Game Pigeon Word Hunt Strategy

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A word search

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A word search, word find, word seek, word sleuth or mystery wordpuzzle is a word game that consists of the letters of words placed in a grid, which usually has a rectangular or square shape. The objective of this puzzle is to find and mark all the words hidden inside the box. The words may be placed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Often a list of the hidden words is provided, but more challenging puzzles may not provide a list. Many word search puzzles have a theme to which all the hidden words are related such as food, animals, or colors. The puzzles have, like crosswords and arrowords, become very popular. Also in common with these latter puzzles, have had complete books and mobile applications devoted to them.

Word searches are commonplace in newspapers and magazines.

Strategies[edit]

A common strategy for finding all the words is to go through the puzzle left to right (or right to left) and look for the first letter of the word (if a word list is provided). After finding the letter, one should look at the eight surrounding letters to see whether the next letter of the word is there. One can then continue this method until the entire word is found.

Another strategy is to look for 'outstanding' letters within the word one is searching for (if a word list is provided). Since most word searches use capital letters, it is easiest to spot the letters that stand out from others. These letters include Q, J, X, and Z.^[1]

Lastly, the strategy of looking for double letters in the word being searched for (if a word list is provided) proves helpful, because it is easier to spot two identical letters side-by-side than to search for two different letters.

If a word list is not provided, a way to find words is to go row by row. First, all the horizontal rows should be read both backwards and forwards, then the vertical, and so on. Sometimes the puzzle itself will help. The puzzles generated by a computer tend to put words in patterns. Furthermore, the bigger the words and the more words, the easier they are to spot. In some computer-generated puzzles, if the person solving the puzzle sees one word, all they have to do to find more is to look in adjacent rows, columns, or diagonals. The puzzle might use every row, column, or diagonal—or just every other row, column, or diagonal.

History[edit]

The word search puzzle (also known as WordSeek, WordFind, WonderWord, etc.) was originally designed and published by Norman E. Gibat in the Selenby Digest on March 1, 1968, in Norman, Oklahoma, although the Spanish puzzle creator Pedro Ocón de Oro was publishing 'Sopas de letras' (Spanish 'Soup of Letters') before that date.^{[citation needed]}

Selenby was a small want-ad digest distributed free at Safeway and other stores in the town. The original page size is 8.5 by 5.5 inches.

The puzzle was very popular locally and several more followed this original. Some teachers in the Norman schools asked for reprints to use in their classes. One teacher sent them around the country to various friends in other schools. Undoubtedly one of these scattered copies eventually led somebody to sell the idea to a syndicator.

Word search puzzles have become very popular on the internet with Facebook games such as Letters of Gold. Other digital and tabletop word search games include A Way with Words, Boggle, Bookworm, Letterpress, Outworded, Puzzlage, Ruzzle, Wonderword, Wordament, WordSpot, Word Streak with Friends, and Word Winder.

Secret messages[edit]

Sometimes secret messages are hidden in the word search.^[2] In one variation, the secret message is created by all the words that are written backwards in the puzzle. In another variation, the secret message is created by the letters that are not used in any word within the puzzle. This variation is more common in more difficult puzzles where most letters are used. Kappa Publishing is well known for this. Their Magazines are called 'The Magazine with the Last Message' or other saying that is related.

Another type of word search puzzle contains a trivia question at the bottom. Like a traditional word search puzzle, words from a word list must be circled or crossed through in the puzzle. There is also one or more extra word or phrase hidden in the puzzle that is not in the word list. This word or phrase usually answers the trivia question at the bottom of the page.

Snaking puzzles[edit]

Snaking puzzle

Some word search puzzles are snaking puzzles, in which the word is not a straight vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line, but 'bends' at 90 degrees at any given letter. These are much more difficult than conventional puzzles. The difficulty level is further heightened when the next letter can be at 45 degrees, and using the same letter more than once is permitted, too. Snaking puzzles either hide words in a random fashion, or are designed to trace out a path in a definite shape, like a square, rectangle, horseshoe, or donut.^[3]

Teaching[edit]

Word search puzzles are often used in a teaching or classroom environment, especially in language and foreign language classrooms. Some teachers, particularly those specializing in English as a Second Language (ESL), use word search puzzles as an instructional tool. Other teachers use them as a recreational activity for students, instead.

On a more advanced level, word searches are good ways to demonstrate the use of searching algorithms.

References[edit]

^'Word Search Strategies to Help You Solve Any Word Search Puzzle'. My Word Search. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^Radadiya, D. 'Word Search'. Word Search. Net. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^'Word search shapes'.

External Links[edit]

Online multi-player game: The Word Search Battle

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Word_search&oldid=995205143'

GamePigeon
Developer(s)	Vitalii Zlotskii
Initial release	13 September 2016; 4 years ago
Size	113.8 MB

GamePigeon is a mobile gaming app for iOS devices. The app was launched by the company Vitalii Zlotskii^[1] on September 13, 2016, as a result of the iOS 10 update, which expanded how users could interact with the Messages app.^[2]^[3] Thus, users could access and utilizes the features of the GamePigeon app while in the Messages app.^[2]

Development and release[edit]

The app was released on September 13, 2016, coinciding with the launch of iOS 10.^[3] The app was released for free,^[4] although it includes in-app purchases to unlock additional items, such as pool cues.^[5]

Games in the app[edit]

The following is a list of games which users can play within GamePigeon:

20 Questions
Anagrams
Archery
Basketball
Darts

Filler
Knockout
Mini Golf
Paintball
Tanks
Word Hunt

Sources:^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 2016, Poker was cited as one of the games included in GamePigeon,^[9]^[10] although it is not listed on the game's App Store description.^[6]

Reception[edit]

GamePigeon has enjoyed commercial success, with VentureBeat noting that GamePigeon was ranked number-one in the 'Top Free' category of the iMessage App Store, six months after its release.^[11] Critically, GamePigeon has been generally well received, being highlighted by online media publications early on shortly after the iOS 10 launch.^[10] It has since been included on many 'best iMessage apps' lists.^[3]^[8]^[11] Based on over 88,000 ratings, the game holds a 4.2 out of 5 rating on the App Store.^[6] Julian Chokkattu of Digital Trends wrote 'GamePigeon should be like the pre-installed versions of Solitaire and Minesweeper that used to come with older iterations of Windows.'^[8] On its launch day, Boy Genius Report included it on a list of '10 of the best iMessage apps, games and stickers for iOS 10 on launch day.'^[2]The Daily Dot wrote, 'GamePigeon is easily the best current gaming option within iMessages.'^[3]

8-Ball and Cup Pong have been particularly well received by media outlets.^[12]The Daily Dot had specific praise for the app's billiards game: '8-Ball controls shockingly smoothly with your fingers, and there’s nothing quite like destroying a dear friend in poker.'^[3] During his 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, Cory Booker was cited as playing the game with his family.^[13]

In 2017, CNBC cited one teenager who expressed that GamePigeon was one of just a few reasons that those in her age range use the iMessage app.^[14] The game has received particular positive reception for allowing introverted individuals to exercise a form social activity; similarly, the game was highlighted as a way to maintain social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]^[15]^[16]

Influence[edit]

Snapchat released an in-message games app called Snapchat Games.^[17]

As an April Fools' Day joke, The Chronicle, a Duke University newspaper, published that Duke's athletic program adopted Cup Pong as an official varsity sport.^[18]

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