Your New Favourite Word Search Game!
Relax, focus, and challenge your mind with I Love Word Search, a beautifully designed puzzle game packed with thousands of puzzles, daily challenges, and deep customisation.
Whether you want a quick puzzle or a long campaign, there’s always something new to discover.
MASSIVE CONTENT LIBRARY
Enjoy an enormous collection of word searches across a huge range of topics.
• 180 categories and 1,231 subcategories
• 18 major topic groups
• 500 Arcade campaign levels across 6 difficulty tiers
• Create and play your own custom word lists
There’s always a new puzzle waiting.
FIVE GAME MODES
Choose how you want to play.
Freestyle Play
Browse hundreds of categories and play any puzzle instantly.
Daily Challenge
Solve a new themed puzzle every day and build your streak.
Arcade Mode
Progress through 500 levels, earning stars as puzzles get harder.
Surprise Me
Jump straight into a random puzzle.
My Categories
Create your own custom word lists and puzzles.
DAILY CHALLENGES WITH THEMED EVENTS
Enjoy special puzzles all year round.
• 50+ themed calendar events
• Locale-aware holidays for US and UK players
• Daily streak tracking to reward regular play
DEEP CUSTOMISATION
Play the way you like.
• 9 visual themes including Dark, Ocean, Forest, Pastel, and Night Sky
• 5 word-marking styles
• Custom strikethrough colours and widths
• Grid sizes from 5×5 to 12×12
• Optional diagonal and reversed words
Make the puzzle experience truly your own.
ACHIEVEMENTS & LEADERBOARDS
Track your progress and compete with others.
• 32 achievements across 5 tiers
• Apple Game Center leaderboards
• Best times and star ratings for every category
• Monthly play calendar and detailed statistics
SMART GAMEPLAY FEATURES
Helpful tools when you need them.
• Hint system with highlighted letters
• Optional rewarded ads for hints and puzzle skips
• Save and resume puzzles anytime
• Hidden word list mode for extra challenge
• Shuffle and preview grids before starting
POLISHED EXPERIENCE
Designed to be relaxing and satisfying.
• Background music and sound effects
• Haptic feedback on word finds
• Animated celebrations when puzzles are completed
• Smooth onboarding with personalised setup
• Optional daily reminder notifications
FAIR MONETISATION
Play for free with optional extras.
• One-time purchase to remove ads
• Rewarded ads are optional and player-initiated
• No content paywalls
Whether you want a relaxing brain break or a daily puzzle challenge, I Love Word Search has something for everyone.
Download today and start your next puzzle!
What's new (v1.0.26)
- Fixed word search puzzles selecting words that are substrings of other words in the same puzzle (e.g., "hawk" + "kitty hawk")
- Improved diagonal word placement — word direction is now chosen first with equal probability, then a position is picked within that direction
- Optimised grid generation performance