Questions tagged [word-search]
Puzzles tagged with word-search should generally be about finding words within a grid, these types of puzzles are mass-producible so adding a twist or spin to them is a good idea.
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How are the word-searches made for mass-produced puzzle books?
This question is mostly a way to give @FumbleFingers somewhere to put their information about word-search grid making, but it's open to anyone with a referenced answer.
Word searches are one of the ...
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13 Stars - Word Puzzle
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G I T S M
A O N A I
M M A P R
O N H A N
⍟ 13 stars in different countries
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Find the theme, fill in the blanks
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Word Search - Find the hidden words
There are 2 hidden words here, except the given words below:
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ACETIC
ACTOR
CRUDE
ERODE
ERUPT
KNOWLEDGE
PEANUT
PITCHY
QUEEN
RACIAL
URBAN
And here’s the code for second hidden word:
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Simple word search
The 37 listed words are hidden below, can you find them all?
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A Christmas Word Search
The answer of this puzzle is a 6 letters word. (The whole puzzle was made by myself, easy but fun!)
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Enigmatic Musical Word Search
Here's a musical word search that I put together with an answer that's a single word. Good luck!
Move to the Music
I started where I am, but then I have to move.
Creedence brought 5 cents here.
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Beautiful and colorful: Reveal the last one
Find 22 of the same kind (letters are orthogonal connected, not diagonal).
After that, reveal the 23th one.
CSV:
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19-year old me was into geography
My mother recently found an old puzzle I made over 20 years ago. It's a Finnish-language word search with a geography theme. (Note that we have a precedent for allowing non-English puzzles here.) ...
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Find the last word
Every word below is in the word search... Or is it?!?! Find the last word.
Asgard
frost
tomcat
exist
roots
wrong
oxlip
ruth
depart
fadge
obey
urds
newsmen
disaster
resize
oscars
thulium
oncost
nobody
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The Planet of over a Hundred Moons
What does this abstract picture represent?
Fill the answers to the clues into this grid for the answer:
(Straight lines, standard wordsearch style)
1. Go at train tracks with a shovel (3 2)
2. Set ...
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6-Round Word Search
Round 1
symbols for minutes or feet (6)
things made of several parts (10)
$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(\frac{1}{2})^n$ (3)
Round 2
Italian snow, reversed (4)
supporting pillars (7)
at that time (4)
strange (3)...
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CrossWordSearch 3
This is a crosswordsearch, a puzzle that's part crossword and part word search.
In the puzzle, shade in some of the squares such that the remaining squares form a crossword puzzle that satisfies the ...
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Find four related words in a word search [closed]
This puzzle was given to me by a friend, who had received it from his professor.
This puzzle contains a word search with 4 hidden words. Your task is to identify these 4 words. The solution to the ...
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