Text Tiles is a 1992 puzzle game created by Capitol Disc Interactive for the Philips CD-i. During gameplay, the player

Player (game)

A player of a game is a participant therein. The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in game theory and in ordinary recreational games....

 is presented with a 12x12 grid and is given letters to place into this grid to make words. More points are awarded for longer words and the player is also timed. Some words which would be accepted in games such as Scrabble

Scrabble

Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...

were not accepted in Text Tiles, which led to some criticism. Another feature of the game is that the player can adjust the game's difficulty.