Word Search Puzzle Generator

ExplicitsimpleLEFT-TO-RIGHTonewordperrowwordsearchwithrandomfiller,not eightdirectionhardpuzzle or unintended-occurrence/uniqueness guarantee. Bounded offline explicitly declared convention;not personalidentity/traitinference,prediction,secure randomness or guaranteedgameresult.

Description

A simple word-search grid can place one word left-to-right at the start of each row.

A simple word-search grid can place one word left-to-right at the start of each row.^[1]

Random filler completes the rows without checking accidental additional word occurrences.

When to use Word Search Puzzle Generator

Use this tool to apply the stated word search puzzle generator operation with an explicit input and unit basis.

How to use Word Search Puzzle Generator and how it works

Establish the text or game convention described above.
Enter seed, actualWords, columnCount and run the tool.
Read result.letterGrid, result.wordStartRows using the output meanings below.
If input is rejected, correct the stated type, range, ordering or alignment issue and rerun; review successful results under the declared convention.

Input field	Meaning	Value type	Requirement
seed	Nonblank reproducibility string, at most 256 characters; required even with a supplied random source.	string	required; further conditions in the algorithm
actualWords	Words, on the basis specified in the algorithm.	array of string	required; dense; align related rows as specified; at most 128 strings; 128 UTF-16 units each; further conditions in the algorithm
columnCount	Column count, on the basis specified in the algorithm.	number	required; finite; integer from 1 to 32; further conditions in the algorithm

Require 1–32 distinct uppercase ASCII words fitting integer columns 1–32. Start each row with its word and fill remaining columns with uniform A–Z letters; return zero-based start rows. A nonblank seed of at most 256 characters selects the existing seeded generator unless execution context supplies random. One source advances through the request; supplied samples must be finite in [0,1). These draws are not cryptographically secure.

The default source hashes the seed’s UTF-16 units into an integer state and advances a deterministic arithmetic generator for each sample. A supplied execution-context random source takes precedence; it must return finite values in [0,1). The required seed still must be nonblank and at most 256 characters. These draws are reproducible entertainment or sampling, without cryptographic unpredictability.^[2]

rowᵢ = wordᵢ + random filler to column count

Apply the declared units, ordering and branch conditions.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
result	Object containing the declared output fields.	object
result.letterGrid	Row-major array of single uppercase letters; requested words start at column zero.	array
result.wordStartRows	Zero-based row indices of the requested words, in input order.	array

json

{
  "input": {
    "seed": "batch51",
    "actualWords": [
      "CAT",
      "DOG"
    ],
    "columnCount": 4
  },
  "output": {
    "result": {
      "letterGrid": [
        [
          "C",
          "A",
          "T",
          "K"
        ],
        [
          "D",
          "O",
          "G",
          "J"
        ]
      ],
      "wordStartRows": [
        0,
        1
      ]
    }
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

The output applies the declared operation to the values you supply. Establish the measurement basis, units, coefficients and any caller-selected rules before interpreting it. The tool does not independently collect or verify observations or decide whether a model or reference applies.

Supply explicit required fields with the documented types and dense aligned arrays. Unknown fields, wrong types and nonfinite numbers are rejected. Branch-specific constraints are explained above. A successful false boolean, negative signed difference, empty slice or unresolved tie is distinct from an input error. Very large inputs or outputs may be rejected by shared resource limits.

Alternative or Complementary methods

For a related operation, use Minesweeper Board Generator. A Minesweeper board records mine locations and adjacent-mine counts.

For a related operation, use Pig Latin Converter. Pig Latin can be implemented under a declared written-vowel convention.

References

Word Search Puzzle Generator — tool.io
Existing seeded random generator — tool.io

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