LA Times Word Search

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Find fifteen words on the day's theme hidden in a 15x15 grid.

on latimes.com

The LA Times Word Search is a free daily word search with a theme. Each day brings a new 15x15 grid and a list of 15 words on one subject, hidden across, down and backward, and you circle them all to finish.

About LA Times Word Search

Each day the Los Angeles Times publishes a new word search on its games page. The puzzle has a title and a theme, given in a short line under it: rooms and household fixtures one day, gym and self-care words the next, podcasting jargon after that. The 15 words on the list are hidden in a 15x15 grid, running horizontally, vertically and backward.

The puzzle is the same for every player and goes up at midnight Eastern time. It runs on the Amuse Labs player inside latimes.com, where you drag across letters to mark a word; a timer runs while you play, and a date picker keeps about two weeks of earlier puzzles. An LA Times account adds streaks and achievements.

It is a calm, quick daily: no guessing and no wrong answers, just scanning. It suits players who want something lighter beside the LA Times crosswords, and children or new players who are not ready for clue-based puzzles.

How to play LA Times Word Search

Open Word Search on latimes.com/games and read the day's theme and word list.
Find a word in the grid; it can run across, down or backward.
Drag from the first letter to the last to mark it.
Keep going until all fifteen words are found and the timer stops.
Pick an earlier date to play a word search from the last two weeks.

Tips

Scan for an uncommon letter in a word, such as Q, X or Z, rather than its first letter.
Look for double letters, which stand out in a grid.
Remember words can run backward, so check right to left and bottom to top too.