diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index 81b2433..65541fd 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 static int createSingleWords(char text[MAX_LINE_LEN], char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount);
 
-int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
+unsigned int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
     int wordCount = 0;
     char lineRead[MAX_LINE_LEN];
diff --git a/Startcode/input.h b/Startcode/input.h
index 032ec28..265de42 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.h
+++ b/Startcode/input.h
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 #define MAX_WORD_LEN 100
 #define MAX_LINE_LEN 1024
 
-int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount);
+unsigned int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Startcode/main.c b/Startcode/main.c
index 03da755..fbf9ad6 100644
--- a/Startcode/main.c
+++ b/Startcode/main.c
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             // Start the game if successful
             // error message if some words couldn't be placed
 
+            if(wordCount > 19)
+            {
+                if(placedWords != 20)
+                {
+                    exitCode = EXIT_FAILURE;
+                    printf("Only %d of %d possible words could be placed\n", placedWords, 20);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if(placedWords != wordCount)
+                {
+                    exitCode = EXIT_FAILURE;
+                    printf("Only %d of %d possible words could be placed\n", placedWords, wordCount);
+                }
+            }
+
         }
         else
         {