diff --git a/Start_Windows/game.c b/Start_Windows/game.c
index e64a938..064c903 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/game.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/game.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
             startPositionVer = rand() % searchFieldLen;
 
             for (int j = 0; j < laenge; j++) {
-               if (salad[startPositionVer][startPositionHor + j] == EMPTY_CHAR) {
+               if (salad[startPositionVer][startPositionHor + j] == EMPTY_CHAR ||
+                  salad[startPositionVer][startPositionHor + j] == words[i][j]) {
                   noFreigabe = 0;
                }
                else {
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
             startPositionHor = rand() % searchFieldLen;
 
             for (int j = 0; j < laenge; j++) {
-               if (salad[startPositionVer + j][startPositionHor] == EMPTY_CHAR) {
+               if (salad[startPositionVer + j][startPositionHor] == EMPTY_CHAR ||
+                  salad[startPositionVer + j][startPositionHor] == words[i][j]) {
                   noFreigabe = 0;
                }
                else {