"word battle" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to an argument or debate that primarily consists of the exchange of verbal (spoken or written) arguments or accusations. For example, "The two senators had a heated word battle on the senate floor over the new tax bill."
To me the word "battle" sounds incongruous and unhelpful.
Capitals: Free Word Battle iOS (Free + IAP) Words With Friends did a great job of turning Scrabble into a multiplayer mobile word-battler.
Two fierce battles are being waged this summer — one against esophageal cancer, by the irreverent columnist, commentator and critic Christopher Hitchens (who scorns the use of the word "battle" in this context), and the other for his soul, by those who hope to persuade him to convert to Christianity in extremis.
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Say the "wrong" thing and you could be in the middle of a vicious word battle with your "friends".
And while you defeat your foe on in word battle, enjoy some wine, coffee and snacks from Novo.
And she proved as good as her word, battling it out with Jessica Ennis-Hill for gold on day two until she fouled three times in the long jump.
The manuscript ($7,000 to $10,000) notes how to translate the words "battle," "defeat" and "prisoner".
Nevada, where the words "battle born" appear on the state flag, has a history of support for gun rights, but the state is changing fast — its urban centers are booming, and Hispanics now make up 27 percent of the population.
Those words — battle, warrior — make more sense if you go to the town of Herceg Novi in Montenegro, where Vavic grew up.
In other words, battles over children will be something for audiences to look forward to in Season Two.
