TV Scrabble in the first half as his touch screen was seemingly not functioning properly and ended up scoring only 5 points total in that half. The technical problem was rectified in the second half. TV Scrabble TV Scrabble was a British television version of the popular board game, which aired on Challenge TV from 1 October 2001 to 2003. 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. In this round,
Tile tracking player who can plan and calculate the best move while taking into consideration the other player's possible responses—winning a close game by blocking an opponent’s big play or setting up a high-scoring play the opponent cannot block. Scrabble champion John Holgate notes that tile-tracking is particularly important in tight "bobbing" finishes when the bag is empty, and that many games are lost through "just not knowing what tiles your opponent has on her rack. You simply cannot calculate possible permutations if you are unsure about which letters are relevant." Tracking can also tell a player if the bag is ‘vowel-heavy’