How to play
- Read the word list beside (or under) the grid.
- Find a word and drag from its first letter to its last. On a phone you can also tap the first letter, then the last.
- A found word is circled in colour and crossed off the list. Find them all to finish.
- Stuck? Hint rings the first letter of a word you haven't found yet.
Levels and themes
- Easy: 8 × 8 grid, 8 words, across and down only.
- Medium: 11 × 11 grid, 12 words, plus diagonals.
- Hard: 14 × 14 grid, 16 words, in all eight directions, including backwards.
There are 22 themes, from animals, fruit, vegetables, space, ocean to countries. The daily puzzle cycles through them.
Worked example
This Easy fruit puzzle was made by the same code as the game:
| O | A | N | E | R | E | F | Y |
| C | O | C | O | N | U | T | M |
| D | O | Q | U | I | N | C | E |
| B | T | T | D | H | B | P | A |
| A | M | A | N | G | O | E | P |
| G | U | A | V | A | S | A | P |
| M | E | L | O | N | J | R | L |
| A | E | O | A | D | A | T | E |
Its words are APPLE, COCONUT, DATE, GUAVA, MANGO, MELON, PEAR, QUINCE. The highlighted one, APPLE, starts in row 4, column 8 and runs down. To find it, look for its first letter, A, then check the letters next to each A for P.
Tips
- Look for rare letters first: a J, Q, X, Z or K narrows the search quickly.
- Scan one row at a time for a word's first two letters together, then follow that direction.
- Double letters (like the PP in APPLE) stand out in a grid and are a good place to start.
- On Hard, remember a word can read backwards: look for its last letter too.
More word play: try the 5-letter word game.