diff --git a/src/components/App/App.scss b/src/components/App/App.scss
index e927e6e..5e99f65 100644
--- a/src/components/App/App.scss
+++ b/src/components/App/App.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 .App {
-  max-width: 80vw;
   max-height: 100vh;
-  margin: 0 auto;
+
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
+  grid-template-rows: 1fr;
+  grid-column-gap: 0;
+  grid-row-gap: 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/App/App.tsx b/src/components/App/App.tsx
index 77279bb..210453b 100644
--- a/src/components/App/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App/App.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ import './App.scss';
 export default function App(): JSX.Element {
   return (
     <div className="App">
-      <Logo />
-      <Board />
+      <div />
+      <div>
+        <Logo />
+        <Board
+          numRows={10}
+          numCols={10}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Board/Board.scss b/src/components/Board/Board.scss
index cdde0be..0b6b490 100644
--- a/src/components/Board/Board.scss
+++ b/src/components/Board/Board.scss
@@ -1,24 +1,56 @@
+$LetterBaseColor: ghostwhite;
+$LetterHoverColor: #d9d9ff;
+
+.Container {
+  display: grid;
+}
+
+.Content, .Overlay {
+  grid-area: 1 / 1;
+}
+
+.Overlay {
+  user-select: none;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.Canvas {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+.Line {
+  stroke: red;
+  stroke-width: 10px;
+  opacity: 0.3;
+}
+
 .Board {
   display: grid;
   justify-content: center;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(8, 8vw);
-  column-gap: 15px;
-  row-gap: 15px;
-  user-select: none;
-  text-align: center;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(10, 60px);
 }
 
 .Letter {
+  width: 60px;
+  height: 60px;
   font-weight: bold;
-  font-size: larger;
-  padding: 20px;
-  background: ghostwhite;
-  border-radius: 1rem;
-  border-color: #e5e5ea;
+  font-size: x-large;
+  font-family: monospace;
+  padding: 15px;
+  background: $LetterBaseColor;
+  text-align: center;
+  border: 5px solid #e5e5ea;
+  border-radius: 100%;
   color: brown;
   cursor: pointer;
 
   &:hover {
-    background: #e4e4ff;
+    border-color: $LetterHoverColor;
+  }
+
+  &:focus {
+    border-color: #8b8be5;
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/components/Board/Board.tsx b/src/components/Board/Board.tsx
index c96081d..30c62f2 100644
--- a/src/components/Board/Board.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Board/Board.tsx
@@ -1,48 +1,90 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import './Board.scss';
 
-export default class Board extends React.Component {
+interface IBoardProps {
+  numRows: number;
+  numCols: number;
+}
 
-  static propTypes = {
-    clickHandler: PropTypes.func,
-  };
+type Position = [x: number, y: number];
 
-  genSquares() {
-    let squares = [];
-    for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
-      let x = String.fromCharCode(i % 8 + 65);
-      let y = String.fromCharCode(i / 8 + 49);
-      let letter = x + y;
-      squares.push(
-        <div
-          id={letter}
-          className="Letter"
-        >
-          {letter}
-        </div>
-      );
+interface IBoardState {
+  board: string[][];
+  isSelectingWord: boolean;
+  startPos: Position;
+}
+
+export default class Board extends React.Component<IBoardProps, IBoardState> {
+  private line: React.RefObject<SVGLineElement>;
+  private line_x1: string;
+  private line_y1: string;
+
+  constructor(props: IBoardProps) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      board: Array(props.numCols).fill(Array(props.numRows).fill('·')),
+      isSelectingWord: false,
+      startPos: [0, 0],
     }
-    return squares;
+
+    this.line = React.createRef();
+    this.line_x1 = "0px";
+    this.line_y1 = "0px";
   }
 
-  onMouseMove() {
-    return 1;
+  handleMouseDown(startPos: Position) {
+    this.setState({...this.state, startPos, isSelectingWord: true});
   }
 
-  onMouseDown() {
-    return 1;
+  handleMouseUp(startPos: Position) {
+    let [x, y] = startPos;
+    this.line_x1 = `${y * 100}px`;
+    this.line_y1 = `${x * 100}px`;
+
+    this.setState({...this.state, startPos, isSelectingWord: false});
   }
 
-  render() {
+  handleMouseOver(currentPos: Position) {
+    if (!this.state.isSelectingWord)
+      return;
+  }
+
+  render(): JSX.Element {
+    let letters =
+      this.state.board.map((ox, x) =>
+        ox.map((s, y) =>
+          <button
+            key={`${x}${y}`}
+            className="Letter"
+            onMouseUp={() => this.handleMouseUp([x, y])}
+            onMouseDown={() => this.handleMouseDown([x, y])}
+            onMouseOver={() => this.handleMouseOver([x, y])}
+          >
+            {s}
+          </button>
+      ));
+
     return (
-      <div
-        className="Board"
-        onMouseDown={this.onMouseDown}
-        onMouseMove={this.onMouseMove}
-      >
-        {this.genSquares()}
+      <div className="Container">
+        <div className="Content">
+          <div className="Board">
+            {letters}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="Overlay">
+          <svg className="Canvas">
+            <line
+              className="Line"
+              ref={this.line}
+              x1={this.line_x1}
+              y1={this.line_y1}
+              x2="0"
+              y2="0"
+            />
+          </svg>
+        </div>
       </div>
     );
   }