"Spelling Games"

This program lets you solve a word search puzzle generated using your current word list. The program will try to fit as many randomly-selected words (maximum of 20) from your list as possible into the puzzle. Be aware, however, that sometimes certain words may not fit in the puzzle. You can solve the puzzle on the computer screen or print it for later use. The program is run by selecting Find a Word from the main menu screen. You can redo this exercise (each time with a different puzzle) until you click Exit. Clicking Help or pressing will bring up this screen of information.

When you start the program, the word search puzzle will be shown along with the words to find. Use the mouse to mark words in the puzzle. When you find a word in the puzzle, move to the first letter in the word and click to highlight that letter. Highlight each letter in correct order in a similar manner. When you have highlighted the entire word, click Check Word and the computer will check to see if you made a correct choice. If correct, a tune will play and the corresponding word will be highlighted in the word list. If incorrect, an ‘uh-oh’ is heard and the highlighting is removed from the puzzle. To clear highlighting before checking a word, click the Clear Highlight button. The game is over when you have found all the words in the puzzle. If you have trouble solving the puzzle, you can click on a word in the list to have the computer show you a word or click Stop to stop the game. When you click Stop or the game is over, you can click New Puzzle to create a new word search puzzle or click Exit to leave Find a Word.

If you want a hard-copy of the currently displayed word search puzzle, click Print Puzzle. Make sure your printer is on-line and ready.

Mixed Case Lists: The Find a Word game converts all words in the word list to upper case, regardless of how the list is stored. Hence, Find a Word is case-insensitive.

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