I purchased this thinking it would do as the box states and hold the tiles in place. It doesn't. Every time you attempt to lay down a new word the existing tiles on the board "buckle" up and pop around making every move tedious and time consuming as it takes small fingers to places the tiles back perfectly. Please see pictures I have included. The tiles are plastic and the letters aren't centered which is not a big deal to me. However when playing the first word,  Gone as soon as I laid down the O the G popped up. When fixing the G the O popped out. The pictures will show what I mean. I wish I hadn't been cheap and would have ordered the Deluxe Scrabble with wooden tiles and the elevated plastic tile lock board. This isn't worth the money. It's not even a step up from the flat board that doesn't hold the tiles, as this is a constant game of popping tiles back in that have already been played.