At one point, Microsoft was maintaining three different word processors.
Word, the top of the line component of the flagship Office product
Works, their “for home and small business” product that was honestly good enough for basically everyone, to the point you have to ask why anyone would buy Office, which is almost certainly why Works got canned, and
Wordpad, because a GUI OS is basically useless without a rich text editor.
Used Microsoft Works in the early 2000’s. Only discontinued in 2009 apparently.
At one point, Microsoft was maintaining three different word processors.