Word Search Puzzles

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This is a simple hidden word game with 8 categories. Find all the words on the grid of jumbled letters before the timer runs out.

• Highlight the words horizontally, diagonally, or vertically.
• Words can be spelled backwards.
• Play through 49 levels.

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Word Search Puzzles Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions

How to Play

Find all the hidden words in the grid within 120 seconds.

• Starting the Game
  • On the welcome screen:
    • Select the play button at the center to begin.
    • Select the speaker button on the bottom right corner to turn the game’s audio on or off.
  • Your web browser automatically saves your game progress.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • With your mouse:
      • Left click on a word’s starting or ending letter.
      • Left click and drag to highlight the rest of the hidden word.
  • Touchscreen devices
    • Tap on the screen with your fingers and use them as a mouse.
  • Controls and indicators (top row, top-down)
    • Topmost row (left to right):
      • Back button: Quits the game and returns you to the welcome screen
      • Level number
      • Timer
    • Second row:
      • Category and word spelled
    • Third row
      • Word box
• Game Play
  • Categories and levels
    • There are 8 categories in this game.
      • Each category comprises several levels.
        • Family (4 levels)
        • Colors (8 levels)
        • Weather (6 levels)
        • Animals (13 levels)
        • Fruits (4 levels)
        • Body (4 levels)
        • Music (8 levels)
        • Bird (2 levels)
      • There are 49 levels in this game.
    • Categories and the levels are unlocked sequentially
      • You start with only the first category and level unlocked.
      • Finish one level to unlock the next.
    • You can replay any of the levels you’ve unlocked.
  • Basic rules
    • You begin with a jumbled grid of letters.
    • Above the grid is a collection of words that fit the category’s theme.
      • These are hidden somewhere in the grid.
      • Each time you find a word, it is crossed out of the list.
    • Highlight all the words hidden in the letter jumble.
      • Select the starting letter of the word, then drag horizontally, diagonally, or vertically to spell it out.
      • When you highlight letters, the word you form appears at the top center of the screen.
      • The word can appear left to right or right to left.
    • You have 120 seconds to search.
      • Find all the words before the timer expires. If you don’t, you fail the level.
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for players who like word finding games.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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Replayability2.6

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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support

This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.