Scrabble Showdown and with 30 seconds on the clock the parent yells out a three letter word that can be formed by the five letters in the board. The child must maneuver the letter screens in the track so the three letter word appears at the bottom of the game board. The team scores one point for each word they make and the opponents then try to beat that score. There are a handful of episodes in which "Scrabble Flash" is played first and the minigames are played in rounds 2 and 3 but for most episodes, Round 3 is always "Scrabble
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