This archive page gives only links to individual puzzles without asking the server for the entire year's worth of images all at once. You can visit the archive, try a few puzzles, and then come back later for more. This reduces internet traffic significantly.
Besides, who wants to slog through an entire puzzle archive all at once?
There is one "right" word to be found. The hint is significant.
Start with one of the letters on the gray background.
Move either horizontally or vertically to the next letter.
You may not move diagonally.
You may not use a square more than once.
The "non-starter" letter on gray background may be used within the word.
Don't stop too soon. Always opt for the longest version of a word: INTROSPECTIVE > INTROSPECTIVELY.
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Clicking the Clue button will show you the puzzle in a popup window. (Close the popup window when you solve or give up on the puzzle.)
Clicking the Answer button will show you a popup window the puzzle with a line showing how it is solved.
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Beginning September 2024, Embroidery archive is even more network friendly.
Each archived puzzle will be efficiently drawn in HTML, no PNG files involved.
No popup windows. Just come back here to explore further.
Thanks to @trebach for the coding help.
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In September 2019, I began sharing a kind of Wordsearch puzzle which I had only seen once elsewhere. If you have any information about its origins or a full explanation of the rules, I'd love to hear from you.
The puzzles are published here as an archive after their weekly release (Sundays) into the fediverse through the account: https://mastodon.art/@Algot. To get fediverse-connected yourself, go to https://joinmastodon.org/ where you can choose from a broad set of independent, but linked, servers. An account on any server can connect with an account on any other federated server, in addition to my local one. No lock-in. Great people, working to support each other is the federated social network way. Support your instance admin and the fine moderators who help keep hate speech at bay.
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Two programmers have created solver/verifier programs for these puzzles. @andinus@tilde.zone is working on Octans in Raku which can be downloaded from the Github repository to run on your computer. They are working on an online version, too. @trebach@functional.cafe is a puzzle fan who has written their own solver/verifier called Sharp Eyes which you can download and use.
How cool is that? Thanks to these generous and skilled coders for making my puzzle work easier.
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