Word Search (South China Morning Post)

About Word Search (South China Morning Post)

The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's English-language daily, added Word Search to its SCMP Games section beside its crossword and a mini sudoku. The name is a little misleading: there is no grid of hidden words. Each day's puzzle is a handful of scrambled letter tiles, and the game is to find as many valid English words in them as you can while a timer runs.

You click letters to spell a word and press Submit. Words must be at least three letters long and can use each letter only as often as it appears; a shuffle button rearranges the tiles when you get stuck. Every accepted word adds points, longer words more, and reaching the target score moves you up a level, so the day's set rewards both quick short words and the long ones hidden in it.

Each puzzle is filed under its date, so every reader gets the same letters that day, and past days sit in an archive. The paper says full access to SCMP Games comes with its app or a subscription.

It suits players of Spelling Bee and other make-words-from-letters games who like a clock and levels added.

How to play Word Search (South China Morning Post)

1. Open today's Word Search on SCMP Games.
2. Click letter tiles to spell a word of three letters or more.
3. Press Submit to score it; longer words earn more points.
4. Use shuffle to see the letters in a new order.
5. Reach the target score to advance to the next level before time runs out.

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Tips

• Look for common endings such as -ES, -ER and -ED to turn one word into several.
• Find the longest word early: it is worth the most points.
• Shuffle when you stop seeing new words; a new order often shows a few more.

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