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Let’s solve this word search puzzle step by step.

We are looking for hidden words that match the body part icons on the left and right sides of the grid. The words can be horizontal (left to right) or vertical (top to bottom). We need to find each word and draw an ellipse around it — but since we’re solving it here, we’ll just list where each word is found.

First, let’s identify what body parts the icons represent:

Left side icons (top to bottom):
1. Face / Head → likely “HEAD”
2. Eye → likely “EYE”
3. Ear → likely “EAR”
4. Arm → likely “ARM”

Right side icons (top to bottom):
1. Mouth → likely “MOUTH” (but maybe “LIP”? Let’s check)
2. Hand → likely “HAND”
3. Legs → likely “LEGS” or “FOOT”? Wait, there’s also a foot icon below.
4. Foot → likely “FOOT”

Wait — let’s look at the actual words in the grid that match common body parts.

Let’s scan row by row and column by column.

Start with obvious ones:

🔍 Look for “EYE” — Row 1: E Y E A F G A A → Yes! First three letters: E-Y-E → Horizontal, top row, columns 1-3.

🔍 Look for “EAR” — Row 2: I P C O E A R B → Letters 5-7: E-A-R → Horizontal, row 2, columns 5-7.

🔍 Look for “HEAD” — Row 6: H E A D I G C U → First four letters: H-E-A-D → Horizontal, row 6, columns 1-4.

🔍 Look for “ARM” — Column 1: E, I, R, C, A, H, O, P → No. Try column 2: Y, P, B, A, L, E, G, S → No. Try column 3: E, C, E, F, O, A, C, I → No. Try column 4: A, O, H, A, N, D, E, D → No. Try column 5: F, E, I, R, B, I, F, O → No. Try column 6: G, A, C, D, E, G, O, B → No. Try column 7: A, R, M, I, D, C, O, F → A-R-M? Row 3, column 7 is M, row 2 col 7 is R, row 1 col 7 is A → That’s vertical! Column 7, rows 1-3: A (row1), R (row2), M (row3) → “ARM” vertically!

Wait — actually, let’s double-check:

Column 7:
Row 1: A
Row 2: R
Row 3: M → So yes, “ARM” going down column 7, rows 1-3.

But wait — the icon for arm is on the left, fourth one down. So that matches.

Now right side:

🔍 “HAND” — Look for H-A-N-D. Row 6: H E A D... no. Row 5: A L O N B E D O → no. Row 4: C A F A R D I M → no. Row 3: R B E H I C M I → has H, but not followed by A. Try vertical? Column 1: E,I,R,C,A,H,O,P → H is row 6. Below is O, above is A → A-H-O? Not HAND. Column 4: A,O,H,A,N,D,E,D → Row 3: H, row 4: A, row 5: N, row 6: D → That’s H-A-N-D vertically! Column 4, rows 3-6: H (row3), A (row4), N (row5), D (row6) → “HAND” vertical.

Yes!

🔍 “FOOT” — Row 7: O G C E F O O T → Last four letters: F-O-O-T → Horizontal, row 7, columns 5-8.

🔍 Now “MOUTH” or “LIP”? Right side first icon is mouth. Let’s see if “MOUTH” is there. Scan: Row 3 ends with M-I, row 4 ends with I-M, row 5 ends with D-O, row 6 ends with C-U, row 7 ends with O-T, row 8 ends with F-H. Maybe vertical? Column 8: A,B,I,M,O,U,T,H → Let’s read down: A (r1), B (r2), I (r3), M (r4), O (r5), U (r6), T (r7), H (r8) → That spells A-B-I-M-O-U-T-H → Not MOUTH. But from row 4 to 8: M-O-U-T-H → Yes! Column 8, rows 4-8: M (r4), O (r5), U (r6), T (r7), H (r8) → “MOUTH” vertical!

Perfect.

🔍 Last one: legs or feet? There’s a leg icon and a foot icon. We already have “FOOT”. What about “LEG”? Look for L-E-G. Row 5: A L O N B E D O → L is col2, then O, not E. Row 6: H E A D... E is col2, then A. Row 7: O G C E... G is col2, then C. Try vertical? Column 2: Y,P,B,A,L,E,G,S → Row 5: L, row 6: E, row 7: G → L-E-G! Vertical, column 2, rows 5-7.

Yes! So “LEG” is there.

But the icon shows two legs — maybe they want “LEGS”? But “LEGS” isn’t in the grid. Probably “LEG” is acceptable, or maybe they consider “FOOT” covers the lower limb. But we have both “LEG” and “FOOT”.

Wait — let’s count how many icons there are.

Left: 4 icons → HEAD, EYE, EAR, ARM

Right: 4 icons → MOUTH, HAND, LEG, FOOT

That’s 8 words total.

Let’s list all we found:

1. EYE — row 1, cols 1-3 (horizontal)
2. EAR — row 2, cols 5-7 (horizontal)
3. HEAD — row 6, cols 1-4 (horizontal)
4. ARM — col 7, rows 1-3 (vertical)
5. MOUTH — col 8, rows 4-8 (vertical)
6. HAND — col 4, rows 3-6 (vertical)
7. LEG — col 2, rows 5-7 (vertical)
8. FOOT — row 7, cols 5-8 (horizontal)

All accounted for.

Now, to present the answer clearly for the student:

Final Answer:
The hidden words and their locations are:

- EYE: Top row, first three letters (left to right)
- EAR: Second row, fifth to seventh letters (left to right)
- HEAD: Sixth row, first four letters (left to right)
- ARM: Seventh column, first to third rows (top to bottom)
- MOUTH: Eighth column, fourth to eighth rows (top to bottom)
- HAND: Fourth column, third to sixth rows (top to bottom)
- LEG: Second column, fifth to seventh rows (top to bottom)
- FOOT: Seventh row, fifth to eighth letters (left to right)

Draw an ellipse around each of these groups of letters in the puzzle.