Three Letter Words

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Test your strategy and luck in this word game: To win, simply fill the board with letters without spelling any 3-letter words—anywhere, in any direction! Plan carefully, as every letter you draw must be played.

Play

Read Instructions

Game Over!

You spelled out the words:

Click a word to see its definition on Wiktionary.

You’ve won the game!

You finished in .

How to play

The goal of the game is to fill the entire board with letters, without spelling any 3 letter words. (Spelling 2 letter words are fine.)
The goal of the game is to fill the entire board with letters, without spelling any 3 letter words. (Spelling 2 letter words and 4 letter words are fine.)
The goal of the game is to fill the entire board with letters, without spelling any 3 letter words. (Spelling 2 letter words, 4 letter words, and 5 letter words are fine.)
Once you place a letter on the board, you can’t move it.
Words can be spelled in any direction, including backwards and diagonally (and both!)
You’ll only get 16 letters total, so every letter in your hand will eventually have to be played.
The game uses most 3 letter words from the dictionary, so there’ll be some uncommon but valid 3 letter words that you’ll inadvertently spell.
Use the and buttons to rotate the board.

Difficulty Settings

Board Size

3×3 (Easy) 4×4 (Normal) 5×5 (Hard)

Letter Distribution

Uniform (Easy) Weighted (Normal)

Letter distribution affects how letters are randomly drawn to your hand. The weighted distribution is based on how frequently the letters appears in the English language—you’re far more likely to get an E (11.51% chance) than a Q (0.16% chance). With uniform distribution, all letters have an equal chance of appearing. With rarer letters more common to appear in your hand, the game is easier.

(Changing the board size or letter distribution will restart the game.)

Credits

Created by Randall Bruder.

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Typeset in Gordita Medium, designed by Thomas Gillett. This site is built using jQuery, jQuery UI and jQuery UI Touch Punch. Word data from Wiktionary, processed using wiktextract by Tatu Ylonen. Also using Ilya Semenov’s Wikipedia word frequency generator script to limit the word list to more common words.