Word Search StrategiesĪ common strategy is to go through the puzzle left to right and look for the first letter of the word. Gibat in the Selenby (Sell an’ Buy) Digest in Norman, Oklahoma.

The first known word search puzzle in English appeared in the U.S. This creation was a true word search puzzle with a word list and letter grid. In Spanish, a word search puzzle is known as Sopa de Letras, or “soup of letters”. When you have found and marked off all the words, the remaining letters will reveal the themed answer and then you’ll be shown the Scorecard with your time and rank.E A N R P D H O E U E P A O P E L Y L I P A C N L E A S Y E Z E E R B O L A C I T P I L C E G D A E L H U P S A G R L A X C A A B P C H N S K N E A S H T T H F P I T H I A E I O I C U O M T R O O P E R P E O N Y D E E R N O R M A L Y H E M T K O N C O M I N G G T C I I T L O O E D E O C O N N R D E M I E I K F I Q V E A G E M W T O O N L T U E E G L R P S C W D E A O N R T A I C E Y A R R E M L W C F V P S R O R W A L B Y I H I A T I A E T S W W O U T A F R S D M Q B U B I Y N T R E T E P E G U B R S A L I G X X Y C N L S S I H N E N I U E R I T E U I D F T A G N L V W J A A P D G U L S L G T A W K L M L E E L Y H Y H A R D 5x5 5圆 6圆 6x7 7x7 7x8 8x8 8x9 9x9 9x10 10x10 11x11 12x12 13x13 14x14 15x15 C H O O S E S I Z E History of the Word SearchesĪ Word Search puzzle (also known as Word Find and Word Seek) was originally invented by Spanish puzzle creator Pedro Ocón de Oro probably sometime in the 1960s. Click/tap Resume when you wish to restart play.Ĭlick/tap on the Reset button indicated by the circle arrow to reset the word search grid and restart the puzzle.

Click/tap Show to restore the view.Ĭlick/tap the Timer to pause the puzzle. If you do not like working against the clock, select Menu and then Hide at the top of the puzzle. The Timer begins counting as soon as you start the word search. Note: If you use a Letter or Word hint, you won’t be ranked on completion. For example, if you were to select the word BALL, all the letter Bs on the word search grid will appear briefly.Ĭlick/tap on the word icon to highlight a whole word at random. Click/tap on the letter icon then select any word from the list to reveal all the locations of the first letter of that word for a few seconds.

Word searches with 100 words