Griddle

Griddle gives you a seven by seven board scattered with double and triple letter squares, and a rack of 21 letter tiles in three rows, each marked with its point value. Some tiles carry bonuses of their own: blue tiles are worth more than usual, red tiles multiply the word they sit in, and yellow tiles add points to every tile in their word. A blank tile is a space, not a wildcard, and lets you join two short words into one longer one.

There is no turn order and no opponent. You have the whole rack at once and drag tiles on and off the board as often as you like; the score and every word on the board update as you go, and a tile used in two crossing words counts in both. Once most of your letters are used a Submit button appears, and submitting locks in the layout and puts it on the global scoreboard, where you can look through other players' boards for the day.

Every board is numbered from #1 on 1 January 2022, and the same board goes to everyone on a given date. Random Board in the menu picks a past board you have not played yet. An Assistant mode helps find words that fit the tiles already placed, and snapshots let you keep one layout while you try another.

Griddle is made by M. Treaster and runs in the browser with no account and no ads; you can export and import your data to move to another device. It suits players who like Scrabble's scoring but would rather spend ten quiet minutes polishing one layout than race a clock or an opponent.