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Word Search

One theme, hidden eight ways.

A grid of letters built around a single theme, with the word list beside it. A quiet hunt that appears on every daily page.

How to play

  • Drag across the letters of a word to claim it.
  • Words run in any of eight directions, forwards or backwards.
  • Every word in the list is somewhere in the grid.

Tips and tricks

  1. Hunt the rare letters. Q, Z, X, J and K stand out in a grid. Find them first and check the words that use them.
  2. Spot doubled letters. Pairs like LL, EE or OO are easy to see and narrow a word down fast.
  3. Search for the first two letters together. Looking for a letter pair is quicker than looking for one letter.
  4. Longest words first. They have the fewest places to fit, so they are often the easiest to find.
  5. Check diagonals and backwards last. When a word won't turn up, it is usually running up, left or on a diagonal.
  6. Sweep in order. If you're stuck, read one row at a time, then one column at a time, so nothing gets skipped.

Where to find it

It appears on every daily page, and the Library has Easy, Medium and Hard tracks of it. Stuck? A hint costs ink drops, and Inkbloom Plus makes hints unlimited.