diff --git a/Start_Windows/game.c b/Start_Windows/game.c
index d8cc133..fcece2a 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/game.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/game.c
@@ -14,10 +14,100 @@
 int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount)
 {
 
+   srand((unsigned int)time(NULL)); // Seed für Zufallsgenerator
+
+   // Initialisiere das Spielfeld mit EMPTY_CHAR
+   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; ++i)
+   {
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; ++j)
+      {
+         salad[i][j] = EMPTY_CHAR;
+      }
+   }
+
+   unsigned int placedWords = 0;
+
+   for (unsigned int w = 0; w < wordCount; ++w)
+   {
+      int placed = 0;
+      for (int tries = 0; tries < MAX_RAND_TRIES_PER_WORD && !placed; ++tries)
+      {
+         int direction = rand() % 2; // 1 = horizontal, 0 = vertical
+         int row = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+         int col = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+         int len = (int)strlen(words[w]);
+
+         if (direction == 1 && col + len <= searchFieldLen) // horizontal
+         {
+            int canPlace = 1;
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+            {
+
+               if (salad[row][col + i] != EMPTY_CHAR && salad[row][col + i] != words[w][i])
+               {
+                  canPlace = 0;
+                  break;
+               }
+            }
+            if (canPlace)
+            {
+               for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+                  salad[row][col + i] = words[w][i];
+               placed = 1;
+            }
+         }
+         else if (direction == 0 && row + len <= searchFieldLen) // vertical
+         {
+            int canPlace = 1;
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+            {
+               if (salad[row + i][col] != EMPTY_CHAR && salad[row + i][col] != words[w][i])
+               {
+                  canPlace = 0;
+
+                  break;
+               }
+            }
+            if (canPlace)
+            {
+               for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+                  salad[row + i][col] = words[w][i];
+               placed = 1;
+            }
+         }
+      }
+
+      if (placed)
+         placedWords++;
+   }
+
+   // Fülle leere Felder mit zufälligen Buchstaben
+   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; ++i)
+
+   {
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; ++j)
+      {
+         if (salad[i][j] == EMPTY_CHAR)
+         {
+            salad[i][j] = 'A' + rand() % 26;
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   return placedWords;
+
 }
 
 // Prints the word salad to console
 void showWordSalad(const char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen)
 {
 
+   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; ++i)
+   {
+      for (unsigned int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; ++j)
+      {
+         printf("%c ", salad[i][j]);
+      }
+      printf("\n");
+   }
 }
diff --git a/Start_Windows/input.c b/Start_Windows/input.c
index ed77805..a487317 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -2,11 +2,30 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
-// TODO:
-// eine Funktion implementieren, die ein einzelnes Wort aus einer Textdatei (words.txt) einliest und als C-String zurückgibt.
-
-// Read words from file and store in 'words' array
+// Liest Wörter aus Datei und speichert sie sicher im Array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    char buffer[MAX_WORD_LEN];
+    unsigned int count_word = 0;
 
+    while (count_word < maxWordCount && fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), file) != NULL)
+    {
+        // Zeilenumbruch manuell entfernen
+        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_WORD_LEN; i++)
+        {
+            if (buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == '\r')
+            {
+                buffer[i] = '\0';
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Sicheres Kopieren in das Zielarray
+        strncpy(words[count_word], buffer, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+        words[count_word][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0'; // Nullterminierung sicherstellen
+
+        count_word++;
+    }
+
+    return count_word;
 }
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diff --git a/Start_Windows/wordsalad_initial.exe b/Start_Windows/wordsalad_initial.exe
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