Around the World — Word Search

Around the World Word Search This app started with a dictionary, a love of Geography, and my refusal to quit. I spent years hand-crafting every puzzle from scratch — not as a side project, but as a calling. Despite discouragement along the way, I kept going, because I believed people deserved word search puzzles built on real knowledge: real cities, real rivers, real mountains, real ghost towns, from every country on Earth. Getting it right took years. Every puzzle was researched, verified, and tested by hand. No algorithms. No shortcuts. No auto-generation. When it came time to build the app, there was no budget to hire a developer. So my wife Opal took it on herself — while navigating her third breast cancer diagnosis — and built it from the ground up. What you're holding is a husband-and-wife effort, years in the making, built on passion, stubbornness, and the kind of love that shows up even when it's hard. Every word in every puzzle is a real place. You'll discover authentic city names, regional towns, mountain ranges, rivers, and abandoned settlements across 195 countries — with local characters and diacritics preserved exactly as they appear on the map. These are places that exist, with histories worth knowing. Expert level only. 50+ words per puzzle. 8 directions including backwards. No hand-holding. Features: Hand-crafted puzzles — never auto-generated Real geography: cities, rivers, mountains, ghost towns Authentic place names with local characters & diacritics 195 countries across all continents All 8 directions including backwards Offline play — no internet required Completely ad-free, always New countries added regularly Subscription Options: Free — 5 complete puzzles, forever Monthly — $4.99/month Annual — $34.99/year (save 42%) Lifetime — $49.99 one-time purchase By subscribing, you agree to Apple's Standard Terms of Use: https://apps.apple.com/account/standardeula Hand-crafted by World Puzzle Studio — a family studio in Calgary, Canada.