No cartoon mascots, no coins to collect, no timers nagging you to come back and no ads. Just a real board, real tiles, and a real room around you — right down to the pocket watch, quietly ticking on the table.
A fully rendered table, rack, and tile set — not a flat mobile grid.
Letter Rack was written to be a game of strategy, not a vocabulary contest. Most word games rely on enormous wordlists or online opponents, and either can make a game challenging yet frustrating. Letter Rack 3D plays like a human, so its wordlists are founded on everyday conversation. Choose the list that suits you, from everyday vocabulary to the full competition lists.
The board, racks, tiles, dictionary, notebook, pencil, watch and the room they all sit in — every object is rendered with the same uncompromising, photorealistic detail. Even the lettering on the tiles themselves is yours to choose, in Settings. The most photorealistic version of the game there is.
Reshape the board and move the bonus squares wherever you like — or remove them entirely. A board with no bonus squares at all calls for very different strategic play. A new world of word skills, built from the same board you already know.
Configurable intelligent computer players — set them gentle for a relaxed game, or ruthless for a real challenge.
Solve the kind of word-tile puzzles found daily in newspapers, or find the best possible play from any rack in-game — a genuine tool, not just a hint button.
Create your own newspaper-style puzzles from any board position, and print or share them as PDFs — a feature no rival offers.
Ten original piano scores come built in to play as you think — and you're free to add your own.
Have a specialist word list of your own — a regional dialect, a niche vocabulary, a classroom set? SoftSpot Software can process user-supplied wordlists into a working lexicon. Get in touch.
Play the full game in 5-minute sessions, as often as you like — the perfect way to confirm it runs beautifully on your setup before buying.
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Native install. Download and run — full compatibility with any modern Windows PC with OpenGL support.
Primary platformPlay on your Android phone or tablet! Our simple setup guide gets the full PC version running beautifully on mobile screens. Try the free trial today and see how gorgeous it looks on your device before you buy.
Via Winlator 11.2+Four short videos — the full game, the Puzzle Solution tool, a look behind the curtain at the debug view and new boards for old (Samsung Galaxy Tab A8).
Three decades of word-game and puzzle titles. Available on request.
The original word-tile game — 7 dictionaries, board designer, puzzle creation, up to 125 AI skill levels.
"Gives a new dimension to word games" — a variant word-tile game with its own puzzle and anagram tools.
A companion puzzle tool for Scrabble® games — create, solve, and print puzzles across 7 dictionaries.
Solve and create puzzles in the style of Channel 4's Countdown, across 7 dictionaries, ready to print.
9-letter anagram puzzles with 1–4 key letters for adjustable difficulty — create, solve, and print.
Get in touch below for details on any of these titles.
Four years of building a real three-dimensional world around a word-tile game — the engine, the mathematics, and why nothing was borrowed from a library. A short behind-the-scenes read, with the debug graphics that were never meant to be seen.
Read "Behind Letter Rack 3D" — PDF
How Letter Rack 3D finds the best word — and knows when not to show it to you. The same engine that plays against you can also play for you — or just for the newspaper.
Two parts: the game itself plays in complete 5-minute sessions, as many times as you like. The Letter Rack Solution — the puzzle solver, creator and printer built into the dictionary — has no time limit at all and stays free forever, whether you buy or not. No sign-up, no nag screens.
Yes, via Winlator — easy to follow, step-by-step instructions are provided, and the free trial lets you see it running on your own device first.
Because I wanted to play a game of strategy, not a vocabulary contest. CSW24 runs to around 290,000 words — most people know perhaps 40,000, and use around 5,000 day to day. Playing on the full competition list is a real, specific experience, and one reserved for the purist. So alongside the competition lists, I've created a few cut-down word lists closer to everyday vocabulary, for a game that's about tactics and genuine word skill.
There has always been a debate about which words should be left out of a list, so none of these is the last word — the lists can be revised, and it's up to you. If a word you know isn't recognised, open the dictionary at the selection page, where the word is waiting, and click Add. It's added to the dictionary you've selected, and that's it.
Your key is generated and emailed personally by the developer — typically within 24–48 hours. This is a small operation, not an automated storefront.
Windows with OpenGL support. On Android, run it via Winlator 11.2+ — the free trial is the easiest way to see it running well on your own device.
Questions, problems, or feedback are always welcome. Please include your operating system and, for Android, your device model — it genuinely helps.
support@softspotsoftware.comWe aim to respond within 2 business days.
We strongly encourage you to try the free version first. It isn't a crippled demo — it's the real thing:
Because you can fully evaluate the real software before paying, purchases do not carry an automatic right to a refund. Please make sure you're confident before buying.
One-time payment. No subscription.
Full licence for Letter Rack 3D. Runs natively on Windows, and on Android via Winlator (see setup guide). Registration key issued personally by the developer, typically within 24–48 hours after purchase — please enter your real full name (matching your PayPal account) when asked, as this will be used to generate your unique registration key.
Your name and email are used only to generate and send your licence — never shared or sold.