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Scrabble grid contains exactly 225 play squares

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Your aunt taking forty-five minutes to place a three-letter word has exactly two hundred and twenty-five potential real estate spots to choose from. A fifteen by fifteen layout provides more than enough room to ruin relationships over someone inventing a word that sounds vaguely European.

Scrabble grid contains exactly 225 play squares
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