Play a hard 12×12 word search with eight themed words, backwards and diagonal directions, a daily puzzle and unlimited free practice.
Daily puzzles change at midnight UTC. Practice creates a fresh set.
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Choose Today’s puzzle for the UTC daily board, or Practice for a fresh theme and layout.
Select a word’s first letter, then its last letter in one straight horizontal, vertical or diagonal line, in either direction.
Find all eight listed words. Use arrow keys to navigate, Enter or Space to select, and Escape to cancel a first letter.
Select a listed word for a starting-letter hint. That word earns no point; find the rest without hints for a higher result.
This hard word search uses a compact 12×12 board with eight words from one everyday theme. Words can overlap and run diagonally or backwards. There is no timer. Today’s puzzle is the same for everyone on the same UTC date; found words and hint use resume in this browser after a refresh. Practice creates a new board without replacing daily progress.
Finish all eight words to save the number found without a hint, from 0 to 8; higher is better. A starting-letter hint marks that word as assisted before you find it. Invalid selections cost nothing. A completed daily puzzle is not saved again on reload. Different layouts are not equal-difficulty score comparisons.
More about your scores →Suppose a row contains R E V I R. Select the R at one end and the R at the other to find RIVER backwards. Both directions are accepted, but the full selection must match a listed word. A bend through nearby letters does not count.
Find a possible first letter, check its eight straight directions, then move to another candidate. For a long diagonal, use the row and column labels or arrow keys to keep the line straight.
A word-list button marks its starting letter and labels the word as hinted. It does not finish the word for you. Only words found without requesting a hint contribute to the saved result.
Look for an uncommon first letter, then check all eight directions from it.
Read backwards as well as forwards; the word list always uses normal spelling.
Overlapping words can share letters. A marked letter may belong to another word too.
Results describe this game session. They are not IQ scores, diagnoses or clinical assessments.
Yes. All eight horizontal, vertical and diagonal directions are allowed. Select either end first.
At midnight UTC. The date shown above the game identifies the active puzzle. Reopen Today’s puzzle to load the current date.
Daily found words and hint use resume on this device when storage is available. Practice boards are not saved. Blocked or cleared storage removes the daily draft.
Yes. Found letters remain selectable until the board is complete, so you can use a crossing letter for another word.
Eight words are hidden among 144 letters and may run backwards or diagonally. The compact board is designed for browser play; there is no timer or claim that it matches another puzzle site’s difficulty scale.
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