Word search help

Submitted by KiloNova on March 11, 2026
When I try to submit my word search it states 'you have words in Step 3 that don't appear in the grid'. They're a bunch of three letter words that aren't even in Step 2 anymore, so I'm very confused as to why I'm getting this error.

Edit: Nevermind, I just have to remove them from the answer pool. Not sure why they're there then, but oh well.

6 Comments
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Level 83
Mar 11, 2026
Did you delete them from the grid but not the word list?
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Level 68
Mar 11, 2026
You should not be able to delete words from Step 2 that are used in Step 3 anyway. So would be very interested how you broke it
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Level 61
Mar 11, 2026
My guess is 'remove duplicates' did something wrong? Otherwise I'm not sure
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Level 61
Mar 11, 2026
Words are appearing checked in Step 2 that aren't on the grid in Step 3, only the answer pool.
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Level 68
Mar 11, 2026
That's standard behaviour. You get an error in Step 4 that says when words are added to the list and the pool but are not in the grid.

I'll look into the remove duplicates theory

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Level 61
Mar 11, 2026
Ah, I see what you mean