Grid cells
- Input
- 22 x 22
- Expected output
- 484
Nearly triple a 12 by 12 grid.
hard word search for adults
The hard level opens up all 8 directions, including backward and bottom to top words, on a 22 by 22 grid with 30 words. Turn on filler made from the words own letters and the puzzle becomes truly demanding, even for people who solve one every day.
Nearly triple a 12 by 12 grid.
The four of medium plus the four reversed ones.
With seed JKIT26 all fit and 300 cells stay free.
That is 7.6 mm a side, with 12.9 pt letters.
The tool ceiling; 40 words give 6.7 mm cells on A4.
Type your words (one per line) or tap a theme, set the grid size and tap Print. The sheet comes out with a title, a name and date line, the grid and the word list with a small checkbox for each word. On a 15 by 15 grid on Letter paper each cell is about 12 mm (0.47 in), comfortable to read and to circle.
Combine four changes: Hard level (8 directions), a grid of 20 columns or more, 25 words or more and filler from the words. Each adds a little, and together they change the solving time a lot.
Between 25 and 40 words on a 20 to 25 column grid. Past 40 on 22 columns room starts to run out and the tool flags what did not fit. The ceiling is 60 words.
It means the filler letters are drawn only from the letters in the hidden words, in the proportion they appear. Rare letters such as Q or Z stop giving away where words begin.
Yes. Under More options type the phrase in Hidden message. Its letters go into the leftover cells in reading order. If the phrase is longer than the free room, the tool says how many letters are missing.
12 of 12 words in the grid
Medium: adds the diagonals that go up and down to the right.
The same list, the same options and the same seed always give the same puzzle.
1 version, 2 sheets.
In the print dialog, turn off Headers and footers and use 100% scale.
The link carries the words, the options and the seed. Whoever opens it sees the same puzzle.