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A brand new wordsearch every day, plus unlimited randomly generated puzzles whenever you need a challenge.
Solving Word Searches Programmatically
From brute-force grid scanning to A* search across multiple dimensions - a technical guide to building a word search solver in Python.
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Choose a puzzle
Pick today's daily wordsearch or generate a random one for a fresh theme every time.
Select words in the grid
Click any letter to start your selection, then click the last letter to highlight it. You can also drag across the grid to select a word.
Work through the list
All the words to find are listed beside the grid. Words can run in any direction, including diagonally.
Finish and share
Find every word to complete the puzzle, then share your time with friends.
Build your chain
Complete today's puzzle each day to grow your chain. Find your current streak in the header.
Adjust the difficulty
Use the difficulty setting to switch between Easy (horizontal and vertical only), Medium (adds diagonals), and Hard (all directions, including backwards). Your choice is saved automatically.
Everything included
Daily wordsearch
A brand new themed puzzle every day, covering over 20 topics from Birds to Space.
Random puzzles
Unlimited freshly generated wordsearches on demand - tap New Puzzle for another.
Full archive
Every past daily puzzle since launch, organised by date and ready to play anytime.
Print mode
Print any puzzle as a clean, ink-friendly page - perfect for solving away from a screen.
Browse by Category
Choose a topic and start searching - hundreds of puzzles across 20 categories.
From the Blog
Guides and insights about word search puzzles.
How to Design a Good Word Search Puzzle
From choosing a theme to placing words and generating fill - the principles that separate a frustrating grid from a satisfying one, explained from the constructor's perspective.
Competitive Word Searching: Does It Exist?
An honest look at whether speed-solving word searches is a real pursuit, who does it, and what the science of expert performance suggests about getting dramatically faster.
The Psychology of Finding Words: Why It Feels So Good
What happens in the brain the moment you spot a hidden word - dopamine, flow states, closure, and why the satisfaction of a word search find is anything but trivial.