The daily word search for September 1, 2026 is themed “Tool Shed”: ten hidden words in a 14 × 14 grid of letters, tuned to medium difficulty and identical for every player who opens it.
From “Level” at 5 letters to “Screwdriver” at 11, the list gives you plenty of shapes to hunt; at this difficulty words run across and down but also climb diagonals and read backwards. All of the words belong to the “Tool Shed” family, which means the list reads like a quick tour of the topic before the hunt even begins. In the running series this is #32, playable here for good — the grid and its find list never change after publication.
If a word refuses to appear, a hint flashes its starting letter on the grid for a few seconds — hints are counted in your recap, never punished. New to the format? The how-to-play guide covers selection and hints in two minutes, the archive holds every previous date, and the puzzle library is stocked for when one board is not enough.