Daily Word Search (Bored Panda)
Rate itFind the day's theme words in a letter grid, at one of three levels.
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Daily Word Search is Bored Panda's themed word search, with a new grid and theme every day. You drag across letters to find the listed words, and each find frees one of the trapped pandas. Easy keeps words straight, Medium adds diagonals and Hard lets them bend through the grid.
About Daily Word Search (Bored Panda)
Daily Word Search is one of Bored Panda's Daily Games, published every day on its own numbered and dated page beside Guess The Country, Guess The Famous Person, Guess The Timeline and Guess The Phrase. It began in May 2026 and reached No. 155 on 20 October; the puzzles are also syndicated on the news app inkl.
Each day has a theme and a list of words hidden in a grid of letters. You choose a level before you start. In Easy the words run only across or down, Medium adds diagonals, and Hard lets a word bend and wind through the grid in any direction, which plays more like Strands than a classic word search. Every theme word you find breaks a cage and frees a panda.
Words that are not on the theme list still count: any valid word of three letters or more earns bonus points and builds up hints. A first hint gives a clue to a word you are stuck on, and a second shows where it sits in the grid.
It suits word search fans who want a fresh themed grid each day, and Strands players looking for a gentler warm-up on the Easy level.
How to play Daily Word Search (Bored Panda)
- Open Bored Panda's Daily Trivia page and press Play under Word Search.
- Scroll down past the rules to the board and pick Easy, Medium or Hard from the Level box.
- Find a word from the theme list and drag across its letters to mark it; when selecting letter by letter, double-click the last one to lock it in.
- Mark other valid words of three letters or more to earn bonus points and hints.
- Open the Word List and press a word once for a clue, twice to see where it sits.
- Find every theme word to free all the pandas.
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Tips
- On Hard, look for unusual letters such as Q, Z or X and follow them, since words can bend.
- Collect bonus words early so hints are ready when you need them.
- Use the theme to guess likely words before you search for them.
Questions
Is the word search the same for everyone?
Yes. Each day has one numbered, dated grid and theme for all players, at three levels.
What time does a new Daily Word Search come out?
Bored Panda's Daily Trivia page lists it live at 12:30 Lithuanian time, which is 09:30 UTC in summer and 10:30 UTC in winter.
What changes between the levels?
Easy has words across and down only, Medium adds diagonals, and Hard lets words bend in any direction.
Can I play earlier days?
Yes. Each day's puzzle keeps its own dated page, and the Daily Trivia page links to past days.
Is it free?
Yes, free on the Bored Panda site with ads and no sign-up. A Bored Panda Premium subscription removes the ads.
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