Dr. Banana’s Word Search is a word search game, with 30 puzzles of different sizes and difficulty levels.

Making His List, Checking It Twice

Dr. Banana starts up with a list of puzzles. The list includes the puzzle name, the difficulty level (Easy/Med/Hard), the puzzle size (S, M, L, XL), and how much progress you’ve made on the puzzle.

The difficulty level determines how much information is shown in the puzzle’s Word List:

• Hard: only the first letter of each word is shown.
  
• Med: each word’s first letter, punctuation, and length are shown.
  
• Easy: every letter for every word is shown.
  

You can bring up a puzzle’s word list at any time using “Menu-L” or the space bar. Either will toggle the word list on and off.

The difficulty level can be decreased at the puzzle’s “Puzzle Info” screen. You can change the difficulty at any time. So if you’d like a little more of a challenge, try starting each puzzle on Hard!

The Seven Faces of Dr. Banana

Once you’ve selected a puzzle from the list, you can move around within the list to select words. To do so requires progressing through a few modes:

Move Mode
Looks Like	Action	Does this
	Arrows	up/down/left/right
	Wheel	up/down
	Menu+Wheel	left/right
	Wheel-click or Enter	select letter, go to Rotate Mode
	Back	choose a new puzzle

Rotate Mode
Looks Like	Action	Does this
	Arrows	rotate/select direction
	Wheel	rotate
	Menu+Wheel	rotate
	Wheel-click or Enter	select direction, go to Extend Mode
	Back	back to Move Mode

Extend Mode
Looks Like	Action	Does this
	Arrows	extend/retract
	Wheel	extend/retract
	Menu+Wheel	extend/retract
	Wheel-click or Enter	select word
	Back	back to Move Mode

Correct Word
Looks Like	Result	Now what?
	Word is correct!	Continue on in Move Mode.

Incorrect Word
Looks Like	Result	Now what?	Tip
	Word is incorrect!	You’re still in Extend Mode, so you can immediately extend/retract in order to try a different word.	Check to see if your selection is actually part of a longer word…..

FAQ

• How is a puzzle’s size determined?

Answers:

Q: How is a puzzle’s size determined?

A: A puzzle is classified as Small, Medium, Large, or Extra Large (S, M, L, XL) based on the number of letter it contains. A small puzzle is less than one screen wide, a medium puzzle is about one screen wide, and a large puzzle is notably wide than one screen. Extra large is just, well, huge.
Give or take. It’s mainly meant as an approximation, so that you have an idea of what you’re getting in to when you’re deciding which puzzle to play.

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