Letter Hunt

Letter Hunt (also known as Sudden Death, Poolin' Around, and Survivor Spelling Bee) is a recurring challenge in Survivor.
==Rules==
The castaways would race into a field to collect three bags containing letter tiles. Each time they untie a bag, they must bring it back to their station. Once they have collected all three bags they would untie them and start spelling a short phrase. The first person to spell the phrase correctly wins immunity.
==History==
===United States===
In , the castaways had to collect a series of placards, each bearing an English letter, which they would have to acquire at successive stations along a course. Once they had gathered all the letters, they would have to unscramble them to form two mystery words. The challenge came down to Brian Heidik and Ted Rogers, Jr.. Brian managed to unscramble the letters, but misspelled the phrase and yelled it out aloud, giving Ted the correct answer who took advantage and won reward. Ted won a Chevrolet Trailblazer and a Thai dinner and massage, which he shared with Helen Glover.
In , the challenge was for individual immunity at a Double Tribal Council, and the winning tribe of the previous Reward Challenge would compete. Judd could not get his bag of puzzle pieces open and while looking at Rafe's letters, he figures out the answer, which he accidentally gives to Rafe, which leads him to winning immunity.
The challenge was used as the Loved Ones Challenge of . The Libertad tribe would retrieve bags of letter tiles from a pool, which they would then pass to their loved ones. Once all three bags of letter tiles have been collected, their loved ones will race to spell the phrase "FAMILY COMES FIRST". Chase Rice's mother Connie was the first to solve the puzzle, winning the challenge for the pair.
===Australia===
The challenge appeared as a tribal Reward Challenge in . The tribes competed in pairs, racing out into the water to hunt for tribe-colored coconuts bearing letters which each pair would use to spell a given word each round, with the first tribe to win two rounds winning a Mexican feast. With the Titans winning the first round with "SALSA" and the Rebels winning the second round with "CHILLI", the challenge came down to a showdown on "TORTILLA" ending with the Titans coming out on top.
==Winners==
<tabber>United States=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winners
 	Individual Reward 	
 	Individual Immunity 	
 	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	
|-|Australia=
Episode	Challenge Type	Winners
 	Tribal Reward 	
</tabber>
==Gallery==
<tabber>United States=
Ted-reward.png|Ted competing in .
letter hunt guatemala.jpg|Rafe working on his phrase in .
s21e14 poolin around.png|Libertad competing alongside their loved ones in .
|-|Australia=
aus11e09 mark feras winna survivor spelling bee.jpg|The challenge in .
</tabber>
==Trivia==
*Only men have won this challenge.
==References==
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Challenges
Category:Recurring Challenges
Category:Survivor: Thailand
Category:Thailand Challenges
Category:Survivor: Guatemala
Category:Guatemala Challenges
Category:Survivor: Nicaragua
Category:Nicaragua Challenges
Category:Australian Survivor: Titans v Rebels
Category:Titans v Rebels Challenges