TV Scrabble
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TV Scrabble is a UK television version of the popular board game, which aired on Challenge from 2001-2003.
Gameplay is substantially different from the previous American adaptation, Scrabble, in that it more closely resembles the board game.
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[edit] Hosts
Toby Anstis was the first host, and Eamonn Holmes was the second host.
[edit] Premise
Four players competed in two games on each show. Two players play each game facing each other one-on-one with the winners playing in the daily final at the end of the show.
In each game there were two rounds.
[edit] Duplicate Scrabble
In this round, the players had the same seven tiles and had to try and find the best scoring combination possible within 20 seconds (25 seconds in series 2). They inputted their moves with a touch screen and stylus, and a rather neat 3D graphical effect had the tiles fly out of the podiums onto a giant upright Scrabble board. Contestants scored points for the word they made but only the higher scoring word remained on the board to be played off for the next go. This would be played four or five times.
[edit] Speed Scrabble
The second round was Speed Scrabble. Each player was given a clean board and had one minute to make as many words & score as high as they can. They would take their minutes in turn.
[edit] Daily Final
The winner of the first game would do battle with the winner of the second game in the daily final. This time, the players would be playing Speed Scrabble but sharing the same board. One person would be in control of it for 30 seconds, swapping control after time expires. After two minutes (that's a minute each), the scores would be added to the scores from their earlier rounds to find the day's winner.
The four winners from Monday-Thursday programs battled it out on the Friday Final for a shot at Finals Week and a holiday.
