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Word Search
Set by the editors · Sep 1, 2026
AT THE SEA
- BEACH
- COMPASS
- CORAL
- DRIFTWOOD
- FOAM
- HARBOR
- MARINA
- PEBBLE
- SEAGULL
- TIDE
- VOYAGE
- WHALE
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.