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Compact Animals Word Search — Medium 12x12

Fewer cells with the same slanted directions makes for a denser board, where a diagonal answer can be over in a few steps.

Grid
12×12
Words
14
Level
Medium
Directions
across, down and diagonal

Machine-verified grid

R
H
E
A
B
U
F
F
A
L
O
E
O
K
U
M
T
N
I
P
T
U
J
T
C
O
G
A
Z
E
L
L
E
R
S
T
K
T
L
R
D
E
N
M
F
O
X
E
L
A
R
A
B
B
I
T
T
T
E
D
E
P
N
F
E
H
T
L
I
O
N
T
O
H
E
G
S
Q
U
I
R
R
E
L
P
C
S
E
A
Y
F
Z
E
B
R
A
A
A
S
E
S
R
O
T
T
E
R
E
R
M
T
O
H
O
O
P
R
T
A
R
D
E
M
R
A
W
W
O
L
F
A
T
O
L
V
O
E
L
E
P
H
A
N
T

0 of 14 found

  • BUFFALO
  • CAMEL
  • ELEPHANT
  • FOX
  • GAZELLE
  • KANGAROO
  • LEOPARD
  • LION
  • OTTER
  • OWL
  • RABBIT
  • SQUIRREL
  • WOLF
  • ZEBRA

Solved

Keyboard: arrows to move, Enter to start a word, arrows to extend, Enter again to confirm, Esc to cancel.

On a compact board the filler letters sit closer to the answers, so false starts are frequent: a promising run of letters turns out to be two words touching. Short animals suffer most from this. A name like Owl or Fox can be buried inside a diagonal that belongs to something else entirely, and it takes a second look to separate them.

It rewards close reading rather than stamina. The board fits on a small page, the sitting stays short, and the difficulty comes from the density of the letters rather than the distance your eye has to travel. Good for a coffee break, or for anyone who finds large sheets tiring to look at but still wants diagonals in play.

Anchor on the odd letters: the Z of Zebra and the Q of Squirrel appear almost nowhere else, so finding either one points straight at a word.

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