French Word Searches

French Word Searches is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help children learn new words from the French vocabulary by playing word games.
This is Java-based utility so you need to have the working environment installed on your system in order to open the program. It can be deployed on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Portable running mode

You can store French Word Searches on USB flash drives or other devices and run it on the target system without administrative privileges. What’s more, you can access its features by running the executable file. No traces are left behind on the host computer so you can get rid of it using a quick deletion task.

Easy-to-decode GUI

The user interface looks intuitive so you are not going to spend a lot of time tweaking the dedicated parameters. A help manual cannot be found in the package but you can set up the dedicated parameters on your own.

Customize word games

French Word Searches gives you the possibility to choose between different word categories that are integrated in the games, such as Animals & Pets, Buildings, Geography, Jobs, People & Family, Money, Questions, Hobbies, Music, Society, Weather, Food & Drink, and School and Education.
What’s more, you are allowed to select or deselect all categories, adjust the grid size, as well as alter the number of words that are included in the games.
Based on the aforementioned parameters, the tool reveals a crossword where you need to find out different words. The list with words is attached to the crossword, and you can zoom in or out of the list. In order to highlight a word, you need to select the first and last letter.
Tests have shown that French Word Searches carries out a task quickly and without errors. However, it eats up memory resources so the overall performance of the computer may be affected.

Bottom line

All things considered, French Word Searches has to offer nothing more than basic features for helping children memorize French words.