Today's puzzle

8 November 2026 - Puzzle #39

  • Theme: In the Kitchen
  • Words to find: 26

Updated daily - a new puzzle every day.

Daily Word Search in English

A fresh themed puzzle every day. Find every hidden word, keep your streak alive and unlock achievements. Free, no sign-up.

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New Puzzle Every Day
A new themed grid lands every midnight UTC. Animals, science, food, travel - tomorrow's theme is anyone's guess.
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3 Difficulty Levels
Start on Easy, step up to Medium (partial hints), then take on Hard (no hints at all). Each level opens up when you clear the one before.
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Streaks & Achievements
Play daily to keep the streak ticking and unlock nine achievements - from First Steps right up to Word Legend at 100 days.
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Free & No Sign-Up
Browser only. No account, no downloads, no cost. Your progress saves itself behind the scenes.
How to Play
  1. 1
    Words hide horizontally, vertically and diagonally in the grid.
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    Tap the first letter and drag to the last letter to mark a word.
  3. 3
    Find every word on the list to finish the puzzle. Use hints if you get properly stuck.
Tips for Finding Words Faster

Start by scanning for the oddities - Q, X and Z stand out like sore thumbs.

Cover all eight directions: forwards, backwards and every diagonal.

Watch for word beginnings and endings - common prefixes and suffixes catch the eye.

For Every Age

🧒 Kids: practise spelling and pick up new vocabulary while enjoying themselves.
🧑 Adults: a quick breather that keeps the mind ticking over nicely.
👴 Older players: gentle cognitive exercise at your own pace - attention and pattern recognition both get a workout.
📖 Word search guide rules, search strategies and difficulty levels

Tips and strategies

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes - completely free. No sign-up, no hidden fees. Open the page and crack on.

Yes. Words hide in all eight directions - horizontal, vertical and diagonal, both forwards and backwards. If a word refuses to appear, hunt for its last letter and read in reverse.

Three of them: Easy (full hints), Medium (first and last letters only), and Hard (no hints at all). Finish one level and the next unlocks.

Every puzzle is built around a single theme, and all the hidden words belong to it. The theme is a clue in itself: it tells you what sort of words to expect before you start scanning.

Finish at least one puzzle each day and your streak keeps ticking. Seven days earns On Fire, thirty earns Dedicated, and a hundred earns Word Legend.

Yes - the word search archive on this site lists past puzzles month by month, and every day links to a playable puzzle.

Recent puzzles

Word Search archive - past puzzles

If scanning a grid for hidden words is your idea of fun, the Hive spelling bee flips the challenge: rather than finding set words, you build your own from seven letters.

For a puzzle that asks a little more of your vocabulary, try the daily mini crossword , where every answer has to satisfy both its clue and the words crossing it.

Free Word Games to Play Online

Five daily puzzles, all in British English. Which one fancies a go today?

Midi Crossword

A free daily midi crossword with a 10×10 grid. Ready for more than the mini? Try longer answers and more clues, straight in your browser. No sign-up.

Play Midi Crossword

Word Connect

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Trace letters on the wheel to fill every target slot in the grid. A free word-connect puzzle, new every day.

Play Word Connect

Hive (Spelling Bee)

Build as many words as you can from 7 honeycomb letters. The middle letter must appear in every word - and somewhere in there is a pangram that uses the lot.

Play Spelling Bee Hive Guide

Hangman

The classic word-guessing game. A fresh mystery word every day - pick letters one by one before the stick figure is finished off. Free, no account needed.

Play Hangman Hangman Guide

Yesterday's Solution

Did you find all the words yesterday? Here is the complete solution.

UK Towns & Cities

  • CHELTENHAM
  • LEAMINGTON
  • CANTERBURY
  • WORCESTER
  • BRADFORD
  • STAFFORD
  • ABERDEEN
  • LINCOLN
  • HALIFAX
  • IPSWICH
  • SLOUGH
  • BOLTON
  • HULL
  • SCUNTHORPE
  • GLOUCESTER
  • BLACKPOOL
  • BLACKBURN
  • ROTHERHAM
  • STOCKTON
  • HEREFORD
  • SALFORD
  • CHESTER
  • READING
  • CARDIFF
  • OXFORD
  • WIGAN

Strategy & Tips

Tips to help you with British English word games.

Word Search Strategies

  • Diagonals first - most players only scan horizontally and vertically.
  • Look for double letters - they are rarer and easier to spot.
  • Words can also be written backwards.