As someone who is always on his iPad, I had nostalgia for playing this game because back then, I was playing word search in a newspaper. Now, on a present-day newspaper (the iPad), I get to play this game again. With a stylus, you get the full experience.
Like most word search games, each level has a different category of words to search for. The game also has different difficulties — easy, medium, and hard. Increasing the difficulty also increases the number of words in the box. Also, harder and longer words appear on higher difficulties. Words are placed vertically, horizontally, slanted, and reversed. You can play solo, or you can play with a friend in the 2-player mode, where you take turns looking for words. The 2-player mode's turn per player is timed, so it adds pressure and excitement to the game.
I just encountered a minor bug where the ad was covering the area where the letters are placed. I can't see some of the letters. But restarting the game fixed the problem.
In the single-player mode, after finishing 3 levels, you get to get new backgrounds so that your eyes wouldn't get bored with the same theme over and over again. It is a little nice touch. I am enticed to finish the levels because I would like to see the art of the next background. Overall, a nice, relaxing game. A good passage of time and a nice way to stimulate your brain cells.