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Records you set are kept under this name. It is not an account: no password, no email, nothing else about you — just the label on a record. Leave it empty to play as Anonymous.

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Word SearchWord, Casual, Puzzle

Word Search

Trace hidden words through forty-eight pages of an enchanted archive.

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About Word Search

Word Search becomes an illuminated fantasy archive: forty-eight always-open pages, each built around a clear English theme, from Woodland and Seaside to Mage Tower and Orenvalt Legends.

Drag through a word in a straight line. The first ten pages teach four directions; later folios use all eight, while grids grow from 9×9 to 14×14 and lists from five to fourteen words.

Every page is regenerated and scanned during the build: each listed target must occur exactly once in its permitted direction set, and every stored placement must finish through the same rules used in play. Each page keeps a fastest time with the holder's name and Top 10.

How to play

Goal
Find every word in the list hidden in the letters.
How it ends
A page is solved when the last word is found. There is no way to lose.
Record
The fastest solve of each page, with its holder's name.
  1. Choose any page—the whole archive is open from the beginning. The clock starts when the page is dealt.
  2. Drag from the first letter to the last. The luminous preview snaps to a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line; releasing submits it.
  3. Find every word in the list. Restarting or leaving a page keeps it playable but makes that attempt private.
Worked example for Word Search
Worked example. See how the rules apply to a real position.

Controls

InputAction
DragTrace a word with mouse or touch
Arrow keysMove the focused letter
EnterAnchor or submit a keyboard selection
EscapeCancel a keyboard selection

Good to know

All 48 pages are open, deterministic, algorithmically verified and ordered by rising grid size, word count, direction set and overlap. Completion ticks, personal bests, sound and reduced-motion preference persist in this browser.

Watch how to play

The rules, then Page 1 played start to finish. Played by an automated player at a person's pace; the narration is a synthetic voice. English captions.

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