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 letter distributions is called ԲԱՌ ԽԱՂ ("bar khagh", meaning "words game") and is not an official edition by Mattel. Notice that this distribution lacks "և", another Armenian letter, because: However, it can be formed as a ligature of ե/Ե and ւ/Ւ. Bambara-language Scrabble sets use these 106 tiles: The uncommon digraphic letters "sh" (sometimes represented with the IPA symbol ʃ; a regional variant of s) and "kh" (only used in loanwords) are absent as they are now considered obsolete. Basque-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles. Called Euskarbel, this is not an official edition by Mattel. Diacritical marks are ignored. "C", "Q",