Board game idea

[zedd151]

As many of you might know, I have been (re)working on my tic-tac-toe and Connect 4 games here recently.
I have an idea for a new game, that I might start working on after tic-tac-toe and Connect 4 are finished.

The game board would be 6x6, 7x7, or maybe 8x8. Probably smaller is easier to implement, rather than larger. I think even 7x6, Connect 4 style could work.  (Could then, theoretically at least,  incorporate both games into one program that way).
 
To place the game, the player (or computer) places a single letter in an empty 'cell' on the game board. The placed letters cannot be undone, no undo feature. Upon thinking about this, the piece should be placed from the top->down similar to how Connect 4 works.

Two players take turns. One player or both could be the computer.

The object of the game is to place the letters in such a way to complete either a 3 or 4 letter word. The player that completes the most 3 or 4 letter words is the winner.

The player that places a letter to complete a word scores a 'win' for that word, plus any other words that are completed by placing that letter.

The list of words chosen will be a limited set of common 3 or 4 letter words. Obscure or archaic words will not be considered, to reduce the size of the word list. It might even be possible to keep the word list external, so the user can add or remove words as needed. 

This sounds plausible on paper, and may even exist somewhere already.
To me, this is a cross between scrabble, and connect 4 or tic-tac-toe. 

[FORTRANS]

Hi,

   Scrabble like game?  Sounds a bit small for the boards discussed.

Cheers,

Steve N.

[zedd151]

Hi,

  Scrabble like game?  Sounds a bit small for the boards discussed.

Cheers,

Steve N.

Not entirely like scrabble - only similarity really, is that it deals with letters and words. More like Connect 4, but with letters that may form a 3 or 4 letter word (not sure which I will try to implement first - 3 letter word, or 4 letter word).   

[zedd151]

Another sort of related game idea. Not original, and may have to use a different name for copyright reasons. But I was thinking about a "Wordle" type of game.

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Later:
After doing some research though, it appears that the New York Times owns the trademark Wordle, and has been actively pursuing Wordle clones.

I would have to keep it only for private use, it seems. 
What a shame. It would have been fun and challenging to code it.