Oh, it can beat you. It can chew you up and spit you out. My highest score, so far, is 311,280. My best word - 3 gold letters, was QUAINT at 13k. (I don't remember the exact number.) The dictionary is a bit odd. It wouldn't accept VANITIES but did accept VANITY. QUA is a word, QUO (as in status quo), is not. Time to go waste more time again ....