API & MCP
Everything a person can do on Word Search Maker (Any Language), a program or AI agent can do with the same inputs and get the identical result.
HTTP API
POST https://printshopwordsearch.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate– run Word Search Maker (Any Language)GET https://printshopwordsearch.usefulweb.site/api/v1/tool– inputs, output schema, examples- OpenAPI 3.1: /openapi.json · /openapi.yaml
- Errors:
application/problem+json;422includes per-fielderrors.
Word Search Maker (Any Language)
Turn your own word list into a printable word search: grid size automatic or fixed, diagonal and backwards words optional, shared letters allowed or not. Works letter by letter in every script — accents, Cyrillic, Greek, Devanagari, Chinese and right-to-left Arabic — and adds an answer key with every word circled.
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
words | textarea | "Planet\nComet\nGalaxy\nOrbit\nRocket\nMeteor\nNebula\nGravity\nTelescope\nAstro | Words. One word per line or separated by commas. Spaces and hyphens are dropped in the grid. Up to 60 words. |
size | integer | 0 | Grid size (0 = automatic) |
diagonal | boolean | true | Diagonal words |
backwards | boolean | false | Backwards words |
overlap | boolean | true | Words may share letters |
uppercase | boolean | true | Capital letters |
lang | select (en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, pl, tr, ru, uk, ar, hi, zh, ja, ko, id) | "en" | Language (for capital letters) |
seed | text | "words-1" | Seed. The same seed and settings always give the same puzzles. Change it for new ones. |
title | text | — | Title on the page (optional) |
answers | boolean | true | Answer-key pages |
header | boolean | true | Name and date line |
paper | select (a3, a4, a5, a6, b5, letter, legal, tabloid, halfletter) | "a4" | Paper size |
orientation | select (portrait, landscape) | "portrait" | Orientation |
Example request
Space words with diagonals
curl -X POST https://printshopwordsearch.usefulweb.site/api/v1/calculate -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"seed":"space-1"}'Every result contains
inputs (normalised, defaults applied), summary, result (validated against the published schema), units, assumptions, sources, warnings, computedAt and links.
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Streamable HTTP endpoint:
https://printshopwordsearch.usefulweb.site/mcp– protocol revisions 2026-07-28 (stateless) and 2025-11-25 / 2025-06-18 / 2025-03-26 (initialize handshake). - Tools:
printshop_word_search - Local stdio connector:
node src/mcp-stdio.ts --tool=printshop-word-search
{
"mcpServers": {
"printshop-word-search": { "type": "http", "url": "https://printshopwordsearch.usefulweb.site/mcp" }
}
}