Word Roundup
Rate itA word search where the words come from crossword-style clues.
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Word Roundup is a daily puzzle by David L. Hoyt, syndicated by Andrews McMeel Universal: a word search in which, instead of a list, you get crossword-style clues to the hidden words. It runs in USA Today and is played on GoComics Puzzles with a subscription.
About Word Roundup
Word Roundup is David L. Hoyt's mash-up of two classic puzzles, distributed by Andrews McMeel Universal. Its syndicate describes it as combining the challenge of a crossword with the quick-solve satisfaction of a word search, and it appears in the USA Today newspaper as well as on GoComics, where it is one of the Puzzle Society games.
The grid looks like any word search, with words hidden across, down and diagonally, some backwards. The difference is that you are not told what they are. Each hidden word has a crossword-style clue, and you work out the answer first, then find it in the grid. In the game's art, the circled answers include VENUS, CLIFF, MAUVE, GREEN and SKIFF.
The grid helps with the clues as much as the clues help with the grid: a word you cannot think of may jump out when you scan for its first letter, and the clue confirms it. It suits players who find a plain word search too easy and a full crossword too long.
Word Roundup came to GoComics when the Puzzle Society closed and moved its 34 games there, each with a new level every day and its full archive. It is included with a GoComics Premium subscription ($4.99 a month or $34.99 a year at the move), which is ad-free.
How to play Word Roundup
- Open Word Roundup on the GoComics puzzles page and sign in with a GoComics subscription.
- Read a clue and work out the word it points to.
- Find that word in the grid, in any direction, and drag across it to circle it.
- Carry on until every clue's word has been found.
Tips
- When a clue stumps you, scan the grid for likely words of the right theme and check them against it.
- Clues often share a theme: once you see it, the rest come faster.
- Look backwards and diagonally; Word Roundup hides words in every direction.
Questions
Who made Word Roundup?
David L. Hoyt. Andrews McMeel Universal syndicates it, and it runs in USA Today.
Is Word Roundup free?
On GoComics it is part of the Premium subscription, which the Puzzle Society's move notice priced at $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year.
How is Word Roundup different from a word search?
You get crossword-style clues instead of a list, so you have to work out each word before you find it.
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