Word Jumble Puzzles

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Word jumble or word search puzzles are puzzles consisting of an array of letters arranged in a grid. If you just glance at such a puzzle, it will appear as a selection of randomly chosen letters, but if you look more carefully, you will notice that hidden within the array are words.

The words can be in any direction, whether that be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, and including directions that you wouldn't normally expect such as right to left or bottom to top. To solve the puzzle a person must find all of the words hidden within the grid (usually, but not always, they are given a list of the particular words to search for).

You can find this types of puzzles in many newspapers, magazines, and even in some companies' in-house newsletters. Many children in particular enjoy doing this puzzles, so they are a good activity for children when you need a quite, safe, indoor activity to keep them busy.

Some teachers have also found that word search puzzles can be of educational use. These type of puzzles not only reward effort and concentration, but also can expose children to new words, as well as helping them pay close attention to the exact spelling of words they already know.

While it possible to buy printed books full of word jumble puzzles, if you want to legally (without violating copyright) including one in a newspaper or magazine, or otherwise publish one you will need to create your own. Creating your own puzzle also allows you to choose the words and topics for your puzzle, which in educational uses is particularly important - puzzles can be tailored to student's reading level and ability.

Creating a word jumble puzzle by hand is no easy task - it is tedious work and could take hours. Fortunately, as with so many things in life nowadays, computers can help. A computer, with the help of word jumble puzzle making software can produce puzzles very easily and quickly - simply enter the words you want in your puzzle, and a few mouse clicks later a new ready-to-solve puzzle will emerge from your printer.

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