Scrabble (game show) wild card contestants competed in semifinal matches on Monday through Thursday. The four winners advanced to the final matches that Friday, with a grand prize of $100,000 for the winner. With slight adjusting, this tournament format became the new permanent "Scrabble" format on December 29, 1986. As noted above, each episode now featured four contestants and two Crossword games worth $500 each. The champion played in the first Crossword, whose winner set a Sprint time for the second winner to beat, and the Sprint winner received $1,000 and took or retained the championship. With this format change, "Scrabble" became a
Scrabble Complete and the music. The game offers support for the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary and a hint system for novice Scrabble players. In addition to the main stand-alone mode, Scrabble Complete offers network play. There are also several educational word games, such as word riddles and anagram search, included with Scrabble Complete. Some copies of the game also include the 1997 Boggle computer game as a bonus. Reception to Scrabble Complete was generally favorable with a 75.67% rating at Gamerankings. GameSpot gave the game a 7.2 rating stating: "Scrabble Complete is basically just Scrabble, which, if you're a fan of the