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Word search generator
Your words hidden in a grid, in as many as eight directions, with the answers on a second sheet.
It runs entirely in this browser tab: the seed makes a sheet repeatable, nothing is uploaded, and nothing about a child is stored anywhere.
Settings
- Grid size
- A bigger grid holds more words and takes more paper. A number from 8 to 24.
- Backwards words
- Off is the puzzle for a younger class.
- Filler letters
- The letters the empty squares are filled from. Empty means A to Z.
- Keep the accents
- Kept, the grid is right; taken off, it is one letter simpler.
- Print the answers
- The key is a column, and switching it off takes the column away.
- Seed
- The same seed prints the same sheet, for the whole class and for next year. Empty draws a fresh one and shows it.
How to use it
- Paste your text into the box above, or open a file.
- Adjust the settings beside it until the result is what you wanted.
- Copy the result, or save it as a file. The result updates as you type.
Questions
- Can I print the same sheet again?
- Yes, and that is what the seed is for. Type a word or a number into it and the sheet is the same every time; share the link and everybody gets that sheet. A fresh one shows the seed it used, so a sheet that went well can be pinned after the fact.
- Where are the answers?
- On the sheet, unless you switch them off — and the result says which way round it is. Turn them off before handing it out; turn them back on for marking.
- Is anything about my class stored?
- No. There is no account, no progress and no score, and no list you paste leaves this tab. The sheet is drawn in the browser and printed from it.
- How do I print it?
- Copy or save the result and print that. What comes out is what is on the screen: the sheets are laid out to be printed rather than to be filled in on a phone.
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