Frequently Asked Questions
What is a word search?
A word search is a puzzle where there are rows of letters placed in the shape of a square, and there are words written forwards, backwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. There will be a list of words for the player to look for and the goal of the player is to find those words hidden in the word search puzzle, and highlight them.
How do I choose the words to use in my word search?
Once you’ve picked a theme, choose words that have a variety of different lengths, difficulty levels and letters. You don’t need to worry about trying to fit the words together with each other because WordMint will do that for you!
How are word searches used in the classroom?
Word search games are an excellent tool for teachers, and an excellent resource for students. They help to encourage wider vocabulary, as well as testing cognitive abilities and pattern-finding skills.
Because the word search templates are completely custom, you can create suitable word searches for children in kindergarten, all the way up to college students.
Who is a word search suitable for?
One of the common word search faq’s is whether there is an age limit or what age kids can start doing word searches. The fantastic thing about word search exercises is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need.
Word searches can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.
How do I create a word search template?
For the easiest word search templates, WordMint is the way to go!
Pre-made templates
For a quick an easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!
Create your own from scratch
- Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
- Head to ‘My Puzzles’
- Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Word Search’
- Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen words
- That’s it! The template builder will create your word search template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a Word document or PDF and print!
How can I print my word search template?
All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!
Can I create a word search in other languages?
Word searches are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as it tests their reading comprehension skills in a fun, engaging way.
We have full support for word search templates in Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images.
I want to write an SQL SERVER statement that searches for the beginning of a word in a string that starts with something.
For example, if I search for ’em’ on the Company record, I should get:
Emily, Inc
The Emmmy
NOT
Forget Them
Lemming, LLC
I can do this in PHP by extracting/slicing the string into an array and searching the beginning of each words.
But how I would write this query in SQL server without resorting to Stored procedures/functions?
asked Feb 8, 2013 at 17:46
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JW’s answer will work for entries where Em is at the very beginning of the field.
If you also need to retrieve values where the word is not the first in the string, try:
SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE CompanyName LIKE 'Em%' or CompanyName LIKE '% Em%'
(This is assuming all word are separated by a space.)
answered Feb 8, 2013 at 17:52
chabzjochabzjo
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use LIKE
SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE CompanyName LIKE 'Em%'
answered Feb 8, 2013 at 17:48
John WooJohn Woo
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Another option is CONTAINS, something like:
SELECT ... WHERE CONTAINS(CompanyName, 'Em*');
answered Feb 8, 2013 at 17:57
ainain
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For MS Access:
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Company_Name LIKE 'Word*'
For more standard DBMSs:
SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE Company_Name LIKE 'Word%'
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answered Jun 11, 2021 at 16:09
Многие путаются в выражениях at the beginning и in the beginning, ведь оба можно перевести как «в начале». Также вызывают трудности выражения at the end и in the end — оба опять же можно перевести одинаково как «в конце». В чем между ними разница?
Оба выражения правильные, но они немного отличаются по смыслу.
- At the beginning — это «в начале, на начальном этапе чего-то, в начальной части чего-то»
Обычно используется с предлогом of, например:
At the beginning of the match, I was a little worried. — В начале матча я был немного взволнован (то есть в начальном периоде матча).
At the beginning of the book, there is a table of contents. — В начале книги есть содержание (в начальной части книги).
- In the beginning — это тоже «в начале», но ближе по значению к «поначалу», «сперва», то есть речь идет о первоначальной ситуации, которая позже изменилась, а не о начальной части чего-то.
In the beginning, we had only two employees. Now we have two thousand employees all over the world. — В начале (сперва, сначала, поначалу) у нас было только двое сотрудников. Сейчас у нас 2000 сотрудников по всему миру.
In the beginning, the boy was weak, but then he became stronger. — В начале (поначалу, сначала, сперва) мальчик был слаб, но затем он стал сильнее.
В принципе, мы можем перефразировать примеры с «in the beginning» таким образом, что нужно будет использовать «at the beginning»:
At the beginning of our journey, we had only two employees. Now we have two thousand employees all over the world. — В начале нашего пути у нас было только двое сотрудников. Сейчас у нас 2000 сотрудников по всему миру.
At the beginning of the story, the boy was weak, but then he became stronger. — В начале истории мальчик был слаб, но затем он стал сильнее.
AT the end или IN the end?
Разница между AT the end и IN the end примерно такая же с поправкой на значение слова «end», разумеется.
- At the end — в конце, на последнем этапе, в последней части чего-то
Обычно используется с предлогом of.
We’ll have an exam at the end of April. — У нас будет экзамен в конце апреля.
At the end of the movie, they got married. — В конце фильма они поженились.
- In the end — в конце концов, в итоге, в конечном счете, наконец
You can win the prize or not. In the end, it doesn’t matter. — Ты можешь выиграть приз или нет. В конечном счете, это не имеет значения.
His business was going fine, but in the end, he went bankrupt. — Его бизнес развивался отлично, но в итоге он обанкротился.
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Is there a way to specify the following in Google Search?
I want to search for a word only at the start of the sentences. So it should begin with a capital letter.
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asked Apr 8, 2011 at 7:13
Google case sensitive search;
http://case-sensitive-search.appspot.com/
This application will Google query terms (the first input box), scan through the results in a specific range (From:From+Limit) and filter out those results where the filter terms (second input box; if empty, then same as the query terms) does not appear exactly in the same case as given by the user.
Hope this helps.
answered Apr 8, 2011 at 9:09
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I don’t think there are any official search operators or undocumented search operators to search for words only if they are in the beginning of a sentence.
You could try doing a exact phrase search by putting double quotes around the set of words to tell Google to consider the exact words in that exact order without any change.
answered May 8, 2011 at 13:49
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Puzzle Creator: (example: Mrs. Jones)
Enter your word list in the box below.
- Use a comma or press enter between words.
- Minimum word length: 3 letters
- Maximum word length: 16 letters
- Recommended number of words: 20
Level — Intermediate
· 18 x 12 grid
· Words hidden across, down, and diagonally
· No backwards words
· Medium font size
· Recommended for grades 2 — 4
Please note:
- There may be a limit to the number and lengths of words hidden. If you have too many words or your words are too long, they may be left out of the puzzle. Please check your puzzle carefully to make sure all of your words are there.
- Our word search generator uses a basic word filter to prevent the accidental, random creation of offensive words. When you create your puzzle, please check it over it carefully to be sure unintended words were not added by our random letter generator.
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Sample Word Search Puzzle Generator Images
Below are two examples of beginner and intermediate Word Searches! The Word Search Maker creates the puzzle page as well as a solution page.
