 When signaled by Enberg, that player would take three letters from the answer and place them on a board behind him or her where the partner in the booth could see them.The first letter of the answer had to be used, but the first three letters could not, nor could letters that appeared the same (e.g., if the answer is "Boston Red Sox", B-O-S could not be used even if the S from "Sox" was used, although B-S-O was allowed).A player who did so was penalized, with 15 seconds being added to their elapsed time.