I love to play scrabble but the messy tiles all over especially if the board gets bumped. I remember to this day that one year Santa brought me a scrabble game. It was a larger board, but it had all tile lock AND it was on a base that made it able to turn so each player could look straight on. I had that game board for probably20 years. We have moved 3x while building our new house and I am pretty sure it has gotten lost in the transitions, I will miss that board but this will be nice to play on with the lock in tiles.