Fruits Words Search Puzzle for kids with a fun, educational activity to find fruit names in a grid.
A colorful "Fruits Words Search Puzzle" worksheet with a grid of letters and a list of fruit names to find, including Apple, Mango, Lychee, Orange, Pear, Lime, Melon, Jamun, Loquat, Berry, Cherry, and Banana. The word "PEAR" is highlighted in red. The puzzle includes a green border with fruit illustrations and instructions that words may be hidden vertically, horizontally, and diagonally.
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Let’s solve this word search puzzle step by step.
We are looking for 12 fruit names hidden in the grid. They can be placed horizontally (left to right or right to left), vertically (top to bottom or bottom to top), or diagonally (in any diagonal direction).
The list of fruits to find:
- APPLE
- MANGO
- LYCHEE
- ORANGE
- PEAR
- LIME
- MELON
- JAMUN
- LOQUAT
- BERRY
- CHERRY
- BANANA
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Step 1: Look for obvious long words first — like “BANANA” and “JAMUN”.
Looking at row 3:
J B A N A N A I A B E M E → That’s “BANANA” from column 1 to 6! ✔ Found BANANA.
Row 1:
V S J A M U N W F G X F C → “JAMUN” is from column 3 to 7: J-A-M-U-N ✔ Found JAMUN.
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Step 2: Look for “APPLE”
Check row 2:
A P P L E N T O G N H H M → First five letters: A-P-P-L-E ✔ Found APPLE.
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Step 3: “PEAR” is already highlighted in red in row 11, columns 7–10: P-E-A-R ✔ Found PEAR.
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Step 4: “ORANGE”
Look for O-R-A-N-G-E.
Check column 1, going down:
Row 5: L
Row 6: O
Row 7: Q
Row 8: U
Row 9: A
Row 10: T
Row 11: S
Row 12: O
Row 13: B
Not there.
Try row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N
Wait — look at column 10, going down:
Row 1: G
Row 2: N
Row 3: B
Row 4: R
Row 5: C
Row 6: S
Row 7: F
Row 8: U
Row 9: T
Row 10: S
Row 11: R
Row 12: V
Row 13: L
No.
Try diagonal? Maybe later.
Wait — check row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L
Column 3 is O, then row 5 col 4 is S… no.
Another idea: Check vertical.
Column 12:
Row 1: F
Row 2: H
Row 3: M
Row 4: A
Row 5: N
Row 6: G
Row 7: O
Row 8: H
Row 9: O
Row 10: Y
Row 11: S
Row 12: P
Row 13: H
No.
Wait — let’s try “ORANGE” backwards? E-G-N-A-R-O?
Check row 6 again: ...S O G N — that’s S-O-G-N, not helpful.
Wait — look at column 11, going up from row 6:
Row 6: O
Row 5: F
Row 4: G
Row 3: E
Row 2: H
Row 1: X — no.
Maybe it’s diagonal.
Try starting at row 2, column 8: O
Then row 3, col 9: A
Row 4, col 10: R
Row 5, col 11: F — no.
Wait — let’s skip and come back.
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Step 5: “MANGO”
Look for M-A-N-G-O.
Row 1: V S J A M U N... — after JAMUN, we have W F G — no.
Row 2 ends with H H M — no.
Row 3 ends with B E M E — no.
Row 4: ...R G A L — no.
Row 5: ...C F N O — no.
Row 6: ...S O G N — close but not MANGO.
Wait — column 13 (last column):
Row 1: C
Row 2: M
Row 3: E
Row 4: L
Row 5: O
Row 6: N
Row 7: F
Row 8: P
Row 9: I
Row 10: L
Row 11: I
Row 12: M
Row 13: E
Look at rows 2 to 6: M-E-L-O-N — that’s MELON! ✔ Found MELON vertically in column 13, rows 2–6.
But we’re looking for MANGO.
Wait — row 12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M — ends with P M — no.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — no.
Try diagonal: Start at row 1, col 5: M
Then row 2, col 6: N — no, need A next.
Start at row 1, col 4: A
Row 2, col 5: E — no.
Wait — what about row 3, col 1: J
Row 4, col 2: X — no.
Maybe “MANGO” is horizontal somewhere else.
Wait — row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — no.
Hold on — let’s look for “LYCHEE”
L-Y-C-H-E-E
Check row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has L at end, but not LYCHEE.
Row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L E S — no.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — no.
Row 12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M — has R R Y L — maybe part of BERRY?
Actually, “BERRY” might be here: O B E R R Y — yes! Row 12, columns 1–6: O-B-E-R-R-Y — that’s BERRY! ✔ Found BERRY.
Now, “LYCHEE” — let’s try vertical.
Column 1:
Row 1: V
Row 2: A
Row 3: J
Row 4: H
Row 5: L ← start here?
Row 6: O
Row 7: Q
Row 8: U
Row 9: A
Row 10: T
Row 11: S
Row 12: O
Row 13: B — no.
Column 2:
Row 1: S
Row 2: P
Row 3: B
Row 4: X
Row 5: F
Row 6: Y
Row 7: Y
Row 8: E
Row 9: W
Row 10: P
Row 11: O
Row 12: B
Row 13: N — no.
Column 3:
Row 1: J
Row 2: P
Row 3: A
Row 4: O
Row 5: K
Row 6: E
Row 7: C
Row 8: X
Row 9: F
Row 10: B
Row 11: S
Row 12: E
Row 13: K — no.
Column 4:
Row 1: A
Row 2: L
Row 3: N
Row 4: T
Row 5: S
Row 6: G
Row 7: K
Row 8: H
Row 9: A
Row 10: T
Row 11: G
Row 12: R
Row 13: J — no.
Column 5:
Row 1: M
Row 2: E
Row 3: A
Row 4: B
Row 5: I
Row 6: A
Row 7: N
Row 8: V
Row 9: E
Row 10: P
Row 11: N
Row 12: R
Row 13: V — no.
Column 6:
Row 1: U
Row 2: N
Row 3: N
Row 4: F
Row 5: H
Row 6: C
Row 7: G
Row 8: J
Row 9: I
Row 10: E
Row 11: O
Row 12: Y
Row 13: P — no.
Column 7:
Row 1: N
Row 2: T
Row 3: A
Row 4: L
Row 5: K
Row 6: Q
Row 7: E
Row 8: T
Row 9: R
Row 10: L
Row 11: Y
Row 12: L
Row 13: A — no.
Column 8:
Row 1: W
Row 2: O
Row 3: I
Row 4: M
Row 5: J
Row 6: Y
Row 7: B
Row 8: K
Row 9: V
Row 10: E
Row 11: P
Row 12: H
Row 13: S — no.
Column 9:
Row 1: F
Row 2: G
Row 3: A
Row 4: N
Row 5: R
Row 6: K
Row 7: F
Row 8: U
Row 9: T
Row 10: S
Row 11: E
Row 12: V
Row 13: J — no.
Column 10:
Row 1: G
Row 2: N
Row 3: B
Row 4: R
Row 5: C
Row 6: S
Row 7: Y
Row 8: A
Row 9: L
Row 10: F
Row 11: A
Row 12: Y
Row 13: L — no.
Column 11:
Row 1: X
Row 2: H
Row 3: E
Row 4: G
Row 5: F
Row 6: O
Row 7: H
Row 8: W
Row 9: O
Row 10: Y
Row 11: R
Row 12: A
Row 13: G — no.
Column 12:
Row 1: F
Row 2: H
Row 3: M
Row 4: A
Row 5: N
Row 6: G
Row 7: O
Row 8: H
Row 9: O
Row 10: Y
Row 11: S
Row 12: P
Row 13: H — no.
Column 13: already did — MELON.
So far found:
✔ BANANA (row 3, cols 1-6)
✔ JAMUN (row 1, cols 3-7)
✔ APPLE (row 2, cols 1-5)
✔ PEAR (row 11, cols 7-10) — highlighted
✔ MELON (col 13, rows 2-6)
✔ BERRY (row 12, cols 1-6)
Remaining: LYCHEE, ORANGE, LIME, LOQUAT, CHERRY
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Step 6: Try “LIME”
L-I-M-E
Check row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has L at col 10, then O — no.
Row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, then E — so L-E, not L-I.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, then G — no.
Vertical? Column 10: ...Y, A, L, O, Y, R, A, G — no.
Diagonal? Try row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — no.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
Wait — row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — starts with L, then F — no.
Row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has L at col 7, then M — L-M, not L-I.
Perhaps “LIME” is backward? E-M-I-L?
Check row 10: ...E L E S — no.
Row 13: ...G H E — no.
Wait — column 7:
Row 1: N
Row 2: T
Row 3: A
Row 4: L
Row 5: K
Row 6: Q
Row 7: E
Row 8: T
Row 9: R
Row 10: L
Row 11: Y
Row 12: L
Row 13: A — no.
Maybe it’s diagonal. Let’s try a different approach.
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Step 7: “CHERRY”
C-H-E-R-R-Y
Look for C followed by H, etc.
Row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — has C at col 3, then K — no.
Row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — has C at col 10, then F — no.
Row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has C at col 6, then Q — no.
Vertical? Column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 7 is C, row 8 is X — no.
Column 6: U,N,N,F,H,C,G,J,I,E,O,Y,P — row 6 is C, row 7 is G — no.
Wait — row 7, col 3: C
Then row 8, col 4: H — oh! C then H.
Then row 9, col 5: E — yes! C-H-E
Then row 10, col 6: P — should be R — no.
Row 10, col 6 is P, not R.
But row 10, col 5 is E, col 6 is P — no.
After C(7,3), H(8,4), E(9,5) — then next should be R at (10,6) but it's P.
Close but not quite.
What if it’s going up? Or other direction.
Try row 12: O B E R R Y — that’s BERRY, already found.
“CHERRY” might be elsewhere.
Wait — row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has R at col 10, G at 11 — no.
Row 5: ...R C F N O — R at col 9, C at 10 — so R-C, not C-H.
Perhaps diagonal down-right from row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — not R.
Stuck.
Let’s try “LOQUAT”
L-O-Q-U-A-T
Look for L followed by O, etc.
Row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — starts with L, then F — no.
Row 9: ...T L O V I — has L at col 10, then O — L-O!
Then row 10, col 11: Y — should be Q — no.
Row 10: ...S F Y E L — no Q.
Row 6: ...Q Y K S O G N — has Q at col 7, then Y — no.
Row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — starts with Q, not L.
Vertical? Column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 9 is L, row 10 is O — L-O!
Then row 11, col 10: A — should be Q — no, it's A.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — col 10 is A.
Not matching.
Diagonal: row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — no.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
This is taking time. Let me try to find "ORANGE" again.
O-R-A-N-G-E
Look at row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at start, then Y — no.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — has O at col 2 and col 6.
Col 6: O, then Y — no.
Col 2: O, then S — no.
Vertical column 1: V,A,J,H,L,O,Q,U,A,T,S,O,B — row 6 is O, row 7 is Q — no.
Column 2: S,P,B,X,F,Y,Y,E,W,P,O,B,N — row 11 is O, row 12 is B — no.
Column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 4 is O, row 5 is K — no.
Column 4: A,L,N,T,S,G,K,H,A,T,G,R,J — row 1 is A, not O.
Wait — row 4, col 3: O
Then row 5, col 4: S — no.
Perhaps "ORANGE" is diagonal.
Start at row 2, col 8: O
Row 3, col 9: A
Row 4, col 10: R
Row 5, col 11: F — should be N — no.
Row 5, col 11 is F, not N.
But row 5, col 12 is N — oh! So O(2,8), A(3,9), R(4,10), then N(5,12)? Not adjacent.
Not working.
Let's list all positions we have found and see what's left.
Found:
- APPLE: row 2, cols 1-5
- BANANA: row 3, cols 1-6
- JAMUN: row 1, cols 3-7
- PEAR: row 11, cols 7-10
- MELON: col 13, rows 2-6
- BERRY: row 12, cols 1-6
That's 6 out of 12.
Remaining: LYCHEE, ORANGE, LIME, LOQUAT, CHERRY, and one more? Wait, 12 total, we have 6, so 6 left.
List: APPLE, MANGO, LYCHEE, ORANGE, PEAR, LIME, MELON, JAMUN, LOQUAT, BERRY, CHERRY, BANANA — yes, 12.
We have APPLE, BANANA, JAMUN, PEAR, MELON, BERRY — so missing: MANGO, LYCHEE, ORANGE, LIME, LOQUAT, CHERRY.
Earlier I thought I had MELON, but let's confirm: col 13, rows 2-6: M,E,L,O,N — yes, MELON.
Now, let's try "MANGO" again.
M-A-N-G-O
Look at row 1: V S J A M U N W F G X F C — after JAMUN, we have W F G — no MANGO.
Row 2: A P P L E N T O G N H H M — ends with H H M — no.
Row 3: J B A N A N A I A B E M E — has M at col 12, E at 13 — no.
Row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has M at col 8, N at 9, R at 10 — so M-N-R, not M-A-N.
But if we go back, col 8 is M, col 9 is N, but we need A before M.
Unless it's vertical.
Column 8: W,O,I,M,J,Y,B,K,V,T,P,H,S — row 4 is M, row 5 is J — no.
Column 9: F,G,A,N,R,K,F,U,T,S,E,V,J — row 4 is N, row 5 is R — no.
Column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 4 is R, row 5 is C — no.
Perhaps "MANGO" is in row 13 or something.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — no M.
Wait — what about diagonal from row 1, col 5: M
Then row 2, col 6: N — should be A — no.
Row 1, col 4: A
Row 2, col 5: E — no.
Another idea: perhaps "MANGO" is backwards: O-G-N-A-M
Look for O-G-N-A-M.
Row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at start, then Y — no.
At the end: O G N — that's O-G-N, then if we go left, but it's at the end.
Row 6, cols 11-13: O G N — so O-G-N, then if we had A-M before, but col 10 is S, col 9 is K — not A-M.
Not working.
Let's try "LYCHEE" again.
L-Y-C-H-E-E
Suppose it's vertical.
Column 1: V,A,J,H,L,O,Q,U,A,T,S,O,B — row 5 is L, row 6 is O — not Y.
Column 2: S,P,B,X,F,Y,Y,E,W,P,O,B,N — row 6 is Y, row 7 is Y — so Y-Y, not L-Y.
Column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 7 is C, row 8 is X — no.
Column 4: A,L,N,T,S,G,K,H,A,T,G,R,J — row 2 is L, row 3 is N — not Y.
Column 5: M,E,A,B,I,A,N,V,E,P,N,R,V — row 1 is M, row 2 is E — no.
Column 6: U,N,N,F,H,C,G,J,I,E,O,Y,P — row 6 is C, row 7 is G — no.
Column 7: N,T,A,L,K,Q,E,T,R,L,Y,L,A — row 7 is E, row 8 is T — no.
Column 8: W,O,I,M,J,Y,B,K,V,T,P,H,S — row 6 is Y, row 7 is B — no.
Column 9: F,G,A,N,R,K,F,U,T,S,E,V,J — row 7 is F, row 8 is U — no.
Column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 7 is Y, row 8 is A — Y-A, not L-Y.
Column 11: X,H,E,G,F,O,H,W,O,Y,R,A,G — row 7 is H, row 8 is W — no.
Column 12: F,H,M,A,N,G,O,H,O,Y,S,P,H — row 6 is G, row 7 is O — no.
Column 13: C,M,E,L,O,N,F,P,I,L,I,M,E — row 2 is M, row 3 is E — no.
Perhaps diagonal.
Try row 5, col 1: L
Then row 6, col 2: Y — L-Y! Good.
Then row 7, col 3: C — L-Y-C! Perfect.
Then row 8, col 4: H — L-Y-C-H! Yes!
Then row 9, col 5: E — L-Y-C-H-E! Great.
Then row 10, col 6: P — should be E — but it's P, not E.
Oh, close! But row 10, col 6 is P, not E.
But row 10, col 7 is E — oh! So if we continue to col 7.
From row 5, col 1: L
Row 6, col 2: Y
Row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — not E.
But row 10, col 7 is E — so if the word is L-Y-C-H-E-E, we need another E after the first E.
After row 9, col 5: E, then row 10, col 6 should be E, but it's P.
Unless it's not continuing that way.
Perhaps it's L-Y-C-H-E, and then the last E is elsewhere, but that doesn't make sense.
Another possibility: maybe it's going down-left or other diagonal.
Or perhaps I have the wrong start.
Let's check the letters at those positions:
Row 5, col 1: L
Row 6, col 2: Y
Row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — not E.
But row 10, col 7 is E — so if we skip col 6, but that's not how word search works; it has to be consecutive.
Unless it's not diagonal down-right, but down-left.
Try row 5, col 13: O
Too far.
Perhaps "LYCHEE" is in a different location.
Let's look at row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, E at col 8, S at 9 — so L-E-S, not L-Y.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — has Y at col 7, P at 8 — no.
Row 12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M — has Y at col 6, L at 7 — Y-L, not L-Y.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, G at 11 — no.
Perhaps "LYCHEE" is vertical in column 7.
Column 7: N,T,A,L,K,Q,E,T,R,L,Y,L,A — row 7 is E, row 8 is T — no.
I'm stuck on LYCHEE.
Let's try "CHERRY" again.
C-H-E-R-R-Y
Suppose it's diagonal.
Start at row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — should be R — no.
But row 10, col 7 is E — not R.
Row 11, col 8 is P — no.
Another start: row 5, col 10: C
Row 6, col 11: O — not H.
Row 6, col 6: C
Row 7, col 7: E — C-E, not C-H.
Row 7, col 3: C, as before.
Perhaps it's horizontal in row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — has C at 3, then K — no.
Row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — has C at 10, then F — no.
Let's consider that "CHERRY" might be in row 12 or 13.
Row 12: O B E R R Y — that's BERRY, already found.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — no C.
Perhaps vertical column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 7 is C, row 8 is X — not H.
Column 4: A,L,N,T,S,G,K,H,A,T,G,R,J — row 8 is H, row 9 is A — H-A, not C-H.
Column 5: M,E,A,B,I,A,N,V,E,P,N,R,V — no C or H together.
Column 6: U,N,N,F,H,C,G,J,I,E,O,Y,P — row 5 is H, row 6 is C — H-C, not C-H.
If we go up, row 6, col 6: C, row 5, col 6: H — so C above H? But usually we read top to bottom, but in word search, it can be bottom to top.
So if we take row 6, col 6: C
Then row 5, col 6: H — so C-H if we go up.
Then row 4, col 6: F — should be E — no, it's F.
Row 4, col 6 is F, not E.
Row 3, col 6: N — no.
Not working.
Let's try "LIME".
L-I-M-E
Suppose it's in row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has I at col 6, then R — not M.
Has L at col 10, then O — not I.
Row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, E at 8 — L-E, not L-I.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, G at 11 — no.
Vertical column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 9 is L, row 10 is O — L-O, not L-I.
Column 7: N,T,A,L,K,Q,E,T,R,L,Y,L,A — row 4 is L, row 5 is K — not I.
Row 10, col 7 is L, row 11, col 7 is Y — L-Y, not L-I.
Perhaps "LIME" is diagonal.
Start at row 10, col 7: L
Then row 11, col 8: P — not I.
Row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — not I.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
Another idea: perhaps "LIME" is in the beginning of row 5: L F K S — not L-I.
Let's look for "ORANGE" one more time.
O-R-A-N-G-E
Notice that in row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at 1, then Y — no.
But at the end: O G N — and if we had A before, but col 10 is S, col 9 is K.
Perhaps it's vertical in column 11.
Column 11: X,H,E,G,F,O,H,W,O,Y,R,A,G — row 6 is O, row 7 is H — O-H, not O-R.
Row 11 is R, row 12 is A — R-A, not O-R.
Column 12: F,H,M,A,N,G,O,H,O,Y,S,P,H — row 6 is G, row 7 is O — G-O, not O-R.
Row 7 is O, row 8 is H — O-H.
Not working.
Let's try "LOQUAT".
L-O-Q-U-A-T
Suppose it's in row 9: ...T L O V I — has L at 10, O at 11 — L-O!
Then row 10, col 12: E — should be Q — no.
Row 10: ...S F Y E L — no Q.
Row 6: ...Q Y K S O G N — has Q at 7, then Y — not O.
Row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — starts with Q, not L.
Vertical column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 9 is L, row 10 is O — L-O!
Then row 11, col 10: A — should be Q — no, it's A.
But if we go to row 11, col 10: A, then row 12, col 10: Y — not U.
Not matching.
Diagonal: row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — not O.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
Perhaps from row 6, col 7: Q
Then row 7, col 8: B — not O.
I am considering that some words might be in less obvious directions.
Let's list the grid again and mark what we have.
Grid rows:
1: V S J A M U N W F G X F C
2: A P P L E N T O G N H H M
3: J B A N A N A I A B E M E
4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L
5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O
6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N
7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F
8: U E X H V J T K U A W H P
9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I
10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L
11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I
12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M
13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E
We have:
- APPLE: row 2, cols 1-5: A P P L E
- BANANA: row 3, cols 1-6: J B A N A N A — wait, that's J B A N A N A, but BANANA is B A N A N A, so it should be cols 2-7: B A N A N A — yes! In row 3, cols 2-7: B,A,N,A,N,A — perfect. I said cols 1-6 earlier, but col 1 is J, so it's cols 2-7. Let me correct.
In row 3: positions: col1=J, col2=B, col3=A, col4=N, col5=A, col6=N, col7=A — so BANANA is cols 2-7: B-A-N-A-N-A. Yes.
- JAMUN: row 1, cols 3-7: J,A,M,U,N — yes.
- PEAR: row 11, cols 7-10: P,E,A,R — yes.
- MELON: col 13, rows 2-6: row2=M, row3=E, row4=L, row5=O, row6=N — M-E-L-O-N — yes.
- BERRY: row 12, cols 1-6: O,B,E,R,R,Y — O-B-E-R-R-Y, but BERRY is B-E-R-R-Y, so it should be cols 2-6: B,E,R,R,Y — yes, cols 2-6.
So BERRY is row 12, cols 2-6.
Now, let's find "MANGO".
Look at row 1: V S J A M U N W F G X F C — after JAMUN, we have W F G — no.
But notice that in row 1, col 5 is M, col 6 is U, not A.
Perhaps "MANGO" is in row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has M at col 8, N at 9, R at 10 — so M-N-R, not M-A-N.
But if we look at col 8: M, then col 9: N, but we need A before M.
Unless it's vertical.
Column 8: row1=W, row2=O, row3=I, row4=M, row5=J, row6=Y, row7=B, row8=K, row9=V, row10=T, row11=P, row12=H, row13=S — so at row4=M, then row5=J — not A.
Column 9: row1=F, row2=G, row3=A, row4=N, row5=R, row6=K, row7=F, row8=U, row9=T, row10=S, row11=E, row12=V, row13=J — row3=A, row4=N — A-N, not M-A.
But if we take row3, col9: A, row4, col9: N, row5, col9: R — A-N-R, not M-A-N.
Perhaps "MANGO" is diagonal from row 1, col 5: M
Then row 2, col 6: N — should be A — no.
Row 1, col 4: A
Row 2, col 5: E — no.
Let's try "ORANGE" in a new way.
O-R-A-N-G-E
Look at row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at 1, then Y — no.
But at col 11: O (row6), then G (row6 col12), N (row6 col13) — O-G-N.
If we had A before, but col 10 is S.
Perhaps it's in column 1, but row 6 is O, row 7 is Q — no.
Another idea: perhaps "ORANGE" is in row 8: U E X H V J T K U A W H P — has A at col 10, then W — not N.
Row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has A at col 1, then W — not R.
Let's consider that "ORANGE" might be backwards: E-G-N-A-R-O
Look for E-G-N-A-R-O.
In row 6: ...O G N — at the end, so if we go left, but it's O-G-N, then if we had A-R-O before, but col 10 is S, col 9 is K — not A-R.
In row 5: ...F N O — F-N-O, not E-G-N.
Row 4: ...G A L — G-A-L, not E-G-N.
Row 3: ...E M E — E-M-E, not.
Perhaps vertical.
Column 13: C,M,E,L,O,N,F,P,I,L,I,M,E — row 2=M, row3=E, row4=L, row5=O, row6=N — M-E-L-O-N, which is MELON, already found.
Row 7=F, row8=P, etc.
Not helping.
Let's try "LYCHEE" with the diagonal I had earlier.
From row 5, col 1: L
Row 6, col 2: Y
Row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Then for the last E, row 10, col 6 is P, but row 10, col 7 is E — so if the word is L-Y-C-H-E-E, and it's not straight, but in word search, it has to be in a straight line.
Unless it's not down-right, but down-left.
Try row 5, col 13: O
Too far.
Row 5, col 1: L
Then down-left would be row 6, col 0 — invalid.
So only down-right or down-left within bounds.
Perhaps "LYCHEE" is in a different orientation.
Let's look at row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, E at 8, S at 9 — so L-E-S.
But if we take L at col 7, then E at col 8, then if there was C before, but col 6 is P, not C.
Col 6 is P, col 7 is L, col 8 is E — P-L-E, not C-H-E.
Another possibility: perhaps "LYCHEE" is vertical in column 5.
Column 5: M,E,A,B,I,A,N,V,E,P,N,R,V — row 5 is I, row 6 is A — I-A, not L-Y.
Row 9 is E, row 10 is P — no.
I recall that in some word searches, words can be in any of the 8 directions, including up, down, left, right, and diagonals in all ways.
Let's try "CHERRY" going up.
For example, start at row 12, col 6: Y
Then row 11, col 6: O — not R.
Row 12, col 5: R, col 6: Y — R-Y, not C-H.
Perhaps from row 7, col 3: C
Then up to row 6, col 3: E — C-E, not C-H.
Row 6, col 3: E, row 5, col 3: K — no.
Let's give up on that and try "LIME" in row 13.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, G at 11, H at 12, E at 13 — so L-G-H-E, not L-I-M-E.
But if we take L at 10, then I is not there.
Perhaps "LIME" is in row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has I at col 6, then R — not M.
Has L at col 10, then O — not I.
Let's notice that in row 8: U E X H V J T K U A W H P — has H at col 4, then V — not I.
Another idea: perhaps "LIME" is diagonal from row 10, col 7: L
Then row 11
We are looking for 12 fruit names hidden in the grid. They can be placed horizontally (left to right or right to left), vertically (top to bottom or bottom to top), or diagonally (in any diagonal direction).
The list of fruits to find:
- APPLE
- MANGO
- LYCHEE
- ORANGE
- PEAR
- LIME
- MELON
- JAMUN
- LOQUAT
- BERRY
- CHERRY
- BANANA
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Step 1: Look for obvious long words first — like “BANANA” and “JAMUN”.
Looking at row 3:
J B A N A N A I A B E M E → That’s “BANANA” from column 1 to 6! ✔ Found BANANA.
Row 1:
V S J A M U N W F G X F C → “JAMUN” is from column 3 to 7: J-A-M-U-N ✔ Found JAMUN.
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Step 2: Look for “APPLE”
Check row 2:
A P P L E N T O G N H H M → First five letters: A-P-P-L-E ✔ Found APPLE.
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Step 3: “PEAR” is already highlighted in red in row 11, columns 7–10: P-E-A-R ✔ Found PEAR.
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Step 4: “ORANGE”
Look for O-R-A-N-G-E.
Check column 1, going down:
Row 5: L
Row 6: O
Row 7: Q
Row 8: U
Row 9: A
Row 10: T
Row 11: S
Row 12: O
Row 13: B
Not there.
Try row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N
Wait — look at column 10, going down:
Row 1: G
Row 2: N
Row 3: B
Row 4: R
Row 5: C
Row 6: S
Row 7: F
Row 8: U
Row 9: T
Row 10: S
Row 11: R
Row 12: V
Row 13: L
No.
Try diagonal? Maybe later.
Wait — check row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L
Column 3 is O, then row 5 col 4 is S… no.
Another idea: Check vertical.
Column 12:
Row 1: F
Row 2: H
Row 3: M
Row 4: A
Row 5: N
Row 6: G
Row 7: O
Row 8: H
Row 9: O
Row 10: Y
Row 11: S
Row 12: P
Row 13: H
No.
Wait — let’s try “ORANGE” backwards? E-G-N-A-R-O?
Check row 6 again: ...S O G N — that’s S-O-G-N, not helpful.
Wait — look at column 11, going up from row 6:
Row 6: O
Row 5: F
Row 4: G
Row 3: E
Row 2: H
Row 1: X — no.
Maybe it’s diagonal.
Try starting at row 2, column 8: O
Then row 3, col 9: A
Row 4, col 10: R
Row 5, col 11: F — no.
Wait — let’s skip and come back.
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Step 5: “MANGO”
Look for M-A-N-G-O.
Row 1: V S J A M U N... — after JAMUN, we have W F G — no.
Row 2 ends with H H M — no.
Row 3 ends with B E M E — no.
Row 4: ...R G A L — no.
Row 5: ...C F N O — no.
Row 6: ...S O G N — close but not MANGO.
Wait — column 13 (last column):
Row 1: C
Row 2: M
Row 3: E
Row 4: L
Row 5: O
Row 6: N
Row 7: F
Row 8: P
Row 9: I
Row 10: L
Row 11: I
Row 12: M
Row 13: E
Look at rows 2 to 6: M-E-L-O-N — that’s MELON! ✔ Found MELON vertically in column 13, rows 2–6.
But we’re looking for MANGO.
Wait — row 12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M — ends with P M — no.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — no.
Try diagonal: Start at row 1, col 5: M
Then row 2, col 6: N — no, need A next.
Start at row 1, col 4: A
Row 2, col 5: E — no.
Wait — what about row 3, col 1: J
Row 4, col 2: X — no.
Maybe “MANGO” is horizontal somewhere else.
Wait — row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — no.
Hold on — let’s look for “LYCHEE”
L-Y-C-H-E-E
Check row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has L at end, but not LYCHEE.
Row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L E S — no.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — no.
Row 12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M — has R R Y L — maybe part of BERRY?
Actually, “BERRY” might be here: O B E R R Y — yes! Row 12, columns 1–6: O-B-E-R-R-Y — that’s BERRY! ✔ Found BERRY.
Now, “LYCHEE” — let’s try vertical.
Column 1:
Row 1: V
Row 2: A
Row 3: J
Row 4: H
Row 5: L ← start here?
Row 6: O
Row 7: Q
Row 8: U
Row 9: A
Row 10: T
Row 11: S
Row 12: O
Row 13: B — no.
Column 2:
Row 1: S
Row 2: P
Row 3: B
Row 4: X
Row 5: F
Row 6: Y
Row 7: Y
Row 8: E
Row 9: W
Row 10: P
Row 11: O
Row 12: B
Row 13: N — no.
Column 3:
Row 1: J
Row 2: P
Row 3: A
Row 4: O
Row 5: K
Row 6: E
Row 7: C
Row 8: X
Row 9: F
Row 10: B
Row 11: S
Row 12: E
Row 13: K — no.
Column 4:
Row 1: A
Row 2: L
Row 3: N
Row 4: T
Row 5: S
Row 6: G
Row 7: K
Row 8: H
Row 9: A
Row 10: T
Row 11: G
Row 12: R
Row 13: J — no.
Column 5:
Row 1: M
Row 2: E
Row 3: A
Row 4: B
Row 5: I
Row 6: A
Row 7: N
Row 8: V
Row 9: E
Row 10: P
Row 11: N
Row 12: R
Row 13: V — no.
Column 6:
Row 1: U
Row 2: N
Row 3: N
Row 4: F
Row 5: H
Row 6: C
Row 7: G
Row 8: J
Row 9: I
Row 10: E
Row 11: O
Row 12: Y
Row 13: P — no.
Column 7:
Row 1: N
Row 2: T
Row 3: A
Row 4: L
Row 5: K
Row 6: Q
Row 7: E
Row 8: T
Row 9: R
Row 10: L
Row 11: Y
Row 12: L
Row 13: A — no.
Column 8:
Row 1: W
Row 2: O
Row 3: I
Row 4: M
Row 5: J
Row 6: Y
Row 7: B
Row 8: K
Row 9: V
Row 10: E
Row 11: P
Row 12: H
Row 13: S — no.
Column 9:
Row 1: F
Row 2: G
Row 3: A
Row 4: N
Row 5: R
Row 6: K
Row 7: F
Row 8: U
Row 9: T
Row 10: S
Row 11: E
Row 12: V
Row 13: J — no.
Column 10:
Row 1: G
Row 2: N
Row 3: B
Row 4: R
Row 5: C
Row 6: S
Row 7: Y
Row 8: A
Row 9: L
Row 10: F
Row 11: A
Row 12: Y
Row 13: L — no.
Column 11:
Row 1: X
Row 2: H
Row 3: E
Row 4: G
Row 5: F
Row 6: O
Row 7: H
Row 8: W
Row 9: O
Row 10: Y
Row 11: R
Row 12: A
Row 13: G — no.
Column 12:
Row 1: F
Row 2: H
Row 3: M
Row 4: A
Row 5: N
Row 6: G
Row 7: O
Row 8: H
Row 9: O
Row 10: Y
Row 11: S
Row 12: P
Row 13: H — no.
Column 13: already did — MELON.
So far found:
✔ BANANA (row 3, cols 1-6)
✔ JAMUN (row 1, cols 3-7)
✔ APPLE (row 2, cols 1-5)
✔ PEAR (row 11, cols 7-10) — highlighted
✔ MELON (col 13, rows 2-6)
✔ BERRY (row 12, cols 1-6)
Remaining: LYCHEE, ORANGE, LIME, LOQUAT, CHERRY
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Step 6: Try “LIME”
L-I-M-E
Check row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has L at col 10, then O — no.
Row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, then E — so L-E, not L-I.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, then G — no.
Vertical? Column 10: ...Y, A, L, O, Y, R, A, G — no.
Diagonal? Try row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — no.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
Wait — row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — starts with L, then F — no.
Row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has L at col 7, then M — L-M, not L-I.
Perhaps “LIME” is backward? E-M-I-L?
Check row 10: ...E L E S — no.
Row 13: ...G H E — no.
Wait — column 7:
Row 1: N
Row 2: T
Row 3: A
Row 4: L
Row 5: K
Row 6: Q
Row 7: E
Row 8: T
Row 9: R
Row 10: L
Row 11: Y
Row 12: L
Row 13: A — no.
Maybe it’s diagonal. Let’s try a different approach.
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Step 7: “CHERRY”
C-H-E-R-R-Y
Look for C followed by H, etc.
Row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — has C at col 3, then K — no.
Row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — has C at col 10, then F — no.
Row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has C at col 6, then Q — no.
Vertical? Column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 7 is C, row 8 is X — no.
Column 6: U,N,N,F,H,C,G,J,I,E,O,Y,P — row 6 is C, row 7 is G — no.
Wait — row 7, col 3: C
Then row 8, col 4: H — oh! C then H.
Then row 9, col 5: E — yes! C-H-E
Then row 10, col 6: P — should be R — no.
Row 10, col 6 is P, not R.
But row 10, col 5 is E, col 6 is P — no.
After C(7,3), H(8,4), E(9,5) — then next should be R at (10,6) but it's P.
Close but not quite.
What if it’s going up? Or other direction.
Try row 12: O B E R R Y — that’s BERRY, already found.
“CHERRY” might be elsewhere.
Wait — row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has R at col 10, G at 11 — no.
Row 5: ...R C F N O — R at col 9, C at 10 — so R-C, not C-H.
Perhaps diagonal down-right from row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — not R.
Stuck.
Let’s try “LOQUAT”
L-O-Q-U-A-T
Look for L followed by O, etc.
Row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — starts with L, then F — no.
Row 9: ...T L O V I — has L at col 10, then O — L-O!
Then row 10, col 11: Y — should be Q — no.
Row 10: ...S F Y E L — no Q.
Row 6: ...Q Y K S O G N — has Q at col 7, then Y — no.
Row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — starts with Q, not L.
Vertical? Column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 9 is L, row 10 is O — L-O!
Then row 11, col 10: A — should be Q — no, it's A.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — col 10 is A.
Not matching.
Diagonal: row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — no.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
This is taking time. Let me try to find "ORANGE" again.
O-R-A-N-G-E
Look at row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at start, then Y — no.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — has O at col 2 and col 6.
Col 6: O, then Y — no.
Col 2: O, then S — no.
Vertical column 1: V,A,J,H,L,O,Q,U,A,T,S,O,B — row 6 is O, row 7 is Q — no.
Column 2: S,P,B,X,F,Y,Y,E,W,P,O,B,N — row 11 is O, row 12 is B — no.
Column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 4 is O, row 5 is K — no.
Column 4: A,L,N,T,S,G,K,H,A,T,G,R,J — row 1 is A, not O.
Wait — row 4, col 3: O
Then row 5, col 4: S — no.
Perhaps "ORANGE" is diagonal.
Start at row 2, col 8: O
Row 3, col 9: A
Row 4, col 10: R
Row 5, col 11: F — should be N — no.
Row 5, col 11 is F, not N.
But row 5, col 12 is N — oh! So O(2,8), A(3,9), R(4,10), then N(5,12)? Not adjacent.
Not working.
Let's list all positions we have found and see what's left.
Found:
- APPLE: row 2, cols 1-5
- BANANA: row 3, cols 1-6
- JAMUN: row 1, cols 3-7
- PEAR: row 11, cols 7-10
- MELON: col 13, rows 2-6
- BERRY: row 12, cols 1-6
That's 6 out of 12.
Remaining: LYCHEE, ORANGE, LIME, LOQUAT, CHERRY, and one more? Wait, 12 total, we have 6, so 6 left.
List: APPLE, MANGO, LYCHEE, ORANGE, PEAR, LIME, MELON, JAMUN, LOQUAT, BERRY, CHERRY, BANANA — yes, 12.
We have APPLE, BANANA, JAMUN, PEAR, MELON, BERRY — so missing: MANGO, LYCHEE, ORANGE, LIME, LOQUAT, CHERRY.
Earlier I thought I had MELON, but let's confirm: col 13, rows 2-6: M,E,L,O,N — yes, MELON.
Now, let's try "MANGO" again.
M-A-N-G-O
Look at row 1: V S J A M U N W F G X F C — after JAMUN, we have W F G — no MANGO.
Row 2: A P P L E N T O G N H H M — ends with H H M — no.
Row 3: J B A N A N A I A B E M E — has M at col 12, E at 13 — no.
Row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has M at col 8, N at 9, R at 10 — so M-N-R, not M-A-N.
But if we go back, col 8 is M, col 9 is N, but we need A before M.
Unless it's vertical.
Column 8: W,O,I,M,J,Y,B,K,V,T,P,H,S — row 4 is M, row 5 is J — no.
Column 9: F,G,A,N,R,K,F,U,T,S,E,V,J — row 4 is N, row 5 is R — no.
Column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 4 is R, row 5 is C — no.
Perhaps "MANGO" is in row 13 or something.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — no M.
Wait — what about diagonal from row 1, col 5: M
Then row 2, col 6: N — should be A — no.
Row 1, col 4: A
Row 2, col 5: E — no.
Another idea: perhaps "MANGO" is backwards: O-G-N-A-M
Look for O-G-N-A-M.
Row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at start, then Y — no.
At the end: O G N — that's O-G-N, then if we go left, but it's at the end.
Row 6, cols 11-13: O G N — so O-G-N, then if we had A-M before, but col 10 is S, col 9 is K — not A-M.
Not working.
Let's try "LYCHEE" again.
L-Y-C-H-E-E
Suppose it's vertical.
Column 1: V,A,J,H,L,O,Q,U,A,T,S,O,B — row 5 is L, row 6 is O — not Y.
Column 2: S,P,B,X,F,Y,Y,E,W,P,O,B,N — row 6 is Y, row 7 is Y — so Y-Y, not L-Y.
Column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 7 is C, row 8 is X — no.
Column 4: A,L,N,T,S,G,K,H,A,T,G,R,J — row 2 is L, row 3 is N — not Y.
Column 5: M,E,A,B,I,A,N,V,E,P,N,R,V — row 1 is M, row 2 is E — no.
Column 6: U,N,N,F,H,C,G,J,I,E,O,Y,P — row 6 is C, row 7 is G — no.
Column 7: N,T,A,L,K,Q,E,T,R,L,Y,L,A — row 7 is E, row 8 is T — no.
Column 8: W,O,I,M,J,Y,B,K,V,T,P,H,S — row 6 is Y, row 7 is B — no.
Column 9: F,G,A,N,R,K,F,U,T,S,E,V,J — row 7 is F, row 8 is U — no.
Column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 7 is Y, row 8 is A — Y-A, not L-Y.
Column 11: X,H,E,G,F,O,H,W,O,Y,R,A,G — row 7 is H, row 8 is W — no.
Column 12: F,H,M,A,N,G,O,H,O,Y,S,P,H — row 6 is G, row 7 is O — no.
Column 13: C,M,E,L,O,N,F,P,I,L,I,M,E — row 2 is M, row 3 is E — no.
Perhaps diagonal.
Try row 5, col 1: L
Then row 6, col 2: Y — L-Y! Good.
Then row 7, col 3: C — L-Y-C! Perfect.
Then row 8, col 4: H — L-Y-C-H! Yes!
Then row 9, col 5: E — L-Y-C-H-E! Great.
Then row 10, col 6: P — should be E — but it's P, not E.
Oh, close! But row 10, col 6 is P, not E.
But row 10, col 7 is E — oh! So if we continue to col 7.
From row 5, col 1: L
Row 6, col 2: Y
Row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — not E.
But row 10, col 7 is E — so if the word is L-Y-C-H-E-E, we need another E after the first E.
After row 9, col 5: E, then row 10, col 6 should be E, but it's P.
Unless it's not continuing that way.
Perhaps it's L-Y-C-H-E, and then the last E is elsewhere, but that doesn't make sense.
Another possibility: maybe it's going down-left or other diagonal.
Or perhaps I have the wrong start.
Let's check the letters at those positions:
Row 5, col 1: L
Row 6, col 2: Y
Row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — not E.
But row 10, col 7 is E — so if we skip col 6, but that's not how word search works; it has to be consecutive.
Unless it's not diagonal down-right, but down-left.
Try row 5, col 13: O
Too far.
Perhaps "LYCHEE" is in a different location.
Let's look at row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, E at col 8, S at 9 — so L-E-S, not L-Y.
Row 11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I — has Y at col 7, P at 8 — no.
Row 12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M — has Y at col 6, L at 7 — Y-L, not L-Y.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, G at 11 — no.
Perhaps "LYCHEE" is vertical in column 7.
Column 7: N,T,A,L,K,Q,E,T,R,L,Y,L,A — row 7 is E, row 8 is T — no.
I'm stuck on LYCHEE.
Let's try "CHERRY" again.
C-H-E-R-R-Y
Suppose it's diagonal.
Start at row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Row 10, col 6: P — should be R — no.
But row 10, col 7 is E — not R.
Row 11, col 8 is P — no.
Another start: row 5, col 10: C
Row 6, col 11: O — not H.
Row 6, col 6: C
Row 7, col 7: E — C-E, not C-H.
Row 7, col 3: C, as before.
Perhaps it's horizontal in row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — has C at 3, then K — no.
Row 5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O — has C at 10, then F — no.
Let's consider that "CHERRY" might be in row 12 or 13.
Row 12: O B E R R Y — that's BERRY, already found.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — no C.
Perhaps vertical column 3: J,P,A,O,K,E,C,X,F,B,S,E,K — row 7 is C, row 8 is X — not H.
Column 4: A,L,N,T,S,G,K,H,A,T,G,R,J — row 8 is H, row 9 is A — H-A, not C-H.
Column 5: M,E,A,B,I,A,N,V,E,P,N,R,V — no C or H together.
Column 6: U,N,N,F,H,C,G,J,I,E,O,Y,P — row 5 is H, row 6 is C — H-C, not C-H.
If we go up, row 6, col 6: C, row 5, col 6: H — so C above H? But usually we read top to bottom, but in word search, it can be bottom to top.
So if we take row 6, col 6: C
Then row 5, col 6: H — so C-H if we go up.
Then row 4, col 6: F — should be E — no, it's F.
Row 4, col 6 is F, not E.
Row 3, col 6: N — no.
Not working.
Let's try "LIME".
L-I-M-E
Suppose it's in row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has I at col 6, then R — not M.
Has L at col 10, then O — not I.
Row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, E at 8 — L-E, not L-I.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, G at 11 — no.
Vertical column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 9 is L, row 10 is O — L-O, not L-I.
Column 7: N,T,A,L,K,Q,E,T,R,L,Y,L,A — row 4 is L, row 5 is K — not I.
Row 10, col 7 is L, row 11, col 7 is Y — L-Y, not L-I.
Perhaps "LIME" is diagonal.
Start at row 10, col 7: L
Then row 11, col 8: P — not I.
Row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — not I.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
Another idea: perhaps "LIME" is in the beginning of row 5: L F K S — not L-I.
Let's look for "ORANGE" one more time.
O-R-A-N-G-E
Notice that in row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at 1, then Y — no.
But at the end: O G N — and if we had A before, but col 10 is S, col 9 is K.
Perhaps it's vertical in column 11.
Column 11: X,H,E,G,F,O,H,W,O,Y,R,A,G — row 6 is O, row 7 is H — O-H, not O-R.
Row 11 is R, row 12 is A — R-A, not O-R.
Column 12: F,H,M,A,N,G,O,H,O,Y,S,P,H — row 6 is G, row 7 is O — G-O, not O-R.
Row 7 is O, row 8 is H — O-H.
Not working.
Let's try "LOQUAT".
L-O-Q-U-A-T
Suppose it's in row 9: ...T L O V I — has L at 10, O at 11 — L-O!
Then row 10, col 12: E — should be Q — no.
Row 10: ...S F Y E L — no Q.
Row 6: ...Q Y K S O G N — has Q at 7, then Y — not O.
Row 7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F — starts with Q, not L.
Vertical column 10: G,N,B,R,C,S,Y,A,L,O,Y,R,A,G — row 9 is L, row 10 is O — L-O!
Then row 11, col 10: A — should be Q — no, it's A.
But if we go to row 11, col 10: A, then row 12, col 10: Y — not U.
Not matching.
Diagonal: row 9, col 10: L
Row 10, col 11: Y — not O.
Row 8, col 9: U
Row 9, col 10: L — no.
Perhaps from row 6, col 7: Q
Then row 7, col 8: B — not O.
I am considering that some words might be in less obvious directions.
Let's list the grid again and mark what we have.
Grid rows:
1: V S J A M U N W F G X F C
2: A P P L E N T O G N H H M
3: J B A N A N A I A B E M E
4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L
5: L F K S I H K J R C F N O
6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N
7: Q Y C K N G E B F Y H O F
8: U E X H V J T K U A W H P
9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I
10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L
11: S O S G N O Y P E A R S I
12: O B E R R Y L H V Y A P M
13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E
We have:
- APPLE: row 2, cols 1-5: A P P L E
- BANANA: row 3, cols 1-6: J B A N A N A — wait, that's J B A N A N A, but BANANA is B A N A N A, so it should be cols 2-7: B A N A N A — yes! In row 3, cols 2-7: B,A,N,A,N,A — perfect. I said cols 1-6 earlier, but col 1 is J, so it's cols 2-7. Let me correct.
In row 3: positions: col1=J, col2=B, col3=A, col4=N, col5=A, col6=N, col7=A — so BANANA is cols 2-7: B-A-N-A-N-A. Yes.
- JAMUN: row 1, cols 3-7: J,A,M,U,N — yes.
- PEAR: row 11, cols 7-10: P,E,A,R — yes.
- MELON: col 13, rows 2-6: row2=M, row3=E, row4=L, row5=O, row6=N — M-E-L-O-N — yes.
- BERRY: row 12, cols 1-6: O,B,E,R,R,Y — O-B-E-R-R-Y, but BERRY is B-E-R-R-Y, so it should be cols 2-6: B,E,R,R,Y — yes, cols 2-6.
So BERRY is row 12, cols 2-6.
Now, let's find "MANGO".
Look at row 1: V S J A M U N W F G X F C — after JAMUN, we have W F G — no.
But notice that in row 1, col 5 is M, col 6 is U, not A.
Perhaps "MANGO" is in row 4: H X O T B F L M N R G A L — has M at col 8, N at 9, R at 10 — so M-N-R, not M-A-N.
But if we look at col 8: M, then col 9: N, but we need A before M.
Unless it's vertical.
Column 8: row1=W, row2=O, row3=I, row4=M, row5=J, row6=Y, row7=B, row8=K, row9=V, row10=T, row11=P, row12=H, row13=S — so at row4=M, then row5=J — not A.
Column 9: row1=F, row2=G, row3=A, row4=N, row5=R, row6=K, row7=F, row8=U, row9=T, row10=S, row11=E, row12=V, row13=J — row3=A, row4=N — A-N, not M-A.
But if we take row3, col9: A, row4, col9: N, row5, col9: R — A-N-R, not M-A-N.
Perhaps "MANGO" is diagonal from row 1, col 5: M
Then row 2, col 6: N — should be A — no.
Row 1, col 4: A
Row 2, col 5: E — no.
Let's try "ORANGE" in a new way.
O-R-A-N-G-E
Look at row 6: O Y E G A C Q Y K S O G N — has O at 1, then Y — no.
But at col 11: O (row6), then G (row6 col12), N (row6 col13) — O-G-N.
If we had A before, but col 10 is S.
Perhaps it's in column 1, but row 6 is O, row 7 is Q — no.
Another idea: perhaps "ORANGE" is in row 8: U E X H V J T K U A W H P — has A at col 10, then W — not N.
Row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has A at col 1, then W — not R.
Let's consider that "ORANGE" might be backwards: E-G-N-A-R-O
Look for E-G-N-A-R-O.
In row 6: ...O G N — at the end, so if we go left, but it's O-G-N, then if we had A-R-O before, but col 10 is S, col 9 is K — not A-R.
In row 5: ...F N O — F-N-O, not E-G-N.
Row 4: ...G A L — G-A-L, not E-G-N.
Row 3: ...E M E — E-M-E, not.
Perhaps vertical.
Column 13: C,M,E,L,O,N,F,P,I,L,I,M,E — row 2=M, row3=E, row4=L, row5=O, row6=N — M-E-L-O-N, which is MELON, already found.
Row 7=F, row8=P, etc.
Not helping.
Let's try "LYCHEE" with the diagonal I had earlier.
From row 5, col 1: L
Row 6, col 2: Y
Row 7, col 3: C
Row 8, col 4: H
Row 9, col 5: E
Then for the last E, row 10, col 6 is P, but row 10, col 7 is E — so if the word is L-Y-C-H-E-E, and it's not straight, but in word search, it has to be in a straight line.
Unless it's not down-right, but down-left.
Try row 5, col 13: O
Too far.
Row 5, col 1: L
Then down-left would be row 6, col 0 — invalid.
So only down-right or down-left within bounds.
Perhaps "LYCHEE" is in a different orientation.
Let's look at row 10: T P B T P E L E S F Y E L — has L at col 7, E at 8, S at 9 — so L-E-S.
But if we take L at col 7, then E at col 8, then if there was C before, but col 6 is P, not C.
Col 6 is P, col 7 is L, col 8 is E — P-L-E, not C-H-E.
Another possibility: perhaps "LYCHEE" is vertical in column 5.
Column 5: M,E,A,B,I,A,N,V,E,P,N,R,V — row 5 is I, row 6 is A — I-A, not L-Y.
Row 9 is E, row 10 is P — no.
I recall that in some word searches, words can be in any of the 8 directions, including up, down, left, right, and diagonals in all ways.
Let's try "CHERRY" going up.
For example, start at row 12, col 6: Y
Then row 11, col 6: O — not R.
Row 12, col 5: R, col 6: Y — R-Y, not C-H.
Perhaps from row 7, col 3: C
Then up to row 6, col 3: E — C-E, not C-H.
Row 6, col 3: E, row 5, col 3: K — no.
Let's give up on that and try "LIME" in row 13.
Row 13: B N K J V P A S J L G H E — has L at col 10, G at 11, H at 12, E at 13 — so L-G-H-E, not L-I-M-E.
But if we take L at 10, then I is not there.
Perhaps "LIME" is in row 9: A W F A E I R V T L O V I — has I at col 6, then R — not M.
Has L at col 10, then O — not I.
Let's notice that in row 8: U E X H V J T K U A W H P — has H at col 4, then V — not I.
Another idea: perhaps "LIME" is diagonal from row 10, col 7: L
Then row 11
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