Prize-draw word search
The leftover letters spell the code for a giveaway. Add a sign-up form at the end and the puzzle is the entry ticket.
When to use it
A coffee shop or brand stand at a fair, where the code enters a monthly draw. A newsletter puzzle where readers who find the code can win a sample. A product launch at work, with the new name hidden in the grid.
What makes it this
Built on the Word search generator with these changed. Everything else is the default.
- Hidden solution
The letters left over once every word is placed spell out a word or phrase for players to find.
In the builder: Words & grid
- Solving it completes the activity
The right solution finishes the activity, even with cells still empty.
In the builder: How it plays › Hidden solution
Preview
View only — copy it to play.Prize draw: find the code in the beans
12 words
Why the example is built this way
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The code is a name from your own range.
Use one of your product names as the code and your own vocabulary as the words, so the puzzle is about the brand from the first word found.
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Nothing left over but the code.
The words and the code have to fill the grid exactly; one spare cell puts a stray letter in the code and every honest entry is wrong. Twelve words around a fifteen-letter code fitted cleanly.
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Keep the letters-found strip showing.
On a word search, Hide the letters found so far also hides the button for typing the code. Leave it off, or nobody can enter the draw.
Build it yourself
- 1 Open the Word search builder and fill in the Words & grid tab.
- 2 Change the settings under What makes it this. Each one says where it is in the builder.
- 3 Share the link with your players, or embed the activity in your own site.
Or skip the building: copy this example and swap in your own content.