also created the word ka at the L square.
29:10And the word as gives you a total of 24 points.
29:13Nice job.
29:1624 points to Bill.
29:1848 to you, Terry.
29:19Your turn.
29:20What would you like to play?
29:21Which rack?
29:24Um, I'd like to play rack 1 with the H.
29:28Rack 1 with the H.
29:30Oh, A-H-D-E-U-R.
29:34You see anything there?
29:37I don't see anything that would take the Z to a double word.
29:42Um, of course, words like our come out.
29:46Trying to maximize the, uh, the volatility by playing through the E and Zetas.
29:52We're going to play hour and ash.
29:57Hour.
29:59Turning as to ash.
30:01You have a double letter on the O.
30:03Gives you a total of 14 points for that.
30:07Takes you up to 62 points.
30:09All right, Bill.
30:10Your turn.
30:11Time to pick it up.
30:12Which rack would you like to play?
30:13Um, let's see.
30:16I would like to play, uh, rack 4 with the P.
30:20Rack 4 with the P.
30:23D-M-E-P-A-O-O.
30:28Okay, um, let's see.
30:31I see...
30:34Moped.
30:35Um, I see mood.
30:38I see need.
30:41I'd like to play mead under the U in hour.
30:46There it is.
30:47Okay.
30:49Triple letter on the M for mead.
30:52Triple letter on the M for um.
30:54And Rhee, you got 25 points for that, Bill.
30:58Nice score.
30:58You're up to 49.
31:00Very respectable.
31:01Bill's on 49.
31:02Terry on 62.
31:04Terry, this is your final rack.
31:05You got 62 points.
31:06Bill still has a turn after this.
31:08So, which rack would you like to play?
31:10I'm going to choose rack 5 with a W.
31:12Rack 5 with a W.
31:14N-L-W-I-A-G-E.
31:18I see welding through the D of mead.
31:21I don't see a play right away that's using the Z.
31:25Of course, I can play wash and...
31:28I'm going to play welding through the D in mead with a W on the double letters score.
31:36Welding.
31:36Ooh, yeah.
31:37Look at that.
31:38Double letter on the W.
31:40Double letter on the L.
31:42Double word on the G.
31:44It's a big one.
31:4434 points, Terry.
31:46Takes you up to 96 points.
31:49Outstanding.
31:51All right, Bill, you've got all to do.
31:53You need 48 points to pass Terry.
31:55Make it to the final round.
31:56It can be done.
31:56Okay.
31:57Here is your last rack of letters.
32:00G-A-O-E-T-E-L.
32:06Seen anything there?
32:08Well, I'm going to need a long word in order to catch Terry.
32:12See go T.
32:14But I don't think that's going to be enough to get me there.
32:18I'm trying to use the Z if possible.
32:22I'm going to play gloat running horizontally with the A in gloat under the Z in zetas.
32:28Gloat under Z in A in zetas.
32:31It's good work.
32:33Gives you a double letter on the O.
32:35You also create za and et.
32:37You needed 44, I think it was.
32:40You got 20.
32:41So it's not enough, Bill.
32:43It only got you to 69.
32:44Terry, it's your game with 96 points.
32:46Terry, you're moving on for a chance to win $10,000.
32:50Congratulations.
32:52Bill, thank you so much for playing.
32:54Thanks for having me.
32:54I had a lot of fun.
32:55Great.
32:55I hope you had fun.
32:56When we come back, we'll see if Terry can find the right words to bring home $10,000 right
33:03here on Travels.
33:04Oh, yeah!
33:24Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
33:26Let's get Scrabblein'.
33:27I'm here with Terry, who's looking to add $10,000 to the $17,200 she's already won.
33:35Unbelievable, Terry.
33:37Did you think you would go this far in the game?
33:39You did, didn't you?
33:40I was cautiously optimistic.
33:42Cautiously optimistic?
33:43You're a lawyer by profession, weren't you?
33:45That's what you used to do.
33:46It's almost like you have that inscrutable court-like appearance.
33:50Did you ever do any, like, scary cases?
33:52Oh, yeah.
33:52Really?
33:53Yeah.
33:53Oh, I don't want to touch that.
33:55All right, well, uh...
33:58Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
34:01In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
34:06You will earn the Scrabble point value of each word, and if your seven words total up to 200
34:11points, as you know, that's how you win $10,000.
34:15Now, if you don't make it to 200 points, you won't go home empty-handed.
34:20You'll be earning $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
34:24So, as you know, every word counts.
34:26You ready to play?
34:27I'm ready.
34:28Okay, Terri, your game starts now.
34:32Time to play your first word.
34:33Here are your letters, Terri.
34:35Good luck.
34:36O-D-R-V-E-A-N.
34:41I'm looking for over words, but there are no over bingos.
34:45I see vendor, V-E-N-D-O-R, from the double-letter word.
34:50I'm going to play vendor with the V on the double-letter square.
34:55V-E-N-D-R, with the V in the double-letter square.
34:58Very nice.
34:59The O in the double-word square.
35:00It's the first word on the board.
35:0128 points, Terri.
35:03Excellent start.
35:06Now, what's the strategy here?
35:08You usually have a plan.
35:09You put the V out to the edge.
35:11Was that on purpose?
35:12Well, V is obviously going to block that side of the board,
35:15but I'm opening up a double-double lane with the E.
35:18Oh, I see.
35:20Yes.
35:21And I still have the other four letters that I can hook.
35:25Okay.
35:25And if I get lucky enough to get an S, I can hook it, obviously, onto V-N-D-O
35:30-R.
35:30Let's see.
35:31We'll see.
35:31Next track of letters.
35:32A-A-E-C-L-V-C.
35:37Oh, my gosh.
35:38That's awful.
35:40Or maybe it's great.
35:41I don't know.
35:42I don't have the vocabulary that you have.
35:43Do you see any words?
35:44I see calve, C-A-L-V-E, to the E of V-N-D-O-R.
35:49Okay.
35:49I would love to be able to make a longer word,
35:53but I'm trying to see if I can play something through the E.
35:58I'd like to play clave using the E in V-N-D-O-R.
36:03Clave.
36:05The double word on the L.
36:07Nice job.
36:07Takes you to the E in V-N-D-O-R.
36:08Gives you 20 points for that word.
36:10Takes you up to 48 points.
36:11Nice.
36:12Solid work.
36:13Clave.
36:15Okay.
36:16So you get rid of the C and you get rid of the V.
36:18So let's see if we get better for you now, yeah?
36:20Five words remaining.
36:21Here are your next rack of letters.
36:24A-E-C-N-E-G-D.
36:28That's a bit better, isn't it?
36:30Well, I see.
36:31I don't think it's a word, but agent-st with a D.
36:34That's not going to be good.
36:35It doesn't score very much.
36:37I see vegan from the V.
36:39There really aren't that many hooks that I can use.
36:42I'm going to play vegan from the V.
36:44The V of Vendor.
36:47Vegan.
36:48Very nice job.
36:49It's good.
36:49It gives you a double word on the N of vegan.
36:51Gives you 18 points.
36:53Takes you up to 66 points.
36:55You're doing fine.
36:57Four words remaining.
36:58You've got to get 134 points to get to the 200 points and win another $10,000.
37:05All right.
37:05Let's see what the rack is.
37:07C-E-D-A-T-E-K.
37:14I don't know if it's good, but I see re-tacked right away from the R of Vendor, and that
37:19would put a letter in the triple lane, which is ideal for the next play.
37:23I'm going to play re-tacked from the R of Vendor.
37:26Let's take a look at that.
37:28Re-tacked.
37:29Oh, my goodness.
37:30Look at that.
37:30A double letter on the E.
37:32You've got a double letter on the K.
37:34It is, of course, a bingo, because you used every letter in the rack.
37:38You got 71 points from that one word.
37:42Terry, your score is now up to 137 points.
37:46You have three words to go.
37:48Now we're getting somewhere.
37:49You feel like you're getting somewhere, and you cleared the rack.
37:52Yep.
37:52Here are your next set of letters.
37:55T-B-E-F-O-P-B.
38:01Seen anything there?
38:03I see bopped.
38:05Oh, no, that's not the two Bs.
38:07Fobbed, if fobbed is good, from the double letter score in the triple lane.
38:13So if that is indeed good, I think that's the highest I'm going to be able to score.
38:18I'm going to play fobbed from the double letter score to the D of re-tacked.
38:25Fobbed over to the D in re-tacked.
38:27That gives you a double letter on the F, a triple word on the E of fobbed.
38:32Gives you 54 points.
38:36Takes you up to 191.
38:39Now, I don't want to scare you, Terry.
38:41I don't want you to get disheartened.
38:43But you have two words remaining.
38:44And in those two words, you have to get nine points.
38:48I'll do my best.
38:49If you get more than nine, it'll be okay.
38:51You still get the $10,000.
38:54Okay.
38:54T-P-Y-A-R-A-I.
38:58Well, I see parity, but I don't see where it plays.
39:04There might be something through the C of clave.
39:07So maybe I think pacey is good.
39:11Just a simple A-Y under the triple letter score of clave would score decently.
39:18I'm going to play A-Y next to the L-A of clave.
39:24I.
39:25You get a triple letter on the Y for I.
39:28You get the triple letter on the Y for I again.
39:30Also the word la.
39:32You need it to get nine points.
39:36Did it get you there?
39:37Of course it did.
39:38You got 28 points.
39:39You're over at 219 points.
39:42Jackpot, jackpot, Terry.
39:43You did it.
39:44You just won another $10,000.
39:46Come here.
39:47You know how it's done.
39:48Your four-game total, Terry, is now $27,200, and you're going to be joining us next time
39:55for a chance to win more money.
39:57Please, you join us next time.
39:58We'll see you next time on Scrabble.
40:00Outstanding play, Terry.
40:02We really do have the dance.
40:33We'll see you next time.
40:39We'll see you next time.
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