Word Search

Find your next word. Play a theme, personalize a puzzle, or print a worksheet.

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Word Search Puzzle and Generator

Choose from 47 themes or create a worksheet from your own list. Every listed word is placed in the puzzle. Longer words expand the board, and repeated entries in a theme count once.

Finding words on a phone or keyboard

Tap a word's first letter, then its last letter. You can start at either end. A second tap on the starting letter, Cancel selection, or Escape clears your choice. Scroll normally between taps; use Large letters to enlarge the grid and scroll inside it.

With a letter focused, arrow keys move between cells. Home and End move to the edges of the row. Press Enter or Space to select an endpoint. Only straight horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines count. Finding one word never removes overlapping letters from another.

Custom words and saved progress

Create your own puzzle with 1–20 unique words or phrases. The grid uses A–Z and digits; accents are folded into their base letters, while spaces and punctuation are omitted. Each entry must contain 2–20 letters or numbers. Invalid entries are explained before a puzzle is created.

Your current puzzle, found words, and hints save in this browser when storage is available. This includes custom puzzles. New puzzle reshuffles the same word list; Start over keeps the exact board and clears its progress. Replacing a puzzle with progress requires confirmation.

Printing a worksheet and answer key

Print worksheet creates a clean puzzle with its word list. Found words and hints from your game do not appear on the worksheet. Check Include answer key to add a separate page showing where every word was placed. Printing leaves your game progress unchanged.

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