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THE WORD WORKSHOP
Make a Spanish word search with accents and ñ
Keep Spanish spelling consistent across the grid, word list, and solution. Preserve accents by default, or explicitly remove acute accents while retaining ñ and ü.
Your printable puzzle
PDFA little vocabulary. A new possibility.
Start with your words
Your puzzle will appear here, with every word accounted for and a matching solution.
Answer coordinates
Row, column · numbering starts at 1.
Please review before sharing with a class. The local word check is limited and cannot catch every unwanted sequence.
BEHIND THE GRID
From your list to the page
Choose Spanish as the puzzle alphabet to use á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and ñ, even when the interface is in English. The normal setting preserves these letters in the word list, grid, and answer key. Unicode NFC normalization handles canonically equivalent character sequences before case conversion and duplicate checking. This normalization is separate from removing accents: selecting Spanish does not silently turn niño into nino.
The optional acute-accent removal setting changes á, é, í, ó, and ú to a, e, i, o, and u. It keeps ñ distinct from n and preserves ü. This is a visible spelling choice, not a correction of the original word. Duplicate checking uses the resulting form, so two entries can become the same word after the setting is applied. Removed duplicates are reported and the minimum of three distinct words still applies.
Keep the same spelling rule throughout the activity. If accents are part of the vocabulary you want to practice, leave them enabled. Compare the word list with the grid and answer key before sharing the puzzle. The PDF uses an embedded font for the supported letters; inspect the downloaded file as well as the screen preview. An embedded font preserves the intended glyphs, but it does not by itself make a PDF accessible to every assistive tool.
Limits: downloads require every word to be placed. Export checks 12 mm margins and the minimum font size. Lists are stored only when you choose Save.
An example to try
Keep ñ and ü when removing acute accents
canción · árbol · niño · pingüino
Preserve mode yields CANCIÓN, ÁRBOL, NIÑO, PINGÜINO. Removing acute accents yields CANCION, ARBOL, NIÑO, PINGÜINO. The ñ and ü remain unchanged.
A duplicate created by the accent setting
sí · si · sol · luna
Preserve mode keeps four distinct words. Removing acute accents makes sí and si the same entry, leaving SI, SOL, LUNA and reporting one duplicate.
Questions about the tool
Does removing accents turn niño into nino?
No. The acute-accent setting removes á, é, í, ó, and ú only. It keeps ñ distinct from n in the grid, word list, and solution.
What happens to ü?
It stays ü. For example, pingüino becomes PINGÜINO in uppercase whether acute accents are preserved or removed.
Why did different entries become a duplicate?
The optional spelling transformation can make them identical. For example, sí and si both become SI after acute accents are removed. The tool reports that duplicate instead of placing the same resulting word twice.
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Method references
- Unicode Standard Annex #15: Normalization Forms
- pdf-lib: creating PDFs and embedding fonts
- Noto: font use and licensing
References explain the technical foundations; they do not certify this tool.