Play Word Search on the Big Screen
Use Word Search to play any word search together on the TV. Residents spot the words and call them out, and you ring them on the screen. Play as one group or in teams.
Start a Game
- Open any word search with 5 or more words
- Click Play, then Word Search
- Choose None to play as one group, or 2, 3 or 4 teams and give them names
- Click Let's play!
How to Play
Someone calls a word. Tap that word in the list, then click Show where. The game rings the word in the grid for everyone to see. Tapped the wrong word? Click Not this word, or tap it again.
Say who found it. Playing in teams? The game asks Which team found it? Click the team that called it and they get the point. If you showed a word that nobody had found, click Nobody. Rang the wrong word? Click Wrong word? Go back and it goes back to hiding.
Playing as one group? There's nobody to choose, so the word is ringed straight away.
Stuck? Tap a word and click Give a hint. Its first letter glows in the grid for a few seconds.
The team with the most words at the end wins.
Marking Words in the Grid
You can also mark a word yourself. Press on its first letter and drag to its last, or tap the first letter and then the last. If it's a word from the list, the game rings it.
Handy for Hosts
Letters too small for the back of the room? Use the two A buttons at the top to make them bigger or smaller. The game remembers your choice.
Gave the point to the wrong team? Undo last word puts it back in the list.
Running out of time? Finish the game takes you straight to the scores.
Closed the page by accident? Open the game again and choose Carry on to pick up where you left off.
On a keyboard, use the arrow keys to move through the list and Enter to show a word. Press H for a hint, and a team's number to give them the point. Esc backs out of a word you picked by mistake.
Sound is on to start. Turn it off with the speaker button at the top.
Playing with one group instead of teams? Choose None next to Teams and everyone plays together to see how many words they can find.
For tips on getting games onto your TV, see Playing Games and Videos on Your TV.
Have fun! x
