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Word Search
Set by the editors · Aug 25, 2026
GARDEN
- BLOOM
- BLOSSOM
- CLOVER
- COMPOST
- DAISY
- HEDGE
- NECTAR
- ORCHID
- SEEDLING
- TROWEL
- TULIP
- VINE
How to play
A list of words on one theme is hidden in the block of letters; each one sits in a straight line — across, down or diagonally — and appears exactly once. In the gentler puzzles every word reads forwards: left to right, top to bottom, or diagonally downwards. From difficulty 3 upwards, words may also read backwards or upwards. With a mouse, drag from a word’s first letter to its last; on a touchscreen, tap the first letter and then the last.