Word Search
About the game, controls and tips
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Find the hidden words in themed grids: animals, food, sports, India and space. Three difficulty levels, a timer, hints and a new daily puzzle.
Word Search runs right here in your web browser on Vortex RK, on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install. Sign in once and your scores and saves follow you.
How to play Word Search
Find every word in the list hidden in the letter grid. Drag from the first letter to the last, or tap the first letter and then the last. Words run across and down on Easy; Medium adds diagonals and Hard can also hide words backwards. Find them all to finish, as quickly as you can.
Controls
- Drag across a word, or tap its first letter then its last letter.
- Words run across and down (medium adds diagonals, hard hides words backwards too).
Works with touch screens.
Features
- Five themes: animals, food, sports, India and space
- Easy, Medium and Hard grids from 8×8 to 14×14
- A timer, hints and a new daily puzzle
- Drag or tap-to-select, great on phones and computers
Tips
- Scan for rare letters such as Q, Z, X or K first.
- Look for the first two letters of a word together, then follow the line.
- On Hard, check words in reverse as well.