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00:01Can you turn words into dollars?
00:04Tonight's players think they can.
00:06And tonight, they will be engaging in a war of words
00:09for their chance to win $10,000.
00:12What time is it, Craig? It's time for Scrabble!
00:30Welcome to Scrabble, everyone.
00:32I'm Craig Ferguson.
00:33Let's meet tonight's players,
00:34starting with our returning champion.
00:36I'm Chidi.
00:37I'm a senior product manager from Brooklyn, New York.
00:40I'm John.
00:40I'm an entrepreneur.
00:41I'm from Burbank, California.
00:43I'm Abby.
00:44I'm a consultant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
00:47Well, welcome to the show, everybody.
00:49I'm looking forward to seeing you in action
00:50on the super-sized Scrabble board.
00:52Have you guys ever seen this thing before?
00:53Look at the size of that thing.
00:54Isn't that amazing?
00:56The three of you are going to battle it out
00:58in three rounds of word games.
01:00The player with the most points moves on to our final round
01:02for a chance to win $10,000.
01:05Chidi, you've done that before, haven't you?
01:07Yes.
01:07Yes, you have.
01:08All right.
01:09The key to being a strong Scrabble player
01:11is the ability to look at random letters
01:13and turn them into words.
01:15I'm going to present you
01:16with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
01:18Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
01:21The first two players to get four correct
01:23will move on to the next round
01:25for the chance to win $10,000.
01:28You guys ready to play?
01:29John and Abby, this is your first time here.
01:31Yeah.
01:32Chidi's been here before.
01:33Yeah.
01:33You guys okay?
01:33You feeling confident, strong?
01:35Absolutely.
01:36Everybody's got to play.
01:37Don't get overconfident, Chidi.
01:38I won't.
01:39All right.
01:40Let's get scrambling.
01:44All right.
01:45Here comes the first word.
01:47Always through the center square, of course,
01:48as it's the first word on the board.
01:50The clue is bookcase.
01:52Here are your scrambled letters.
01:57John.
01:59Shelf.
01:59Your bookcase, your shelf,
02:01wherever you put your stuff.
02:02There you go.
02:02Welcome, John.
02:05Here comes the next word.
02:07From the L in shelf, the clue is defendant.
02:11Here are your scrambled letters.
02:17Chidi.
02:17Lawsuit.
02:19A lawsuit for the defendant.
02:21There you go, Chidi.
02:23Here comes the next word.
02:25Through the T in lawsuit, the clue is queen.
02:29Here are your scrambled letters.
02:34Chidi.
02:35Royalty.
02:36Royalty.
02:37There it is.
02:38Nice.
02:40Well done.
02:42All right.
02:42Chidi has two.
02:43John has one.
02:44Abby yet to score, but it's early days, Abby.
02:46Don't worry.
02:46Don't worry.
02:47All right.
02:47Here comes the next word.
02:49Through the O in royalty.
02:51The clue is voting.
02:54Here are your scrambled letters.
02:59Chidi.
03:00Ballot.
03:01Place your ballot.
03:03Yeah.
03:03Voting ballot.
03:04Election voting.
03:07Well done, Chidi.
03:08Chidi has three.
03:08John has one.
03:09Abby yet to score.
03:11So, first person to get four is going to the next round.
03:14So, Chidi, you get this.
03:16You're moving on.
03:17John and Abby, you got it all to play for.
03:19All right.
03:20Through the L in ballot, the clue is hang.
03:25Here are your scrambled letters.
03:31Chidi.
03:32Dangle.
03:34Dangle.
03:34There it is, Chidi.
03:37Congratulations.
03:39You're the first to identify four scrambled words and you've made it to the next round.
03:43You can sit the rest of this round out.
03:45Well, don't sit it out.
03:46You know, just wait there.
03:47I might ask you a question anyway, so just be alert.
03:50John and Abby, it's between you guys now.
03:52John has one.
03:53Abby has zero.
03:55So, let's go to the next word.
03:57Down to the D in dangle.
04:00The clue is stuck.
04:02Here are your scrambled letters.
04:08John.
04:10Jammed.
04:11Can't get moving.
04:14John has two.
04:15Abby has none at the moment, but everybody take a breath.
04:19John and Abby, the next word is through the U in lawsuit.
04:24The clue is pointer.
04:27Here are your scrambled letters.
04:36The word is, of course, cursor.
04:41I wouldn't have got that.
04:42And I'm looking right at the answer.
04:44I knew the answer and I still wouldn't have got it.
04:47All right.
04:48Let's look at the last word for this board.
04:50Through the R in cursor, the clue is satire.
04:54Here are your scrambled letters.
05:01Abby.
05:02Parody.
05:03Welcome to the game, Abby.
05:06Welcome to the game, Abby.
05:07Welcome to the game.
05:09You know what?
05:10Let's clear off this board.
05:11Let's get a new board in here.
05:13First word of a new board.
05:15Through the center, as always, of course.
05:18The clue is comment.
05:20Here are your scrambled letters.
05:27Abby.
05:28Remark.
05:29Yes, it is remark.
05:31It's a game.
05:32It's a game.
05:33John has two.
05:33Abby has two.
05:35Neck and neck between the two of you.
05:37Let's have a look at the next word.
05:39Down to the R in remark.
05:41The clue is priest.
05:44Here are your scrambled letters.
05:49John.
05:51Father.
05:54Father.
05:55Good one.
05:57There you are.
05:58John has three.
05:58Abby has two.
05:59John, if you get this, you're moving to the next round.
06:02Abby, you need to get this next one to stay in the game.
06:05The next word.
06:06Through the A in father.
06:08The clue is antagonist.
06:11Here are your scrambled letters.
06:16John.
06:18Villain.
06:19Oh, John, you're not the villain of this space.
06:21You're the hero.
06:22Look at you.
06:23You got four.
06:25Congratulations, John.
06:26You'll be moving on to the next round to join Chidi.
06:29And you're both that much closer to winning $10,000.
06:33Abby, thank you for joining us.
06:35You were just getting warmed up.
06:36I hope you had some fun.
06:37Of course.
06:38When we come back, Chidi and John will continue to compete for the $10,000 right here on Scrabble.
06:46When we come back.
07:03Welcome back to Scrabble, everybody.
07:06I've got Scrabble hands.
07:08I'm here with Chidi and John.
07:09It's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see who will be moving on for a
07:14chance to win $10,000.
07:18How are you guys feeling?
07:20You got Scrabble hands?
07:21I've got Scrabble hands.
07:22I don't know.
07:23I made it up.
07:23Are you feeling OK?
07:24Yeah.
07:25All right.
07:25In this next round, our players will be presented with six racks of letters.
07:31There they are.
07:33Now, the goal is to place the best words on the board.
07:36You'll earn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
07:40Now, remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
07:44So don't forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
07:47You guys ready?
07:48Yes.
07:49All right.
07:50Let's get scrambling.
07:53Chidi, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
07:56Would you like to go first or second?
07:57I'd like to go first.
07:59To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest valued tile on each rack.
08:04There they are.
08:05Which rack would you like to start with, Chidi?
08:08All right.
08:09I'd like to start with the, so with rack five with the letter Z.
08:15Rack five with the Z.
08:17Let's see what you got.
08:18T-K-O-E-I-S-Z.
08:22Hmm.
08:23Is that good looking to you?
08:25Maybe.
08:26So there's Zit and Zits.
08:30Um, size.
08:32Could do something with the K.
08:34Kites.
08:36Um, Zek might be good.
08:38Or Zex.
08:39Also Tiz.
08:42I'm going to, I'm going to play Zex with the S on the star.
08:47There you go.
08:49Zex.
08:50The ending on the, uh, double word square.
08:53First word on the board of 34 points.
08:56Well done.
08:5734 points.
09:01All right, John, it's your turn.
09:02Which rack would you like to play?
09:05I would like to play rack four with the letter V.
09:11Rack four with the letter V.
09:13P-A-V-I-A-E-R.
09:18I see a couple of words.
09:21I see rave.
09:22I can work with ear.
09:24Um, rap.
09:26Uh, another word I won't say.
09:28Uh, vape.
09:29Um, I'm going to play paves to the S in Zex.
09:35Paves.
09:36Very nice.
09:37With the P on the double letter score.
09:40Takes you to 13 points.
09:42Nice opener, John.
09:4313 points.
09:47All right, Chidi, it's your turn.
09:48Which rack would you like to play?
09:50Okay, I would like rack six with a Q.
09:53Rack six with a Q.
09:55G-L-R-D-U.
09:58There it is.
09:59E-Q.
10:01Um, Doug.
10:03I see rug.
10:06I see queer, which that looks like that would get me that E.
10:11I want to use the A in paves.
10:15Because I could do equal or quad.
10:19I'm going to play queer with the E in Zex.
10:25Whoa.
10:26Look at that.
10:27All right.
10:27Well, queer with a triple letter on the Q.
10:30And a triple letter on the R gives you another cracker.
10:3436 points there, Chidi.
10:36Takes you up to 70 points.
10:38Extending play.
10:40All right, John.
10:41Your turn.
10:42Which rack would you like to play?
10:43I would like rack three with the letter F.
10:47Rack three with the letter F.
10:50E-L-P-U-E-O-F.
10:55You seeing it in there?
10:57Yeah, I see, um, uh, well, I, I see a lot of E's and P's up on the board.
11:09So, um, I'm going to play peep off the P in paves.
11:16Peep, using the word, the P in paves.
11:18Nice one, John.
11:19Peep gives you eight points.
11:21Takes you up to 21 points.
11:23All right.
11:24Opens up the board a little bit.
11:25All right, Chidi, this is your final rack.
11:27You've got 70 points.
11:28John still has one round to play after this, remember, so you're not safe yet.
11:32Which, which rack are you going to select?
11:33So I'm going to take rack two with a B.
11:37Rack two with a B.
11:39D-I-T-O-E-B-T.
11:43OK.
11:45I see debit, bed, bode.
11:50I see bet, bid, bid.
11:55I'm going to play debit across under the second E in peep.
12:01Debit.
12:02All right.
12:03Double word on the E of debit.
12:05Uh, you've also created the word ed and pay.
12:08Gives you 27 points.
12:1027 points, Chidi.
12:11Takes you up to 97 points.
12:15John, uh, you need 77 points.
12:17It can be done.
12:19The last rack of letters.
12:21M-Y-G-B-D-O-O.
12:26Well, I say goody.
12:27Maybe that's a good thing.
12:28And good.
12:29And my.
12:30And goob.
12:32Um.
12:34OK.
12:35I've got an idea.
12:36OK.
12:37So I'm going to go with roomie using the R in queer.
12:42Roomie.
12:42Very nice.
12:43You got a triple letter under the Y.
12:45You needed to get 77 points to beat Chidi and move on.
12:49That word's unfortunately only got you 18 points.
12:52So, Chidi, congratulations with 97 points.
12:55You're moving on for another chance to win another $10,000.
13:00Congratulations to you, John.
13:01Thank you for playing.
13:03Just wasn't your day.
13:04You did very well.
13:05When we come back, we'll see if Chidi can once again find the right words to bring home another $10
13:11,000 right here on travel.
13:32Welcome back, everybody.
13:34I'm here with my old friend, Chidi, who seems to be here all the time with me.
13:39Chidi is our last scrabbler standing again, who's about to play again for another $10,000.
13:46Well done.
13:48Now, let's see if your luck and your strong word play can continue.
13:52In this final round, as you know, points equal money.
13:56You will have seven chances to play seven words.
13:59You will earn the Scrabble point value of each word, and if your seven words total up to 200 points,
14:05then you will win $10,000.
14:07Now, if you don't make it, if you don't make it to 200 points, you don't go home empty-handed,
14:13you'll still be earning $25 for each point.
14:16Every word counts because every word's making you money.
14:18Yes.
14:19All right.
14:19You ready to play?
14:20I am.
14:21All right, Chidi, your game starts now.
14:23Okay.
14:26Time to play your first word, Chidi.
14:27Here are your letters.
14:29Good luck.
14:31A-N-I-T-E-G-P.
14:37I want to say there's a bingo in there, but right now I'm seeing giant, I'm seeing paint,
14:43I'm seeing pet, hint.
14:48I'm going to start with taping with the A on the star.
14:53Taping with a G.
14:55Right.
14:55Very nice.
14:56It's a double word on the A.
14:58Double word, of course, because it's first word on the board.
15:00A double letter on the G of taping.
15:02Very nice start.
15:0322 points.
15:04You're on your way, G.
15:06And you cleaned out the rack.
15:07Yes.
15:08So what are you looking for now?
15:09Have you got letters you'd like to play on that?
15:11Some high probability letters.
15:13So an R, an S, a T, or a high point tile like a Z or a Q.
15:19Okay.
15:19Let's see what we can give you.
15:21E-O-E-S-N-N-X.
15:27All right.
15:28That seems like maybe none of what you wanted.
15:31Well, the X is there.
15:32If there was an A, I would have had annexes, which would have been a nice bingo.
15:37Mm.
15:38Um, but since there is not, there's none, I've seen, there's neon.
15:48I'm going to play neon across taping with the last N in neon below the A.
15:56Neon.
15:57Neon.
15:57Under taping.
15:58There it is.
15:59With a double letter on the O of neon.
16:00You also created the words to and an.
16:03Gets your total score to 10 points for that word.
16:06Takes you up to a total of 32 points.
16:08Nice job.
16:10Wasn't a huge point word, but I'm guessing it was a strategic play, right?
16:15What are you trying to do?
16:15It depends.
16:16I have that X, so I want to do something with it.
16:18All right.
16:19E.
16:20S.
16:21X.
16:21I.
16:22R.
16:23A.
16:24L.
16:26I actually think I have a bingo in this.
16:29What?
16:30What?
16:31There's, I could go for the X under neon and try and get that triple with the X.
16:37But I know relaxin is a word.
16:41I'm going to play relaxins across the N in taping.
16:47Down through the N in taping.
16:49Outstanding.
16:51Relaxins.
16:52Double word on the A of relaxins.
16:54It is, of course, a bingo, which means you've used every letter on your rack.
16:59It gives you a total point score for that word of 80 points.
17:02Unbelievable.
17:03Takes you up to 112 points, Jeannie.
17:06Outstanding.
17:08Outstanding.
17:10Relaxins is a hormone that facilitates birth.
17:13Good to know.
17:15All right.
17:16Here's your next rack of letters.
17:19E.
17:19O.
17:20N.
17:20D.
17:21T.
17:21N.
17:22O.
17:25Donate with the A in relaxin.
17:27There's ton.
17:29T.
17:30N.
17:31And T.
17:31O.
17:31N.
17:32N.
17:32E.
17:32I think is good.
17:34I'm going to play toned across the E in neon.
17:38Toned underneath neon.
17:41There it is.
17:42Toned.
17:42A triple letter on the T.
17:44Triple letter on the D.
17:45You also created the words knee and id or ed.
17:48Give you 21 points for that.
17:50Nice job.
17:50It takes you up to 133 points.
17:53So, here's the situation.
17:55You require 67 points to get to the 200 and win $10,000.
18:00Yes.
18:01You have three words in which to do that.
18:03Okay.
18:03N.
18:04O.
18:05W.
18:06E.
18:06E.
18:07E.
18:07S.
18:08F.
18:09Got the S though.
18:10Everybody loves the S.
18:11I do have the S.
18:12and I can put that off tone to create stoned.
18:15Oh, yeah.
18:15And do something interesting.
18:17Mm.
18:17Um, there's also, I could do like now across relaxins.
18:25I could also do few under toned and do something there.
18:31I am going to play few across toned with a W on the double word score.
18:37Few under toned.
18:40Very good.
18:41Gives you a double word score on the W there.
18:44You also create the words of, knee, and new.
18:49Nice big score.
18:5037 points, Chidi.
18:51Excellent work.
18:52Takes you up to 170 points.
18:56170 points.
18:57Two words left.
18:58You need to get 30 points to reach 200 points.
19:03Okay.
19:03And win $10,000.
19:05Okay.
19:05N-O-E-S-Y-P-R.
19:12Um, so I see peony, a flower, which is nice.
19:17Mm, they're lovely, aren't they?
19:19Um, I see prone.
19:22Um, there's nose, nosy.
19:25There's the L in relaxin', so I could do something with an L-Y.
19:30But I don't see anything there.
19:33I'm going to play yeps down the triple lane off of toned.
19:38Creating stoned.
19:40Yeps down the side there.
19:42You get a triple word on the E of yeps.
19:45You also created the word stoned.
19:47You need 30 points to get to that 200.
19:50You just got 34 points, Chidi.
19:52Takes you up to 204.
19:54Congratulations, Chidi.
19:55That word did it for you.
19:56You just won $10,000.
19:58Bringing you a four game total.
20:0027,775.
20:02Outstanding.
20:03Well, congratulations.
20:04Let's see if you can win any more by getting you into another game right now.
20:08Let's bring in your new opponents.
20:10Come on, you two.
20:11Come on in.
20:16Hello, new players.
20:17Please go ahead and introduce yourself, would you please?
20:20I'm Armando.
20:20I'm an accountant from Elmhurst, Illinois.
20:23I'm Chanel, and I'm a software engineer from Seattle, Washington.
20:26Welcome, Armando.
20:27And welcome, Chanel.
20:29We just saw Chidi win $10,000 a game.
20:32She's quite a player.
20:32Are you intimidated in any way?
20:34Feeling confident?
20:35I'm going to do the best I can.
20:36Are you feeling cocky?
20:38You think you're going to?
20:38I'm not cocky.
20:39All right.
20:40All right.
20:41Well, good luck to you all, and we'll kick things off when we return right here on Scrabble.
21:03Welcome back to Scrabble, everyone.
21:05I can't wait to see you guys in action on the super-sized Scrabble board.
21:08Look at the size of that thing.
21:09Isn't that amazing?
21:11The three of you are going to battle it out in three rounds of word games.
21:15The player with the most points moves on to our final round for a chance to win $10,000.
21:21We've seen it done before.
21:23Now, as you know, the key to being a strong Scrabble player is the ability to look at random letters
21:28and turn them into words.
21:30I'm going to present you with racks of scrambled letters and clues.
21:33Your job is to find the words that match those clues.
21:38The first two players to get four correct will move on to the next round.
21:41You guys ready to play?
21:43Yes.
21:44All right.
21:45Then let's get scrabbling.
21:50All right.
21:50Here comes the first word, always through the center square, of course, on a new board.
21:55There it is.
21:55The clue is publish.
21:58Here are your scrambled letters.
22:03Judy.
22:04Books.
22:05Do you remember books?
22:06I remember books.
22:09All right.
22:11Here comes the next word.
22:14Next word through the O in books.
22:16The clue is oatmeal.
22:18Here are your scrambled letters.
22:23Judy.
22:26Oh, you didn't get it.
22:28I'll throw it open to Armando and Chanel.
22:31Buzz in if you know the answer.
22:32The clue is oatmeal.
22:35Oh, I would have thought from Seattle you'd enjoy some granola.
22:41All right.
22:42Not to worry.
22:42Chidi has one.
22:43Armando and Chanel yet to score.
22:47Over from the R in granola.
22:49The clue is performance.
22:52Here are your scrambled letters.
22:58Judy.
22:59Recital.
23:00Recital.
23:01Performance.
23:04All means the same thing.
23:06All right.
23:06Let's keep going.
23:07Down through the I in recital.
23:10The clue is measure.
23:13Fingers on buzzers here are your scrambled letters.
23:20Chidi.
23:21Metric.
23:22By any metric that's the right answer.
23:25Metric.
23:27Four points gets you into the next round.
23:29Chidi is at three points.
23:31Chidi, if you get this you're moving on to the next round.
23:33Here's the next word.
23:34Through the E in metric.
23:36The clue is hips.
23:39Here are your scrambled letters.
23:44Janelle.
23:49Sorry.
23:49You didn't get it in time.
23:50I'll throw it open.
23:51Chidi.
23:52Pelvis.
23:53Elvis the pelvis.
23:54There you are.
23:55Chidi, congratulations.
23:57You're the first to identify four scrambled words.
23:59You've made it to the next round.
24:00You can set the rest of this round out.
24:02But, you know, stay engaged.
24:04Don't get too ahead of yourself.
24:06You know, it's not over yet.
24:07Armando and Chanel.
24:08It's between you two guys now to see who's going on to the next round.
24:11Let's see the next word.
24:13Down from the S in books.
24:15The clue is inky.
24:17Here are your scrambled letters.
24:23Chanel.
24:23A squid.
24:24An inky squid.
24:26Nice job, Chanel.
24:26You're off and running.
24:27Welcome to the game.
24:30Next word on the board.
24:32From the U in squid.
24:33Through the U in squid.
24:34The clue is ravenous.
24:37Here are your scrambled letters.
24:43Armando.
24:43Hungry.
24:44Exactly so.
24:45Welcome, Armando.
24:48Armando has one.
24:49Cadell has one.
24:50Let's look at the last word on this board and then we'll clear it out and have another one.
24:53From the D in squid.
24:55The clue is vary.
24:58Here are your scrambled letters.
25:04Armando.
25:05Differ.
25:06Things vary.
25:07They differ.
25:07Well done, Armando.
25:09Armando has two.
25:10Chanel has one.
25:11Let's get rid of this board.
25:13We'll start a nice, clean, fresh new board.
25:15There you are.
25:15The clue is penguin.
25:19Here are your scrambled letters.
25:24Chanel.
25:25Waddle.
25:26Waddle like a penguin.
25:27There you are.
25:32All right.
25:33Waddle like a penguin.
25:34Good.
25:34Armando has two.
25:35Chanel has two.
25:36Let's have a look at the next word.
25:38Down from the A in Waddle.
25:40The clue is missing.
25:42Here are your scrambled letters.
25:48Armando.
25:49Absent.
25:50Absent.
25:51Nice job, Armando.
25:53OK, so here we have the situation.
25:55Armando has three.
25:56Chanel has two.
25:57Armando, if you get this, you're going to the next round to face Chiri.
26:00Next word.
26:01Through the N in absent.
26:04The clue is connection.
26:05Connection.
26:06Here are your scrambled letters.
26:11Chanel.
26:13Um.
26:14Lynx.
26:15Lynx and connections.
26:17Why?
26:17They're the same thing.
26:18Well done, Chanel.
26:20Amanda has three.
26:21Chanel has three.
26:24Whoever gets this next one is going on to the next round for a chance to face Chiri and
26:29perhaps play for $10,000.
26:32Down to the D in Waddle.
26:34The clue is paper.
26:38Here are your scrambled letters.
26:46Chanel.
26:47Notepad.
26:48Will the notepad get you through?
26:50Yes, it will.
26:51Congratulations, Chanel.
26:52You'll be moving on to join Chiri in the next round.
26:55And you're both that much closer to winning $10,000.
26:59Armando, didn't quite happen for you today.
27:02Thank you for playing.
27:03I hope you had some fun.
27:05When we come back, Chiri and Chanel will compete with each other on their way to the big money right
27:10here on Scrabble.
27:11We'll see you in a moment.
27:12Well done.
27:30Welcome back to Scrabble.
27:31I'm here with Chiri and Chanel and it's time for these two players to continue their word battle to see
27:36who will be moving on for the chance to win $10,000.
27:41Now, in this next round, as you know, you will be presented with six racks of letters.
27:49There they are.
27:50See them?
27:50Now, your goal is to place the best words on the board.
27:53You'll learn the Scrabble point value for each of the three words that you make.
27:58Remember, this is a game of both vocabulary and strategy.
28:01Do not forget to take advantage of the bonus squares.
28:04You guys ready?
28:06Yes.
28:07All right.
28:07Let's get Scrabblating.
28:13Chiri, you were the first to unscramble four words in round one.
28:16Would you like to go first or second?
28:17I'd like to go first.
28:19Okay.
28:19To help you decide which rack to play, I'm going to flip over the highest-valued tile on each rack.
28:24Flippity-dip.
28:25There they are.
28:26Which rack would you like to start with?
28:28I would like to start with rack five with the letter Q.
28:32Rack five with the Q.
28:35G-I-Q-N-S-E-R.
28:40No U in there.
28:41I'm guessing you were hoping for a U.
28:43I was.
28:44Yeah.
28:45I am playing Queez with the I on a star.
28:49Cheese.
28:51There you are.
28:51Nice job.
28:52Double word, of course, because it's the first word up there.
28:5524 points.
28:56Nice job.
28:59Chanel, it's your turn.
29:01Which rack would you like to play?
29:03Can I have rack one with the M?
29:05Rack one with the M.
29:07S-E-I-M-R-I-M.
29:12I could do something terrible and do an I-S under the, uh, cheese, make another cheese.
29:20I don't know if that makes good television.
29:23You know, you do what you want to do.
29:25Play the one you want to play.
29:27Um, using the M as the other high value letter, but that doesn't, uh, open up a lot.
29:35Uh, there's not a lot of doubling tiles.
29:39I'm going to play is with the I under the Q.
29:41Is with the I under the Q.
29:44The is also gives you key and is.
29:46Uh, you get a double letter on the I.
29:49This gives you 17 points is what it gives you.
29:51That's a nice job.
29:52Well done.
29:55Judy, it is your turn.
29:57Uh, which rack would you like to play?
29:58Uh, I want to take rack six with the H.
30:01Rack six with the H.
30:03F-D-R-E-A-E-H.
30:07Hmm.
30:09Yeah, there are a lot of good letters in there.
30:11I see header, herd, feed.
30:17The board is pretty blocked up.
30:20Yeah, it was a very strong defensive play.
30:22Yeah.
30:22Very good.
30:24I'm going to play fish off the S increase.
30:28Look at that on the board.
30:30Fish.
30:30Oh, there it is.
30:31Okay, so fish gives you a double letter on the H.
30:35You also create the word shh, which gets you 23 points,
30:40which takes you up to 47 points.
30:43Nice job, Judy.
30:46All right, Janelle, it's your turn.
30:47Which rack would you like to play?
30:49I'll take rack two with a V.
30:51Rack two with a V.
30:52A-B-R-I-C-V-D.
30:57It's kind of a cube-shaped thing.
30:59It's kind of hard.
31:00I see, I think it makes things with the A, A-S-H going down,
31:04like bash, rash, dash, but that doesn't get me that many points.
31:10Maybe A-S-H.
31:12So if I do cis, it's card, carb.
31:17Okay.
31:18I'm going to play carb with the C over the I increase.
31:22Look at that.
31:23Carb up there.
31:24Very good.
31:25With a double letter on the A of carb.
31:27You also create the word cis and ash gives you 21 points.
31:32Nice job.
31:34Nice job.
31:35Pitch up to 38 points.
31:38Chidi, you have 47.
31:39Chanel, you have 38.
31:40That's pretty much neck and neck in Scrabble.
31:42Chidi, you've got your final rack.
31:44Chanel still has one turn to play after this, of course.
31:46So which rack are you going to play?
31:48Um, can I have rack three with a J?
31:52Right, three with a J.
31:54S-T-A-J-R-O-I.
32:00Yeah, so I see jar, jars, and there's carb there.
32:05So I should play something off of that.
32:08Um, I know jota is a word, and so is jato.
32:14So I could play the plural of those.
32:18I don't think there's a bingo there.
32:21I'm going to play jota's with the S going off of carb.
32:26Jota's with the S on carbs.
32:30Gives you a double word in the O of jota's.
32:33Create the word jota's and carbs gives you 33 points.
32:37Brings you to a total of 80 points.
32:40Excellent play.
32:44Jota, of course, for those of you who don't know,
32:46a jota is a Spanish folk dance.
32:48So, here's the situation.
32:50Chanel, you need 43 points to pass Chidi
32:53and make it to the final round.
32:54I've seen that done here many times.
32:56The last rack of letters.
32:57O-P-T-A-K-D-E.
33:03Oof, okay.
33:04It would be cool if I could go something parallel to jota's.
33:08J-O is a word.
33:10O-T.
33:11No, O-T is not a word.
33:13Um.
33:15I don't have any S to finish the cheese with.
33:18Um.
33:19I'm going to play jade with the J off jota's.
33:22Jade with the J off jota's.
33:24Let's have a look at that.
33:25There it is.
33:26Very nice.
33:26Gives you a double word on the A.
33:29You needed 42 points to get there.
33:33That word jade only gets you 24 points, I'm afraid.
33:36So, Chidi, it's your game.
33:39Chidi, you're moving on for another chance to win $10,000.
33:43Congratulations.
33:44Chanel, thank you so much for playing with us.
33:47Sorry it didn't work out for you.
33:48It's all right.
33:48Thank you for having me.
33:49All right, you're very welcome.
33:50When we come back, we'll see if Chidi can once again
33:53find the right words to bring home another $10,000.
33:57Right here on Scrabble.
33:59Right here.
34:15Welcome back to Scrabble.
34:16I'm here with Chidi, who's always here now.
34:19You're always here.
34:20I'm here with Chidi, who's looking to add $10,000
34:23to the $27,775,000 she's already won.
34:28Outstanding.
34:31Now, as you know, in the final round,
34:34you will have seven chances to play seven words.
34:37You earn the Scrabble point value for each word,
34:40and if your seven words total up to 200 points,
34:42you will win $10,000.
34:45You don't make it to 200 points,
34:47you don't go home empty handed,
34:48you earn $25 for each Scrabble point you earn.
34:52So, every word counts.
34:55You ready to play?
34:56I am.
34:57Chidi.
34:57Yes.
34:58Your game starts now.
35:02Time to play your first word, Chidi.
35:05Good luck.
35:05Here are your letters.
35:07S-U-C-L-R-P-A.
35:13You see anything there?
35:14OK.
35:15I don't think there is a bingle, but I see carp, crap, clap, scrap, cup, curl.
35:28I'm going to play claps with the C on the double letter and the S on the star.
35:35Claps.
35:35There it is.
35:36Double letter on the C, double word on the S because it's the first word up there.
35:40Nice strong start.
35:4124 points.
35:42You're on your way, Chidi.
35:43Nice job.
35:45Now, I've seen you do this before though.
35:47You put the C up there.
35:48Doesn't that shut the board down for you a bit on that side?
35:51It's enough to the left.
35:52I think I have room.
35:53OK.
35:54All right.
35:55Let's have a look at your next rack of letters.
35:58U-R-A-A-L-N-F.
36:04I see flan, I see far, afar, lunar.
36:13I think I need to open up the board some more.
36:18And I want different tiles.
36:21So.
36:22Use a lot of tiles?
36:23Is that your plan?
36:24Yeah.
36:25I want to knock out some of these.
36:28So.
36:30So I took a closer look.
36:32I actually wanted to play planar.
36:34OK.
36:35With the, coming off of the P and claps.
36:39Planar.
36:40There it is.
36:42Planar.
36:42Nice job opening up the board.
36:44Planar, double letter on the L, double letter on the R.
36:48Gives you 10 points.
36:49Takes you up to 34 points.
36:52But you've opened up the board.
36:53Very clever.
36:54Very clever.
36:55Ah, you get rid of a lot of letters.
36:58Let's have a look at your next set of letters.
36:59U.
37:00F.
37:01N.
37:01R.
37:02A.
37:02H.
37:03A.
37:05OK.
37:06Um, well.
37:08I see somewhere I can play the F and get some points.
37:11So there's fun.
37:12There's, I think har is a word.
37:15Or, you can do char with a C or churn with the C.
37:20You can play afar.
37:22I'm going to play fun alongside planar with the F on the first A.
37:28Let's see that.
37:30There it is.
37:30Fun.
37:31Triple letter on the F.
37:33You also created the words fa, un, and na.
37:37Nice big score.
37:3831 points for that play.
37:40Lovely job.
37:41Takes you up to 65 points.
37:44So you need 135 points to get to the 200 points where you will win another $10,000.
37:50You have four words in which to do that.
37:52So let's see what you got.
37:53R.
37:54A.
37:54H.
37:55A.
37:56T.
37:56I.
37:57L.
37:59I want, so I see hair, um, halts, alts, tail, trail.
38:07Um, I think I want to hold on to that H.
38:12Okay, I'm going to play hair off the U in un.
38:17Hair.
38:18There it is.
38:19Very nice.
38:20Hair with a double word on the H of hair.
38:23You also create hun and anna, which gives you a nice big 29 points for that play.
38:30Very good.
38:30Takes you up to 94 points, Chiri.
38:33Good.
38:34That's good.
38:35So here's the situation, Chiri.
38:37You have three words remaining.
38:38You need to get 106 points to get you to the 200 that you need to win another $10,000.
38:44Let's see what you got.
38:45A.
38:45T.
38:46L.
38:47D.
38:48O.
38:49O.
38:50P.
38:51Attle do.
38:52Okay.
38:54Um, I don't think there's a bingo in here unless, like, tool pad is a word.
39:00I'm going to play poor off the R in hair going to the double words were.
39:06Poor.
39:07Going to the R in hair.
39:09Very nice.
39:10You get a double word on the P of poor.
39:12Gives you 12 points.
39:13Takes you up to 106 points.
39:15Nice job.
39:15You've opened up the triple word area.
39:18Yeah.
39:19Very good.
39:20So you need 94 points.
39:22You have two words in which to do it in.
39:23You ready?
39:25A.
39:25T.
39:26L.
39:27D.
39:28O.
39:28E.
39:29B.
39:30Is that good?
39:31Well, there's bloated, but there's nowhere to put bloated.
39:34Um, unless debloat is a word.
39:37I don't know if that's good.
39:40Um, I'm going to play lob over poor with the B over the O, getting me the double word score.
39:48Lob over poor.
39:49Lob over poor.
39:49There you go.
39:50Very nice.
39:51Lob gives you the double word on the B of lob.
39:55You also create the words off and bow.
39:57Gives you 22 points, Shidi.
40:00Very nice.
40:00Takes you up to 128.
40:04All right.
40:05So, you have one word remaining.
40:07In order to get to $210,000, you need to score 72 points.
40:13And that's still a bit of a wave.
40:15Okay.
40:16Let's see what you get.
40:17A.
40:18T.
40:19D.
40:19E.
40:20I.
40:21J.
40:22T.
40:24Okay.
40:24I'm pretty sure Opa is good.
40:26So, I could get Jade down there in the corner and that would be some good points.
40:32I'm trying to say Jett, Jetta.
40:34There's no idea where I can use the L.
40:38I'm going to play Jade under pork.
40:42Jade under there.
40:44Very nice.
40:45The J gives you the triple word score.
40:48The E of Jade gives you the double letter score.
40:50You also create the words Opa, Bod and O.
40:54Or Owee.
40:55You needed 72 points to get to the 200, but you got 53 points, which is an amazing amount
41:01of one word.
41:02How is that?
41:03You didn't get to the 200 points of 10,000, but at 181 points, you still won $4,525,
41:13which brings, my friend, your five-game total to $32,300.
41:21Thanks for playing with us, Jetta.
41:23You have been a great champion.
41:44Bye.
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