Hard Word Searches

Hard puzzles are 16×16 with 20 words, and the words run in all eight directions: across, down, both diagonals, and every one of those backwards. Long words of up to 15 letters are in play.

The grid fights back too. Instead of random filler, the empty squares are filled with letters taken from the hidden words themselves, so the grid is full of near misses: the first four letters of a word that goes nowhere.

Each word still appears exactly once, so there is never a second, unintended answer. If you want a real challenge, solve without hints and try to beat your best time, which is saved for each topic and level.