This article contains everything you need to know about Arkadium's Daily Word Search Game.
Use the list below to navigate specific topics about the Daily Word Search game.
How to play
Daily Word Search provides you with a simple word search puzzle for you to solve. Each day, a different theme is picked for a group of words hidden in the puzzle. You can find these words horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and both written front-to-back and back-to-front.
When you start the game, you'll be able to pick your puzzle from the calendar. Puzzles span the last two weeks. You can scroll down the calendar with the right scroll bar, and you can pick your puzzle by pressing "Play". Puzzles you've already played will have the percentage bar showing your completion.
Before starting a puzzle, you'll be able to see some words about its theme. The theme will be presented with a small text, and you'll be told in what order the words will appear in. This theme usually relates to the date of the puzzle. Click on "Play" to begin the puzzle.
To play, all you must do is highlight the words with your mouse cursor. Keep the mouse button clicked, and let go when you've finished highlighting the word. If it's the correct word, it will stay highlighted.
Here is how the puzzle will appear when you click on it.
On top, you'll see icons to Exit the Puzzle, Turn Sound on/off and Re-read the theme.
You'll also see your score there. For each word you get correctly, the word's extra points will appear under it.
The words that you have yet to find will appear on the left. While below, you'll see the hints. You have three hints to use in every puzzle. Clicking on a hint will show you the first letter of a word.
Once you find and highlight all of the words, you will have completed the puzzle!
Scoring
This is how the game of Word Search is scored:
Final Score = Sum of the Scores for Each Word Found.
The Score for Each Word Found = (100 + (number of letters * 10)) * Speed Bonus * Predict Bonus.
Speed Bonus. This bonus is given for fast searching. By default, it equals 1. It increases by one for each word found within 5 seconds time frame. It would reset to 1 after 5 seconds if the player didn't find the new word on the board.
Predict Bonus = 1.5 This bonus is given if the player finds a word that is not yet shown in the word list.