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Daily word search

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Today’s themed word search uses a fixed UTC date—everyone gets the same words until midnight UTC. Medium difficulty with horizontal, vertical, and diagonal entries.

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Daily puzzle · Oct 9, 2026 UTC · Nature theme

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How to play

Words may run horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. On desktop, click the first letter then the last letter of a word. On touch devices, drag across the letters in a straight line.

Use Restart daily to clear your progress without changing today's puzzle.

How the daily word search works

About daily word search

Daily puzzles use a shared UTC calendar day. Everyone sees the same challenge until 00:00 UTC, when a new puzzle unlocks. If you keep a tab open past midnight, refresh to load today's puzzle.

The daily word search is one shared puzzle for the whole day. It is built from a fixed UTC date key, so everyone on earth sees the same grid and the same word list until midnight UTC resets it. Your progress stays on your device.

The daily board uses medium difficulty with a rotating theme, which makes it a good middle ground between the easy category puzzles and the hardest generated grids.

Browse every daily puzzle on the daily games hub, or try category word searches anytime.

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Word games & tools

Combine word search with Crossword or letter helpers like Word Finder.

Frequently asked questions

Which directions do words run?
It depends on difficulty. Easier grids keep words horizontal and vertical left-to-right; harder grids add diagonals and reversed entries.
Are the word search puzzles generated?
Yes. Each puzzle is built on the fly from a curated word list, with the remaining cells filled from those same letters. Nothing is copied from newspaper grids.
What is the daily word search?
One shared puzzle per UTC day. It is derived from the date key, so every visitor sees the same grid and word list until midnight UTC.

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