The puzzle might use every row, column, or diagonal-or just every other row, column, or diagonal. In some computer-generated puzzles, if the person solving the puzzle sees one word, all they have to do to find more is to look in adjacent rows, columns, or diagonals. Furthermore, the bigger the words and the more words, the easier they are to spot. The puzzles generated by a computer tend to put words in patterns. First, all the horizontal rows should be read both backwards and forwards, then the vertical, and so on. If a word list is not provided, a way to find words is to go row by row. Lastly, the strategy of looking for double letters in the word being searched for (if a word list is provided) proves helpful, because it is easier to spot two identical letters side-by-side than to search for two different letters. Since most word searches use capital letters, it is easiest to spot the letters that stand out from others. One can then continue this method until the entire word is found.Īnother strategy is to look for 'outstanding' letters within the word one is searching for (if a word list is provided). After finding the letter, one should look at the eight surrounding letters to see whether the next letter of the word is there. A common strategy for finding all the words is to go through the puzzle left to right (or right to left) and look for the first letter of the word (if a word list is provided).

Word finder the game