History Series / ScrabbleShowdown

* '''''Scrabble'' Babble:''' Kinda like ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' and the "Turnabout" bonus round from ''Series/ChildsPlay'', in that a parent is shown a word with one letter missing; they have to decide on a fitting word and describe it for the kid without saying it. Once they get the word, they get a word with one more letter until they hit seven letters total. Whichever team gets five words faster or the most in a minute wins.

Another original game show on Creator/TheHub, following in the footsteps of ''Series/FamilyGameNight''. This time, it's the crossword game you've played all your life, but never quite like ''this''.... or quite like ''[[Series/{{Scrabble}} that]]'', either. ''Scrabble Showdown'' features two teams of two competing in various ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}''-themed minigames for a chance at a trip anywhere in the world. Multiple games were used, much like ''Family Game Night'' (in fact, one of their rounds, ''Scrabble Flash'', was brought in for this show), so things were varied. The games in Round 1 and 2 included:

[[caption-width-right:350:It's ''Scrabble'' like you've never seen it before! Except for [[Series/{{Scrabble}} that other show...]]]]

* '''''Scrabble'' Scream:''' One team member unscrambles part of a word, and the other has to unscramble the rest to make a complete word- all while screaming. Again, the faster time to solve five words or the most words solved in one-minute wins.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's ''Scrabble'' as you've never seen it before! Except for [[Series/{{Scrabble}} that other show...]]]]

The final round, '''''Scrabble'' Lightning''', is similar to the Crossword round in the '80s series. First, 16 ''Scrabble'' tiles are placed onscreen and some are randomly flashing; this is the amount of bonus tiles a team has collected. They hit their buzzers to stop the randomizer and are awarded the total value of all the tiles they light as a head start. A scrambled word appears on an oversized ''Scrabble'' gameboard and a punny clue is given. The first team to buzz in and answer correctly gets the board's value of that word (which can be doubled or tripled if a letter is on a double or triple word score space). The first team to reach 100 points wins the game and a trip.

For each game won, one of the teams then gets a prize. They then move on to round 3: '''''Scrabble'' Flash''', where one team is isolated while the other uses five oversized ''Scrabble Flash'' cubes to make words of three or more letters. They score one point per letter; high score wins the round.

The final round, '''''Scrabble'' Lightning''', is similar to the Crossword round in the '80s series. First, 16 ''Scrabble'' tiles are placed onscreen and some are randomly flashing; this is the amount of Bonus Tiles a team has collected (two per win in Rounds 1 through 3). They hit their buzzers to stop the randomizer and are awarded the total value of all the tiles they light as a head start. A scrambled word appears on an oversized ''Scrabble'' gameboard and a punny clue is given. The first team to buzz in and answer correctly gets the board's value of that word (which can be doubled or tripled if a letter is on a double or triple word score space). The first team to reach 100 points wins the game and a trip.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 80's ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' game show (especially concerning ''Knockout'' and ''Lightning''); thanks to Sande Stewart, some of the minigames are a bit influenced by ''Series/{{Pyramid}}''. The way each team got their Bonus Tiles in ''Lightning'', meanwhile, evokes the Master Puzzle from ''Series/BreakTheBank1985''- hit the buzzer to stop the shuffle and see how many rectangular objects you can get (Bank Cards there, Bonus Tiles here).

The final round, '''''Scrabble'' Lightning''', is similar to the Crossword round in the '80s series. First, 16 ''Scrabble'' tiles are placed onscreen and are randomly flashing; this is the amount of Bonus Tiles a team has collected (two per win in Rounds 1 through 3). They hit their buzzers to stop the randomizer and are awarded the total value of all the tiles they light as a head start. A scrambled word appears on an oversized ''Scrabble'' gameboard and a punny clue is given. The first team to buzz in and answer correctly gets the board's value of that word (which can be doubled or tripled if a letter is on a double or triple word score space). The first team to reach 100 points wins the game and a trip.