Scrabble (game show) off their case" for "detective"). Viewers could win a "Scrabble" T-shirt by submitting a word and clue and having them selected for use in the show's opening title sequence. The first round of every game was the Crossword round, in which two contestants competed to guess words as they were laid out on a computer-generated Scrabble board. Originally, two new contestants played each Crossword, with the winner advancing to the Scrabble Sprint to face the reigning champion (see below). On September 29, 1986, as part of a broader format change, episodes were re-structured to include two Crosswords. The first Crossword
Tile tracking new game. While Scrabble-branded 'tracker sheets' are available for purchase, customized tracking sheets of all types can be found freely available for downloading online, usually in .pdf format to facilitate printing. Scrabble club websites are the most common source for free pre-printed tracking sheets, and players often create their own tracking sheets. The introduction of Scrabble for computers saw the practical application of automated score-keeping, but the rapid technological advances brought about by computers and the internet seemed only to serve the wider distribution of pre-printed tracking grids via downloads in terms of new tile-tracking tools. Some websites offer online