demians-custom-scrabbleboards.org
I was thinking more on the lines of online Scrabble that doesn't suck but perhaps later when I'm doing my own projects in polytechnic.
Edit: My mind so blow right now. I clearly remember trying out all kinds of crazy setups and doing actual research on UV mapping a sphere for
hours. Back then I determined the best method was a cube mapped cube subdivided into a sphere with 6 seams or so.
I tried again just now because I had nothing better to do. Perfect mapping. No seams. Clean poles. I'm a loving wizard.

I swear I tried this method before. No idea why it didn't work back then. That little white dot at the pole is because of the texture, easy to fix.