Running a Find the Word Game Night or Classroom Session
Everything needed to run Find the Word with a class or a family: a setup checklist, three session plans, scoring variants that…
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Category: Find the Word Guides
Find the Word is the free timed word game we built, and it runs on the same word list every article on this site is counted from. These guides cover what each Adventure level really demands, a three-phase plan for timed rounds, a self-test on the three-letter words for the narrowest letters, a ten-minute recall routine, why a spelling gets rejected and a real-or-fake quiz. Play Find the Word.
Find the Word Adventure Mode, Tested: The Real Deadline at Every Level
The clock says sixty seconds, but in Adventure mode the bot finishes first. We ran the live game at fixed typing speeds…
The Words You Can’t Play: Answers to the Rejections Players Ask About
A question-by-question guide to rejected words, from missing apostrophes and joined-up compounds to brand names, accents, two-letter words and the offensive-word blocklist.
Real or Fake? A 40-Word Quiz on the Strangest Playable Spellings
Thirty bizarre-looking words that really are playable, mixed with ten convincing impostors. Guess each one before you open the answer.
Word Recall Training: A Ten-Minute Routine and a Blank Seven-Day Log
Recognising a word and recalling it on demand are different skills. This ten-minute routine practises the second one, with a blank log…
Three-Letter Words for Timed Word Games: A Self-Test for the Nine Narrowest Letters
A quiz on the 146 playable three-letter words that begin with the nine least generous letters, with answers hidden until you have…
How to Win Timed Word Games: Bank, Sweep and Close in Sixty Seconds
A simple three-phase plan for a one-minute starting-letter round, with worked illustrations for a broad letter, a narrow letter and one in…