WordSearch+ is a pastime or puzzle in which a number of words are placed in a grid of letters, the objective being to locate the words. The words are always laid out in straight lines, horizontal, vertical or diagonal, but may be written in either direction along the line from the starting letter. So, for example, a word might be written from right-to-left as well as left-to-right.

There are 12 predetermined words hidden in a 10x10 grid. You are given ten of the words that you need to search for, but the other two are not specified; instead, you are given the lengths of the words, so you need to identify the words with only this information.

You are extremely unlikely ever to see the same WordSearch+ layout twice, even if you use it continuously every day of your life, as the layouts presented are generated automatically from a dictionary of over 7500 words, ranging in length from 4 to 9 letters. The two words that are hidden in the grid but not specified to you contain from 7 to 9 letters, to reduce the likelihood that you might see a word displayed that is not the intended one (you will, for example, often see 4-letter words displayed that are not the intended ones).

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When WordSearch+ opens, the system begins to generate and load a WordSearch+ letter grid. As it does so, the system has to fix the location of each of the 12 randomly selected words (but checked to ensure that one is not contained within any of the others). In the text field below the grid, the system tells you how many words have been fixed. It also changes the grid to display random colours as each word is fixed in the grid. Once all 12 have been fixed, additional letters are added to complete the grid, and a final check is made to ensure that each of the 12 words can be found only once in the grid.

Occasionally, you may see the system start the generation again. This is typically because a word could not be fixed, or because one of the 12 words was found more than once after the grid had been completed.

Once completed, the letter grid is displayed and the ten specified and two unspecified words (each a question mark followed by the word length) are listed below the grid.

When you locate one of the words in the grid, press on the first letter of the word. The letter you press will be shown with a yellow background. Next, press the last letter of the word as displayed in the line. If your selection is correct, the letters of the complete word are shown for a couple of seconds with their backgrounds turned green to confirm that it is correct. If the word was one of the unspecified ones, the full word is then shown in the list. Once it has been shown, the text colour of the word becomes grey to make it clear that it has already been located. In contrast, if your selection is incorrect the yellow highlighting disappears but nothing else happens. Please note that an unspecified word is never a complete part of another of the 12 words or vice versa.

Because other words of the correct length may be generated accidentally, you may occasionally find that you select an English word of the correct length but this is rejected by the system, since only an intended one will be accepted as correct.

If you can not find the word in the grid, just press the word in the list. The effect is as if you had selected the word in the grid yourself.

Press the New button at any time to load a new WordSearch+ letter grid.

Terms of use

This software may be used for personal purposes only.  It may not be used for commercial purposes.

The software, code and script of this application may not be copied or be distributed to others.

The software, code and script may not be altered in any way.

Copyright of the software, code and script, and its help documentation, is held by TopAccolades Limited.  No part of the software, code, script or documentation may be copied or used in another application or document.

Although every effort has been made to ensure that this software functions as intended, TopAccolades Limited provides no warranty of merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose, in relation to this application or its support.

TopAccolades Limited shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use of or inability to use this application or the provision of or failure to provide support.

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