Word Find Puzzles

Word find puzzles (sometimes referred to as "word search puzzles" or "word jumble puzzles") are puzzles were the goal is to find a number of words hidden within apparently random grid of letters. The challenge of the puzzle arises from two facts. Firstly, not all letters are actually part of a word. And, secondly, words can begin at any point in the grid and head off in a straight line in any direction at all, be that horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, including such hard-to-spot directions as right to left, upwards, and backwards diagonals.

Many people enjoy solving these types of puzzles, and children in particular can get a lot of enjoyment from them. Additionally, apart from being a peaceful but fun indoor activity for kids, another reason to introduce children to them as that they can be used both to introduce new words to children (and thus expand their vocabularies) and as a means of helping children pay attention to the exact spelling of words (hopefully improving their spelling skills).

It is possible to buy printed books containing word find puzzles, but if you want to legally use them in your own magazine or newsletter, or perhaps you're a teacher wishing to  introduce them into a classroom, why not create your own?  Furthermore an additional benefit of creating your own word find puzzles is that you can choose exactly which words are used in the puzzle, and so that the mystery about any topic you like. Create these puzzles with the help of a computer and some very easy to find software maker word puzzle - just type a list of words and the software creates the puzzle for you. more complex software packages, you can also choose to use the word information (perhaps to prevent the main courses, if you are a puzzle for younger children), or make your own puzzle formats (for example, in the shape of a Christmas treeletter grid if making a Christmas themed puzzle).