How to play SEEK

1. Drag your finger or mouse across a word in the grid. The line snaps to a straight row, column or diagonal. You can also tap the first letter and then the last letter.
2. On a keyboard, use the arrow keys to move, press Space or Enter on the first letter, move to the last letter, and press Space or Enter again.
3. A word you find is crossed off the list and gets a colored band in the grid. Find words back to back for a combo.
4. When every listed word is found, work out the hidden word. The letters that no listed word uses, read left to right and top to bottom, spell it. The game does not point them out for you.
5. Type the hidden word and press Check. You have 3 guesses. A hint shows the first letter and costs one star. You start with 3 stars.
6. Share your result as a grid of colored squares. It shows the theme and your guesses, not the words.

Tips

• Start with the longest words. They have the fewest places to fit, so they are the easiest to spot.
• Look for uncommon letters first, like Q, Z, X, K and J. Then check the squares around them.
• Scan backward and diagonally. Most missed words are reversed or run up and to the right.
• Words never share a letter, so a letter you have already used cannot belong to another word.
• Stuck on the last word? Look at the letters that are not part of any found word. They are the only place it can be.
• Use the theme to guess the hidden word early. The leftover letters can confirm it.

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