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Life & fun · December 21, 2019

Winning with Words

A deceptively simple competitive word game

Winning with Words launched on December 21, 2019 with 6 votes, #969 of 2,946 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

Sudoku meets Scrabble! Arrange your letters onto a 3x3 grid. Some letters will randomly be placed on the grid at the start of the game. Each word is worth 100 points with some letters adding multipliers. Words pay in all directions. Best score wins!

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