Scrabble (1986): John Heaner goes for $40,000!

Hosted by Chuck Woolery, this long-running NBC game show was loosely based on the board game of the same name. Current Scrabble Sprint champion, John Heaner(?), has won 9 sprints so far. He is shooting for his 10th to win $40,000 and retire as champion. Can he do it?
Also, it's the last day of the Home Viewer Sweepstakes. The correct word is HAMBURGER.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to this show. This video is intended for educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is implied.

[@17tubemaster]

Chuck was absolutely right - it was ridiculous that they constantly used uncommonly used letters for stoppers as the contestants would instantly know that they pulled letters that were no good. I'm surprised that more people didn't do the fake guess/pass over the stopper routine over the years.

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

Remember, once you pick tiles, you have to use one before you can guess again.

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

SCRABBLE is My All Time Favorite Game Show!

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

Which makes it a shame that Hasbro felt the need to destroy it with Scrabble Showdown.

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154 - I understand your frustration, friend. I was not happy with Showdown too.

[@jamesmoss3424]

John Heaner did brilliant. 😀👍👍👍👍👍

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

He's the best Scrabble champion to make it to the cap, even if it was the stupid "champion never plays the Scrabble Crossword ever again" format. On the bright side, at least it wasn't Scrabble Showdown with Justin Willman.

[@prestonharper6745]

Great show. But who has La Trice's Second day and the full Andre Francois Jean Dupuy episodes?

[@zachhoran]

Appears to be from 1985, not 1986, probably late 1985 as they had a TofC in November 1985 featuring top Scrabble board game players vs. Scrabble game show top winners. John won his TofC and another $51,500 circa June 1986

[@GamingDelight]

Prove it.

[@jamesrobinson9642]

@Mr. Rick Rhino C[& everybody else] here, yes, in year 1986, this "Scrabble" game show had Mr. Charles "Chuck" H. Woolery as its former host just as his previous studio announcer there was late Mr. Arthur W. Ferguson [though professionally known as "Charlie Tuna"]!

[@pem1974]

What's that beeping at 3:16 ?

[@alexhoule1824]

Ran out of time if they don't know the word. A time's up sound.

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

@@alexhoule1824 - Another thing to hate about those early Scrabbles. Annoying beeping sounds and/or buzzer sounds during the main game. Thank goodness that was eliminated when they self contained the episodes later on.

[@gameshowguy2000]

Wait... doesn't John get $500 for buzzing in on the blue square?

[@misstee101]

8:20

[@bellantonioabraham6920]

Champion John Heaner wins 10th match in Scrabble Sprint Bonus Round + $40,000 dollars!! He retires undefeated with grand total of $66,000 dollars!!

[@HunterDillon95]

Actually no, he left with $40,000 flat. This was late in the first format where 5 Sprint wins augments a champ's winnings to $20,000, while 10 Sprint wins augments a champ's total winnings to $40,000.

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

The Alan Lusher (Jeopardy! style Double Dare) of Scrabble!

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154 - And with a better persona (both Heaner and Lusher) than fellow retiree, Jacqui Calkin.

[@Musicradio77Network]

John Herner came back in May 1986 for the Tournament of Champions edition of “Scrabble” and he won the cash. There was an episode where John was a contestant in the “Tournament of Champions”, but sadly, the episode is still lost.

[@whammy3323]

I absolutely HATED this version... so glad it changed... way too easy to get money

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

And NBC obviously agreed with you! And then they took it another step further in 1993...that most people hated!