A word search from your own words.
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By Suraj Kumar3 min read
Spelling words for the week, names at a party, words from a topic: hide them in a square and hand it out.
Type the words, one to a line.
Letters are kept and turned into capitals; spaces, hyphens and numbers are left out, and a word typed twice is used once. A word longer than the grid is named, so you can make the grid larger.
Across, down, slanting, backwards.
Across and down suit young children; slanting words make it harder, and backwards words harder still. Longer words are placed first, sharing letters where they cross. The letters round them are drawn at random and drawn again if they spell a hidden word a second time, so each word is in one place only.
The answers, on their own page.
The answer page shades each word and draws a line along it. Leave it out under More options if you print for a class and keep the answers yourself.
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Topics: word search maker · make a word search · word search generator · custom word search · printable word search
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