Hexagon Word Search hides your word list in a honeycomb grid instead of a square one. This tutorial walks through the whole creation workflow — word list, board shape and size, shape masks, placement rules, filler letters, hidden messages, solution marking, styling and titles — and finishes with exporting and batching a full book’s worth.
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A Hexagon Word Search — or hex word search — hides your words in a honeycomb of six-sided cells instead of a square grid. Words run along the three hex axes, six directions once backwards words are switched on, so solving one takes a different kind of scanning even though the goal never changes. This guide explains the goal, the rules that make each puzzle solvable, and how to search a hex grid without missing half of it.
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Welcome to the tutorial on how to use the Time Saver for Word Search. For this tutorial you need a version of the standard Word Search that also has the Time Saver module. You can buy these separate, but they’re also combined in Word Search Bundle 1. The Time Saver for Word Search is a
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Warning: this tutorial is for the old version of the Word Search Time Saver. The process has been changed in Puzzle Maker Pro 2023. Puzzle Maker Pro – Word Search has been optimized to quickly create word search puzzles from large word lists. For example, you can select a list of 1000 or more words
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This tutorials shows how to use Masked Word Search Puzzle Presets in the Time Saver for Word Search. The tutorial applies to Puzzle Maker Pro version 1 to 2023.3.2 and modules: Note: If you don’t use masks, but specific layout settings, you can apply this tutorial without the mask setup. Introduction The Time Saver for
Welcome to the tutorial on filtering out words in Puzzle Maker Pro – Word Search. The techniques used in this tutorial apply to all versions of Puzzle Maker Pro Word Search. Because Puzzle Maker Pro – Word Search uses random filler letters, sometimes it’s possible that some unwanted words show up in a tutorial. Words
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Welcome to the tutorial on how to create diagonals for Puzzle Maker Pro Word Search. The techniques used in this tutorial are available for all versions of Word Search. There are several options to control if and how diagonals will be used to place words in the grid: How to Enable or Disable Diagonals in
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Welcome to the tutorial on how to get started with Puzzle Maker Pro Standard Word Search. The techniques discussed in this tutorial apply to Word Search Standard, as well as both Word Search Bundle 1, and Word Search Bundle 2. Getting Started When you open up the software, you see the following screen. This already
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Welcome to the tutorial on how to use the Masks add-on for Puzzle Maker Pro – Word Search. The techniques used in this word search require you own one of the following versions: Selecting a Mask If you select the “Use Mask” tab on the module, you can open up the Grid Editor to fine-tune
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Puzzle Maker Pro – Zig Zag Word Search Overview Zig Zag Word Search is an alternative Word Search puzzle, quite different from the regular Word Search. It’s also known as Jigsaw and Tetris Word Search. This tutorial applies to three different products: Additionally there are some Add-Ons available for Zig Zag Word Search This main
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