Interactive electronic puzzle game and a method for providing the same

A method of providing an interactive puzzle game, the method comprising:

• prompting a player to select a puzzle to be played from a plurality of puzzles, each puzzle containing a list of words to be identified by the player;
• generating an electronic puzzle grid containing the words from the list of words;
• displaying the list of words to be identified and the electronic puzzle grid to the player;
• establishing an amount of time;
• starting a clock;
• prompting a player to find the words in the list within the puzzle grid;
• setting an anchor in response to the selection of a letter within the puzzle grid by the player;
• highlighting additional letters within the puzzle grid in response to the selection of those letters by the player;
• marking the word corresponding to the highlighted letters within the puzzle grid if the letters selected by the player identify a word within the list;
• marking the word in the list which corresponds to the word marked within the puzzle grid to indicate that the word has been identified by the player;
• adding time to the clock in response to the identification of words within the puzzle grid by the player;
• rearranging the electronic puzzle grid if the clock has reached the amount of time;
• displaying the rearranged electronic puzzle grid to the player;
• and
• resetting the clock in response to the rearranging of the puzzle grid.

An interactive puzzle game comprising:

• a player interface module;
• a clock module that sets a specific amount of time;
• a player monitoring module connected to the player interface module and operable to detect actions of the player;
• a puzzle module that generates an electronic puzzle;
• and
• a display module connected to the player interface and operable to display the electronic puzzle to the player,
• the puzzle module further rearranging the electronic puzzle if the player has not performed a specific action as detected by the player monitoring module and if the clock module has reached the specific amount of time.

An interactive puzzle game comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory connected to the processor and storing a plurality of puzzles, each puzzle containing a list of words to be identified by a player,
• the processor operable with the memory to:
• generate an electronic puzzle grid containing the words from the list of words;
• display the list of words to be identified and the electronic puzzle grid to the player;
• establish an amount of time;
• start a clock;
• prompt a player to find the words in the list within the puzzle grid;
• set an anchor in response to the selection of a letter within the puzzle grid by the player;
• highlight additional letters within the puzzle grid in response to the selection of those letters by the player;
• mark the word corresponding to the highlighted letters within the puzzle grid if the letters selected by the player identify a word within the list;
• mark the word in the list which corresponds to the word marked within the puzzle grid to indicate that the word has been identified by the player;
• add time to the clock in response to the identification of words within the puzzle grid by the player;
• rearrange the electronic puzzle grid if the clock has reached the amount of time;
• display the rearranged electronic puzzle grid to the player;
• and
• reset the clock in response to the rearranging of the puzzle grid.