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Word Search Solver
Stuck on a word? Type or paste the grid and the words, and the word search solver shows where every word hides, in all eight directions, backwards too.
How to find words in a word search faster
Scan for the rarest letter of a word first (a Q, Z, X or J stands out), then check the eight neighbours for the second letter. Go row by row for words across, column by column for words down, and do not forget the diagonals and the backwards words in hard puzzles. Our guides explain more, and every puzzle on this site has a Show answers button and an answer key in its PDF.
Good to know
Type or paste the letter grid, one row per line, and the words you are looking for. The solver checks every letter in all eight directions, forwards and backwards, and marks where each word hides.
It looks for the words you enter. Leave the word box empty and it checks the grid against the words of all puzzles on this site (four letters or more) and lists every one it finds.
square or not, up to 40 by 40 letters. Spaces between letters are ignored, so you can paste a grid with or without them.
The solver runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.