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00:01Do you think you're word perfect?
00:03Our players do, and tonight they are engaging in a war of words
00:07for their chance to win $10,000.
00:10What time is it, Craig?
00:11It's time for Scrabble!
00:25Welcome to Scrabble, everyone.
00:27I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:28Let's meet tonight's players.
00:30I'm Gabby, and I'm a software developer from Portland, Oregon.
00:32I'm Gunnish.
00:33I'm an HR manager from New York City.
00:36I'm Katie.
00:37I'm a tour guide from Normal, Illinois.
00:40Well, welcome to the show, everyone.
00:42New York, and where are you from again, Gabby?
00:45Portland, Oregon.
00:46Portland, Oregon, and then Normal, Illinois.
00:49Normal, why did they name the town Normal?
00:52It's, they call it like they see it.
00:53Yeah, I don't know.
00:54I've been to Normal, it should be Ab.
00:57Some people say that.
00:59Yeah, I know.
01:00Well, welcome to the show, you three.
01:02I can't wait to see you in action on the super-sized Scrabble board.
01:04Look at that thing.
01:05Look at that.
01:07Do you know when I look at that, that makes me proud to be an American.
01:10Look at that thing.
01:11You know, in other countries, like Britain, for example, they have normal-sized Scrabble
01:17boards, but here in the United States of America, we have a Scrabble board the size of normal
01:22Illinois.
01:24All right.
01:25The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
01:28The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
01:33Now, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters and
01:38turn them into words.
01:40I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:43Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:47The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round for the chance to win
01:52$10,000!
01:57You guys ready to play?
01:59You feeling that?
01:59Let's do that.
02:00All right.
02:01Let's get Scrabble-ing.
02:06All right.
02:07Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course, when we start a new
02:11board.
02:11There it is.
02:12The clue is keys.
02:14Here are your scrambled letters.
02:19Ganesh.
02:20Piano.
02:22Nice job, Ganesh.
02:25Do you play the piano, Ganesh?
02:26No, I don't, unfortunately.
02:28No, that's all right.
02:28We're not going to ask you today.
02:29Any other guys play the piano?
02:31No.
02:31Nobody here?
02:32You play the piano.
02:33I do.
02:33In Normal, Illinois.
02:34What can I say?
02:35Welcome to Normal.
02:37That's our song.
02:38All right.
02:38The next word.
02:40Down through the eye in piano.
02:43The clue is windmill.
02:45Here are your scrambled letters.
02:49Ganesh.
02:51Turbine.
02:55Nice job.
02:56All right.
02:56Ganesh has two.
02:57Gabby and Katie yet to score.
02:59Let's look at the next word.
03:01The next word through the R in turbine.
03:04The clue is fuzzy.
03:06Here are your scrambled letters.
03:10Gabby.
03:11Blurry.
03:14Blurry.
03:16Pretty much how I spent the 1980s.
03:21All right.
03:22Let's have a look at the next word.
03:24Down from the B in blurry.
03:27The clue is thief.
03:29Here are your scrambled letters.
03:33Katie.
03:34Bandit.
03:35Bandit.
03:38Well done.
03:39Gabby has one.
03:40Ganesh has two.
03:41Katie has one.
03:42Let's see what else we got.
03:45Across from the E in turbine.
03:48The clue is muscle.
03:50Here are your scrambled letters.
03:55Ganesh.
03:56Flexing.
03:57Flexing your scrabble muscle.
03:59Right there.
04:00Look at you.
04:01All right.
04:02Ganesh, that takes you to three.
04:03Gabby and Katie, you both have one.
04:05Remember, first person of four is moving through.
04:07So, Ganesh, you get this one.
04:08You're moving on.
04:09All right.
04:10Here comes the next word.
04:11Let's see.
04:11Where is that?
04:12Down from the I in flexing.
04:14The clue is blue.
04:16Here are your scrambled letters.
04:20Katie.
04:22Indigo.
04:24Well done, Katie.
04:25Ganesh has three.
04:26Katie has two.
04:27Gabby has one.
04:28Let's have a look at the next word.
04:30Across from the D in indigo.
04:33The clue is straight.
04:36Here are your scrambled letters.
04:40Katie.
04:41Direct.
04:43If you're straight, you're direct.
04:47All right.
04:47Gabby has one.
04:48Ganesh has three.
04:49Katie has three.
04:50So, Gabby, you know, either one of these guys get it.
04:52They're moving on.
04:53You need to...
04:53Yeah.
04:54Okay.
04:54Working on it.
04:55All right.
04:56The next word on the board from the G in indigo.
05:01The clue is bark.
05:03Here are your scrambled letters.
05:07Ganesh.
05:08Gvowl.
05:09Well, there you are.
05:11Well done, Ganesh.
05:13You're the first to identify four scrambled words and have made it to the next round.
05:17You can set the rest of this round out.
05:19You'll be joined by one of these two ladies very soon.
05:22Remaining players, good luck to you both.
05:24Let's get back to it.
05:25Katie has three.
05:26Gabby has one.
05:27So, Gabby, you need this one to stay in the game.
05:28Yes.
05:28Katie, you get this.
05:30You're moving forward.
05:31Let's start a fresh board for the remaining players.
05:35First word always through the center square on a new board.
05:38There it is.
05:39The clue is grow.
05:42Here are your scrambled letters.
05:48There you are.
05:49You're evolving into the game, Gabby.
05:51Katie has three.
05:52Gabby has two.
05:53The next word on the board.
05:55Down to the L in evolve.
05:57The clue is coin.
06:00Here are your scrambled letters.
06:04Katie, for the game.
06:06Nickel.
06:07Nickel, of course.
06:08It's nickel.
06:08Katie, well done.
06:10For correct words, you'll be joining Ganesh in the next round, and you are both that much
06:14closer to winning $10,000.
06:16Woo!
06:17Gabby, thank you for joining us.
06:18I hope you had a little fun, at least.
06:20Thank you for having me.
06:21It's been a pleasure to be here.
06:22You're such a very polite, nice woman.
06:24Thank you for being here.
06:25When we come back, Ganesh and Katie will continue to compete for the $10,000.
06:29Right here on Scrabble.
06:31Right here.
06:48Welcome back to Scrabble.
06:50I'm here with Ganesh and Katie.
06:51It's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see who will be moving
06:55on for the chance to win $10,000.
06:58Yeah.
06:59How are you guys feeling?
07:00Feeling good?
07:00Feeling confident?
07:01Feeling...
07:02You ready to go?
07:03Yes, I am.
07:03I feel great.
07:04All right.
07:04Good.
07:04That's great.
07:05In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:11Look at that.
07:12There they are.
07:13Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
07:17You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
07:20Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
07:25Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
07:27You guys ready?
07:28Yes.
07:29All right.
07:30Let's get Scrabbling.
07:35All right.
07:36Ganesh, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
07:39Would you like to go first or second?
07:40I'm going first, Craig.
07:42Okay.
07:42And to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest value tile
07:46on each rack.
07:47All right?
07:47Let's take a look.
07:48What do we got there?
07:50Which rack would you like to start off with?
07:51All right.
07:52I think I'm going to go with VAC4.
07:54I'm going to go with the Q.
07:56Let's see what you get.
07:57T-A-E-C-Q-I-S.
08:02Oh, wow.
08:02So there's no Q-U to go with the letters.
08:06I see Q-I, I see Q-A-T.
08:08I don't think I see anything longer than that.
08:11All right.
08:11So I'm going to go for Q-A-T.
08:19Got a double word score, of course,
08:21because it's the first word of a board.
08:23Well done.
08:2324 points going to end.
08:25Well done.
08:25Nice job.
08:27Do you know what Qat is, by the way?
08:29I mean, people use it in Scrabble, but do you know what it is?
08:31Yeah, I think it's something of Middle East origin, some type of, yeah.
08:34It's a stimulant.
08:35A stimulant.
08:36All right.
08:36There you go.
08:36It's a stimulant.
08:37Yeah.
08:38All right.
08:39Katie, it's your turn.
08:39Which rack would you like to play?
08:41I'm going to play rack five with the H.
08:44Rack five with the H.
08:45Okay.
08:46Let's see what you got.
08:48N-E-H-O-D-U-H.
08:51E.
08:52I see hound.
08:53An E-D is always nice.
08:56Oh, is it, though?
08:57I could connect the H to that A, plus an O to that T.
09:05I could make queen, which would be nice to use that Q.
09:10I'm going to play honed across under the A.
09:16Very nice job.
09:18Get a double letter on the O.
09:20You also created the words A and 2.
09:23It gives you 18 points.
09:26Nice start.
09:26Well done.
09:28All right, Ganesh, it's your turn.
09:29Which rack would you like to play?
09:31All right, so we have the V, the F, the J, and the P.
09:35Hey, hey, hey, I do that.
09:38I do that.
09:38You choose the rack.
09:39Look, I got one job here, man.
09:42One job.
09:43I'm sorry, man.
09:43I do the thing.
09:46I'm going to go for rack number two with the F.
09:51All right, let's see what you get.
09:53N-R-A-U-L-I-F.
09:58So I want to play a bonus.
10:00I see the word Fraulein.
10:02I think that's going to be the highest scoring play.
10:07I played Fraulein through the E of honed.
10:10Fraulein.
10:11Oh, it's there.
10:13Well done.
10:14Good Lord.
10:15Double word on the R, double word on the N.
10:19It's also a bingo because you used all your letters,
10:22so that's an extra 50 points.
10:23It is an outstanding 94 points, Ganesh.
10:27I don't think I've seen anything like it.
10:28Oh, my God.
10:29Why?
10:30I don't think I've seen anything like it.
10:33So, Katie.
10:35Hey.
10:36Hey.
10:37It's your turn.
10:39Ganesh has 118.
10:41You have 80.
10:43Which rack would you like to play?
10:46I'm scared of that J, but now I think it's crunch time,
10:49so I think I'm going to play rack three with the J.
10:52I think that's a good choice.
10:53Go big or go home, I think.
10:54Okay, here it is.
10:56A, J, C, W, O, P, K.
11:02I see Jack.
11:04Um, I don't think I see a bingo.
11:09Um, I see jaw.
11:13Um, I'm going to play Jack through the A of Fraulein.
11:19Jack, nice job.
11:22It's a great play.
11:23It's a triple letter on the J of Jack.
11:26It's a very respectable 33 points.
11:29Well done, Katie.
11:30Takes you up to 51 points.
11:33All right.
11:35Ganesh, this is your final rack.
11:37You've got 118 points,
11:38but Katie still has one more play after this,
11:42so don't get complacent.
11:43Which rack are you going to select?
11:45I'm going to take, uh, rack number six with a P.
11:48Six with a P.
11:49Let's see what you get.
11:51I-U-L-D-S-P-E.
11:55Rack looks very promising.
11:57See the word pulsed.
11:59Piled makes something like piles onto Jack.
12:03I play the word pulsed onto, uh,
12:06and using the S to hook onto Fraulein
12:08to make pulse and frauleins.
12:12Pulsed and frauleins.
12:14There you've got a double letter on the P of pulsed,
12:18a double word on the E of pulsed.
12:21It's, uh, an outstanding 36 points for that.
12:25Takes you up to 154 points.
12:29Good Lord.
12:30That's a new record, you know.
12:32That's a new record, yeah.
12:33The record before that was 134 points,
12:36so you got the new record.
12:37Congratulations.
12:38Thank you very much.
12:39All right.
12:42Katie, here's the situation.
12:43You need 104 points to pass Ganesh
12:45and make it to the final round.
12:46But, let me just say this.
12:49I've seen weirder things happen here.
12:51Here is your last set of letters.
12:53L-T-O-T-E-V-A.
12:57I was hoping there would be an S or something
12:59that I could hook onto Jack's,
13:02but that is not the case.
13:03Um, I see love.
13:07Yeah.
13:08I'm going to play vol,
13:10hooking onto the F of four lines.
13:15Very nice.
13:16Double letter on the V,
13:18double word on the E of vol.
13:19You also created the word fee.
13:21It's another great score.
13:23It just is one of those games.
13:24Yeah, it's 32 points.
13:26It's really good.
13:27It takes you up to 83,
13:28but how do you beat 154 points?
13:32Unbelievable.
13:33So, that's the game.
13:34Ganesh, you are moving on
13:35for the chance to win $10,000.
13:37Congratulations to you.
13:38Katie, any other game
13:40that would have been yours?
13:41Thank you so much.
13:42You played so well.
13:44And when we come back,
13:45we'll see if Ganesh
13:46can find the right words
13:47to bring home $10,000
13:49right here on Scrabble.
13:50$10,000!
13:51APPLAUSE
14:04Welcome back to Scrabble.
14:05I'm here with Ganesh.
14:06Our last Scrabbler standing
14:08is about to play for $10,000.
14:10Good Lord, man!
14:12Woo!
14:13I have to say,
14:14you got the record for round two.
14:16You got 154 points with Frawlines.
14:18Did you see it right away?
14:19Were you like, oh, yeah!
14:20I saw it right away.
14:21Saw it away.
14:22Yeah.
14:23That's, you know what we call that?
14:25Awesome Scrabble.
14:26Yeah.
14:27Awesome Scrabble.
14:28And let's see if it will continue.
14:30All right.
14:30Right.
14:30In this final round,
14:32points equals money.
14:33You will have seven chances
14:35to play seven words.
14:37You'll earn the Scrabble point value
14:38for each of your seven words.
14:40And if that totals up to 200 points,
14:42then you will win $10,000.
14:45If you don't make to 200 points,
14:48you won't go home empty-handed
14:49because you'll still be earning $25
14:51for each point.
14:52Every word counts
14:53because every word makes you money.
14:56Build out the entire board,
14:57take advantage of those bonus squares,
14:59and maximize your points.
15:01You ready to play?
15:02I'm ready.
15:03All right.
15:04Ganesh, your game starts now.
15:09All right.
15:10Time to play your first word.
15:11Here are your letters, Ganesh.
15:13Good luck.
15:14A-L-P-S-O-R-O.
15:19The word that comes to mind is polar,
15:22P-O-L-A-R,
15:23the P on the double letter,
15:26to get double word.
15:27That should be a good start for now.
15:29You're kind of showing off a little bit.
15:30Well, you know,
15:32I have that in me.
15:33So,
15:35submit the word polar
15:36with the P on the double letter.
15:40Polar.
15:40There it is.
15:41With a P on the double letter
15:43is a double word
15:44because it's the first word on the board.
15:46Nice start.
15:4720 points.
15:47Good job.
15:48Okay.
15:49Good job.
15:50Still get your S and your O.
15:52All right.
15:53Let's see what you got.
15:53S-O-V-E-O-N-L.
15:59Let's see.
16:00The word novel comes to mind.
16:04We have, obviously,
16:06love and vol.
16:07So, I'm going to play the word vol
16:09on top of polar.
16:12Vol.
16:13Nice job.
16:14V on the double letter.
16:16You also create the words
16:17op, low and L.
16:19Gives you 19 points.
16:21Nice job.
16:21Good.
16:22Good.
16:25And you still got your S.
16:26I still got my S.
16:27Your next rack of letters.
16:29S-O-N-O-B-B-U.
16:35Hmm.
16:37Oh, you're killing me, Craig.
16:38You're killing me.
16:39Let's just say this.
16:40I'm not in charge of this.
16:41I'm not in charge of much.
16:43Just a man alone with a podium.
16:46So, I see a bonus I can play.
16:48So, I'm going to play bourbons
16:50through the R of polar.
16:51I'm going to play a bit of...
16:53Wow.
16:54Look at that.
16:56Bourbons.
16:56Aren't they R in polar?
16:59You've got a double letter on the S.
17:00It's also a bingo,
17:02which gives you 50 extra points.
17:0463 points for bourbons.
17:06Excellent work.
17:09Wow.
17:10Wow.
17:10You don't drink a lot of bourbons,
17:12do you?
17:13I'm more of a whiskey drinker myself.
17:15Yeah, I don't know.
17:16That's amazing.
17:17Look at that.
17:17Well, look, here's the situation.
17:19You have four words remaining.
17:20You need to get 98 points
17:22in those next four words
17:24to take you up to 200 points,
17:25and you'll win $10,000.
17:28Let's have a look at your next rack of letters.
17:30Here we go.
17:31R-I-N-I-N-O-T.
17:35So, wow, okay,
17:36so there's no E,
17:37and E is the most common letter
17:38in English language,
17:39so not having an E
17:39is going to be a bit of a pain.
17:41It's all one-point letters.
17:44Keywords like nitro, rotinis.
17:48I'm playing lotion
17:50through the L-O on the board,
17:52going down.
17:56All right, very nice.
17:57Lotion gives you a double word
18:00on the second O of lotion.
18:0212-point word.
18:03Nice job.
18:04Takes you up to 114 points.
18:06All right.
18:07That's good.
18:08You need 86 points to get to 200.
18:11Do you have three words to do that in?
18:13Let's see what happens.
18:14Here are your scrambled letters.
18:16R-I-N-P-M-E-I.
18:22I see words like prime, imp.
18:27So I should be looking at,
18:29I should be looking at the double word
18:30to make a couple of parallel plays
18:32to get a good score.
18:35Yep, so I'm going to play minor
18:36through the O and N of lotion.
18:40Minor gives you a double word on the I,
18:42double letter on the R.
18:44You also create the words mo and N.
18:47It's a nice score.
18:4824 points.
18:49Good job.
18:50Takes you up to 138 points.
18:53You have 62 points still to go
18:55if you're going to make $210,000.
18:57You have two words to do that in.
18:59Let's have a look at your rack of letters,
19:02your next rack.
19:02P-I-J.
19:04Oh, there you are.
19:05U-F-D-U.
19:08I'm trying to see if I can make a word
19:10using the R of minor.
19:13If I had the O, I could play fjord.
19:14I don't have that.
19:16Julie, no.
19:17I'm playing jup onto the E of minor.
19:23There it is with a double word on the U.
19:25It's a nice score.
19:2626 points.
19:27Jup, well done.
19:2926 points.
19:30Takes you up to 164 points.
19:33So this next word,
19:34if you're going to make $210,000,
19:36you need to get 36 points.
19:38Here's your last rack of letters.
19:40I-F-D-U-C-A-H.
19:46All right.
19:47So there's a couple of options here
19:49with the J being in that position, right?
19:52So there's haji.
19:54Ah.
19:55You know, there's fuji,
19:56as in, like, fuji apples.
19:58That's haji as well.
19:59I need 36 points.
20:02Mm-hmm.
20:02Okay.
20:03All right.
20:03So I'm going to play haji
20:05onto the J of jup.
20:09Haji, very nice.
20:11You got a double letter on the H of haji.
20:15Triple word on the I of haji.
20:17You needed 36 points
20:19to get you to the $210,000.
20:22Haji got you.
20:2454 points.
20:25You're up to 218.
20:27You've got the tag putt.
20:29You've just won $10,000.
20:32Outstanding.
20:33Outstanding play.
20:34All right.
20:36Well, let's see how much more you can win.
20:39If you can win any more,
20:40we'll get you into another game right now.
20:42Let's bring on your new opponents.
20:43Come on in, you guys.
20:45Boom, boom, boom.
20:49Welcome, new players.
20:50Please go ahead and introduce yourselves,
20:52would you please?
20:52I'm Saray.
20:53I'm a partnership and community manager
20:55from Atlanta, Georgia.
20:56I'm Rich.
20:57I'm a video game producer
20:58from Sudbury, Massachusetts.
21:00Well, welcome to the show, you guys.
21:02Did you see Ganesh just win that money there?
21:04Like, he's quite the player,
21:06is what I'm saying.
21:08You guys, are you feeling confident?
21:10Are you ready to send him home?
21:11Oh, yeah.
21:12Let's do it, yeah.
21:12Yeah, all right.
21:13All right, don't let him get in your head.
21:15He's as scared as you are.
21:17All right.
21:18Well, we'll kick things off when we return,
21:20right here on Scrabble.
21:37Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
21:40Ganesh just won $10,000.
21:43$10,000!
21:46All right.
21:47Well, welcome, you guys, AdLib players.
21:51Great to be here, Craig.
21:53Nice job, Rich.
21:54Nice job.
21:55Where are you from?
21:56Sudbury, Massachusetts.
21:57Sudbury.
21:58That's my favorite of all of them.
22:02Wonderful.
22:02Yeah, yeah.
22:03Where are you from, Sarai?
22:04I'm from Atlanta, Georgia.
22:05Atlanta, Georgia.
22:06I've been there.
22:07That's the Peachtree State, you know.
22:09Did you know that, Ganesh?
22:10No, I did not.
22:11So I'm looking forward to see you all in action
22:12on our supersized Scrabble board.
22:14Look at the size of that thing.
22:15Look how big that is.
22:17Look at it.
22:18That's enormous.
22:18That's as big as the band,
22:20the Moody Blueswear in the 1970s.
22:23Look at the size of that.
22:24OK.
22:25The three of you are going to battle it out
22:27in three rounds of word games.
22:29The player with the most points
22:31moves on to our final round
22:32for a chance to win $10,000.
22:36All right?
22:36Now, as you know,
22:37the key to being a strong Scrabble player
22:38is the ability to look at random letters
22:41and turn them into words.
22:42I'm going to present you
22:43with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
22:46Your job is to find the words
22:48that match those clues.
22:50The first two players to get four correct
22:52will move on to the next round.
22:53You guys ready to play?
22:54Yeah.
22:55All right.
22:56Let's get scrambling.
23:00All right.
23:01Here comes the first word,
23:03always through the center square,
23:04of course, on a new board.
23:05There it is.
23:06The clue is evaluate.
23:09Here are your scrambled letters.
23:13Ganesh.
23:14Grade.
23:15Grade.
23:16If you evaluate something,
23:17you grade it.
23:18That's correct.
23:22All right.
23:23Let's have a look at the next word.
23:24Next word.
23:25Down to the G of grade.
23:28The clue is picnic.
23:31Here are your scrambled letters.
23:35Ganesh again.
23:36Outing.
23:38There you are.
23:39Well done.
23:42Ganesh on two.
23:43Siree are yet to score.
23:44Rich yet to score.
23:45But these are early days.
23:46Don't worry about it.
23:47Don't let them get in your head.
23:48Are you getting in their heads?
23:50Always.
23:51All right.
23:51Okay.
23:52Let's have a look at the next word.
23:56Through the O in outing.
23:58The clue is performer.
24:01Here are your scrambled letters.
24:05Rich.
24:06Actor.
24:08Ganesh has three.
24:09Well done, Rich.
24:11All right.
24:12Ganesh has two.
24:14Siree has yet to score.
24:15Rich has one.
24:16All right.
24:16Let's get going.
24:17Next word.
24:19Down through the A in actor.
24:21The clue is pawned.
24:24Here are your scrambled letters.
24:29Ganesh.
24:30Shallow.
24:31Shallow.
24:32A shallow pawn.
24:33Nice job, Ganesh.
24:35Ganesh has three.
24:36Rich has one.
24:36Siree has yet to score.
24:37Now, here's the situation.
24:38The first person of the four goes to the next round.
24:40So, Ganesh, if you get this, you're moving on to the next round.
24:43Let's have a look at the next word.
24:46Across from the T in outing, the clue is wood.
24:52Here are your scrambled letters.
24:56Ganesh.
24:57Termite.
24:58Termite.
24:58Those little rascals that live in the wood.
25:00There they are.
25:02Congratulations, Ganesh.
25:03You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
25:05You've made it for the next round.
25:06You can relax for a minute, and we'll battle it out between Siree and Rich.
25:11This is between you guys.
25:13All right.
25:13Good luck to you both.
25:15Let's have a look at the next word.
25:18Down through the E in termite, the clue is react.
25:23Here are your scrambled letters.
25:27Siree.
25:30Reflex.
25:31Yeah, just got it in time.
25:33Well done.
25:34Reflex.
25:36Reflex, of course, the great song made famous by Duran Duran in their song, The Reflex.
25:42Rich, what are your favorite bands?
25:43My favorite bands?
25:45Yeah.
25:46The Beatles, I guess.
25:47We'll go to The Beatles.
25:47Oh, no.
25:48Never heard of them.
25:48All right.
25:50All right.
25:50Siree has one.
25:51Rich has one.
25:52Let's see the next word.
25:54Next word on the board.
25:55Down from the D of grade.
25:57The clue is ethereal.
26:00Here are your scrambled letters.
26:04Rich.
26:06Dreamy.
26:09Dreamy.
26:12All right.
26:13Rich has two.
26:13Siree has one.
26:14Let's have a look at the last word on this board.
26:16Let's have a look at it.
26:18Okay.
26:18A cross through the E in Dreamy.
26:21The clue is drawer.
26:23Here are your scrambled letters.
26:26Yes, Rich.
26:27Cabinet.
26:29Yes.
26:30Well, here's the situation.
26:32Siree, you need this to stay in the game.
26:33Rich, if you get this, you're moving on.
26:35All right.
26:36Let's get a new board for this.
26:39First word through the center, as always, and a new board.
26:42There it is.
26:44The clue is sauce.
26:46Here are your scrambled letters.
26:50Siree.
26:51Curry.
26:54Curry is correct.
26:56All right.
26:56Let's have a look at the next word on the board.
26:58Down through the R in curry.
27:00The clue is spotted.
27:03Here are your scrambled letters.
27:06Yes, Siree.
27:07Leopard.
27:08A leopard is spotted on the board.
27:11Look at that.
27:12Look at that for a comeback.
27:13Wow.
27:15All right.
27:16Siree and Rich, three apiece.
27:18So whoever gets this is moving on to the next round.
27:21Play against Ganesh for $10,000.
27:25All right.
27:25The next word on the board.
27:28Cross to the L in leopard.
27:30The clue is wonder.
27:33Here are your scrambled letters.
27:37Are you ready for the game?
27:39Marvel.
27:41It's a universe which has become very popular.
27:45That's it, Siree.
27:46You're moving on.
27:47Four correct words.
27:48You'll be moving on to join Ganesh in the next round.
27:51And you are both that much closer to winning $10,000.
27:54Rich.
27:54Yeah.
27:55That was a nail biter.
27:56Thanks for joining us.
27:57I hope you had some fun.
27:58I did.
27:58Thanks for having me.
27:59All right.
27:59When we come back, Ganesh and Siree will compete with each other on their way to the big money,
28:04right here on Scrabble.
28:22Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
28:23I'm here with Ganesh and Siree.
28:25It's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see who will be moving
28:28on for a chance to win $10,000.
28:32I have to say, a very interesting round coming through there.
28:36Siree, that comeback you did there, that was fantastic.
28:39Which makes me think, Ganesh, you might not be as confident as you were before.
28:42You're a reigning champion, but that was...
28:45I know.
28:46Fantastic.
28:46Pretty quick thinking.
28:47All right.
28:48Good luck to you both.
28:49In this next round, you'll be presented with six racks of letters.
28:54Pause.
28:55Gesture.
28:56The goal is to place the best words on the board.
28:59You will earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
29:02Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
29:06Don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
29:08You guys ready?
29:09Yeah.
29:10All right.
29:11Good luck to you both.
29:12Let's get Scrabble-ing.
29:16All right, Ganesh.
29:18You were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
29:20Would you like to go first or second?
29:21I'm going first.
29:23Okay.
29:23Well, to help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest-valued tile
29:27on each rack.
29:28Let's have a look at that.
29:29There they go.
29:30Okay, Ganesh.
29:31Which rack would you like to play?
29:32All right.
29:33I'm going to go with the Q, rack number three.
29:36Here are your letters.
29:37Looking for a U, I suppose.
29:39A-L-O-S-Q-H-W.
29:44I don't see a bingo in there, unfortunately, especially with the Q not having a U.
29:50So I think I need to play a longer word.
29:52Maybe use the S, I'm thinking.
29:55There's words like howls, shawl.
29:58So I think I will go with howls.
30:02The H on the double letter.
30:05Double letter on the H of howls.
30:07Double word is the first word on the board.
30:1030 points for howls.
30:11Nice start.
30:12Well done.
30:14All right, Saraya, here we are.
30:16It's your turn.
30:16Which rack would you like to play?
30:18I would like to play rack six with a Y.
30:23Okay, here are your letters.
30:25G-B-N-E-F-I-Y.
30:32I'm looking at my highest letters first.
30:35So I see that I have fly.
30:39I'm also looking at bone.
30:41I'm going to go with fly, starting with F on the double letter through the L.
30:47Fly through the L in howls with a very nice F on the double letter, Y on the double letter.
30:52Nice healthy score to start off with.
30:5417 points.
30:55Well done, Saraya.
30:57All right, Ganesh, back to you.
30:59Your turn.
31:00Which rack would you like to play?
31:02So I'm going to go with rack number one, the X.
31:06See if we've got any letters for you.
31:09X, T, T, S.
31:12Everybody likes the S.
31:13A, R, I.
31:16I see words like tacks and ticks, you know, that can go underneath howls.
31:21Um, I could play wax to put the X on the triple letter score.
31:28So I think I'm going to go with wax onto the W of howls.
31:34Wax.
31:34There it is.
31:35Triple letter on the X.
31:37You also created the word A.
31:39Uh, gives you 34 points for that.
31:42Very good.
31:42Takes you up to 64 points.
31:45Excellent.
31:46All right, Saraya, it's your turn.
31:48Which rack would you like to play?
31:49I'd like to play rack four with B.
31:54Here are your letters.
31:56G, V, T, O, B, E, A.
32:02Looking at boat.
32:04I see boat.
32:08Um, I'm also thinking about these triple and double letters.
32:14I'm going to play box off of wax.
32:19Box, over to the X on the wax.
32:22Uh, very nice.
32:23Gives you 12 points.
32:24Well done.
32:25Uh, takes you up to 29 points.
32:2729 points, Saraya.
32:28Good job.
32:29All right, Ganesh, you have 64 points.
32:31Saraya still has one turn after this.
32:33So which rack would you like to play?
32:35I'm going to go with rack number five with a P.
32:39Five with a P.
32:40Here are your letters.
32:42A, E, P, E, T, U, S.
32:48If I had L, I could play Ippolitz.
32:50Um, again, it's a very tight board.
32:53There's not many scoring opportunities available.
32:56It's a tight board, man.
32:58So, okay, so I'm going to play, uh, tap underneath box.
33:06Very nice.
33:07Uh, double word on the P of tap.
33:09You also created the words ba and op.
33:12It's a nice score.
33:1322 points takes you up to 86 points.
33:16Nice job, Ganesh.
33:17All right.
33:20All right, Saraya, it's your turn.
33:22You need 58 points to pass Ganesh and make it to the final round.
33:26So it's a challenge, but it can be done.
33:28Let's have a look at your last rack of letters.
33:31S-I-A-D-I-G-R.
33:37Uh, looking at this double letter here,
33:41as well as the triple letter.
33:45Gray?
33:45Gray?
33:46No.
33:48Zed?
33:49I'm going to play Tad down from the letter T in tap.
33:56Tad down from the T in tap.
33:58Gives you a double word on the D.
34:00It gives you a total of eight points.
34:01Takes you up to 37 points.
34:05It's a respectable score.
34:06But, Ganesh, with 86 points, the game is yours.
34:09You are moving on to the final for another chance
34:12to win another $10,000.
34:14That's all right.
34:15Thank you for playing.
34:16I hope you had fun.
34:17I do.
34:18When we come back, we'll see if Ganesh can find the right words
34:21to once again bring home $10,000 here on Scrabble.
34:26We'll be right back, everybody.
34:40Welcome back to Scrabble.
34:41I'm here with Ganesh, who is looking to add $10,000 to the $10,000 he's already won.
34:47Outstanding play, Ganesh.
34:48Outstanding.
34:51You really are kind of settling into this a little bit.
34:53I like it.
34:54Did you think you would get this far?
34:56No, not at all.
34:57It's funny, because you live in the Upper West Side of New York.
34:59I live in the Upper East Side.
35:00I've never met anybody in the Upper West Side as smart as you.
35:04Are you the smartest guy in your neighborhood?
35:07No, I'm not.
35:07No?
35:08So you mean there are Scrabble players out there?
35:10Oh, yeah, absolutely.
35:11Oh, stop it.
35:12Yeah.
35:12Stop it.
35:13100%.
35:13Oh, really?
35:14Yes.
35:15Sure.
35:15All right.
35:16Well, I hope they never come here.
35:19All right.
35:20Let's see if your strong wordplay can continue.
35:22In this final round, you will have seven chances to play seven words.
35:26You will earn the Scrabble point value for each word.
35:29And if your seven words total up to 200 points, you will win $10,000.
35:35Now, if you don't make it to 200 points, remember, you don't go home empty-handed.
35:38You will still be earning $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
35:41Every word counts.
35:44But we're trying to get you to $10,000.
35:45So remember to build out the entire board, take advantage of the bonus squares, maximize
35:49your points.
35:50All right?
35:50Sounds good.
35:51All right.
35:51Ready to play?
35:52Yes, I am.
35:53All right, Ganesh.
35:54Your game starts now.
35:59Time to play your first word.
36:01Here are your letters, Ganesh.
36:03Good luck.
36:04A-T-R-D-E-P-N.
36:09All right.
36:10So I see words like parted, depart.
36:15It looks like there might be a bonus here.
36:18So, yeah.
36:19So I don't think I see something that might work for me.
36:22So I'm just going to play parted, putting the P on the double letter.
36:28Parted.
36:29Nice job.
36:30Double letter on the P.
36:31Double word on the E as it's the first word on the board.
36:3424 points.
36:35Nice start.
36:39All righty.
36:41All right.
36:41Let's see what you got.
36:43N-S-B-D-R-O.
36:48Ooh.
36:49If I can get something, if I can get something times four, that'd be really helpful.
36:54What do you mean when you say times four?
36:56So that means it basically goes over two double word scores.
37:00Yeah, that'd be good.
37:01That'd be good.
37:02Yeah, do that.
37:02I'm playing Robanz as a four-timer onto the A of parted.
37:09Robanz.
37:10Robanz, um, a double word on the R, a double word on the S, Robanz.
37:17It's a massive score.
37:1940 points for Robanz.
37:20Well done, Gennett.
37:22Good Lord.
37:2364 points you're up to.
37:25Let's have a look at the next set of letters.
37:27O-E-R-S-H-U-J.
37:35If I can put the J on a good spot, that would be very helpful.
37:39I see J-O, Joe is a word.
37:41If I can get the J on the double letter, that would be really, really helpful.
37:46So I'm going to play job on top of parted.
37:52Job.
37:52There it is.
37:53Double letter on the J.
37:55Very nice.
37:55You also created the word op.
37:57Gives you 24 points.
37:58Very good.
37:59Takes you up to 88 points.
38:0188 points.
38:02Four words remaining.
38:04112 points to get.
38:05Here are your scrambled letters.
38:07E-R-S-H-U-D-A.
38:11So shade, um, dasher.
38:15Something ending with a J, like hudge, for example.
38:19So I might need to think creatively here.
38:22I'm playing shade onto the R of Robins.
38:27Oh, there it is.
38:28Okay.
38:29Shade.
38:30Double letter on the S.
38:31Double word on the D.
38:32You also created the word er.
38:34Uh, nice score.
38:3622 points.
38:37Takes you up to 110 points.
38:38Very good.
38:39And you've opened up the big, the big score in line.
38:42That's the idea, right?
38:44I have.
38:44There are three words remaining.
38:46You need to get 90 points out of these three words.
38:49Let's have a look at your next record letters.
38:50R-U-I-D-V-N-I.
38:57So, um, I, I, I'm trying to score at least 30 points a move.
39:01I don't, I don't think, you know, with the D and the V and two I's.
39:05Right.
39:06So I'm going to play, uh, Viyan onto the A of shade.
39:11There it is.
39:12Very nice.
39:13Double word on the I of Viyan.
39:14Gives you 18 points for that.
39:16Very nice.
39:17Takes you up to 128 points.
39:18Excellent job.
39:20Viyan, of course, do you know what it means?
39:21Uh, food.
39:22It is.
39:23It does.
39:23It means tasty dish.
39:25Exactly.
39:26Tasty dish.
39:27So here's the situation.
39:28There are two words remaining.
39:29Uh, you need 72 points across those two words.
39:32All right.
39:33Let's see what we've got.
39:34Your next rack of letters.
39:35R-U-I-N-U-T-M.
39:41All right.
39:42So the two U's, again, not very helpful here.
39:45Mm.
39:46I should use the S to make a word.
39:50I'm playing strum off the S of shade.
39:54Strum.
39:54Very good.
39:55Off of the S of shade.
39:57That gives you a triple word on the M.
39:58It's a nice score.
39:5921 points.
40:00Takes you up to 149 points.
40:03Very good.
40:04Very good.
40:05So here's the situation, Ganesh.
40:07This is your final word.
40:08You've got 149 points.
40:09You need to get 51 to get to 200 points and win $10,000.
40:16But remember, even if you don't, every point is worth 25 bucks.
40:21So, you know, whatever you can get is earning you money.
40:23Let's grab your final letters and see what you've got.
40:26I-N-U-Y-A-T-T.
40:31All right.
40:32So right now I'm thinking of words ending in I-T-Y.
40:36So almost something like quantity with a Q.
40:39Taunt.
40:40Something with the S and the D maybe.
40:43All right.
40:43I'm going to play Unity onto the S of Robins.
40:47Unity.
40:48Very good.
40:49A double word on the N of Unity.
40:51A double letter on the Y of Unity.
40:53You also created the word us.
40:55You needed to get 51 points to get these 200.
40:58Unity got you 26 points, which is not bad.
41:01That takes you up to 175 points.
41:03Didn't get to the 200 points, but at $25 per point,
41:07you still won $4,375, which brings your two-game total to $14,375.
41:16Come out here.
41:16You're going to be joining us next time for a chance to win even more money.
41:21We will see you next time with my buddy Ganesh right here on Scrabble.
41:25We'll see you next time, everybody.
41:26Say bye-bye, Ganesh.
41:38We'll see you next time.
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