diff --git a/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/game.c b/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/game.c
index b9d31a9..1c8027c 100644
--- a/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/game.c
+++ b/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/game.c
@@ -10,12 +10,106 @@
 /* * Wörter aus der Wortliste zufällig horizontal oder vertikal platzieren
    * restliche Felder mit zufälligen Buchstaben füllen */
 
+void fillRestWithRandom(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++)
+    {
+        for (int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++)
+        {
+            if (salad[i][j] == EMPTY_CHAR) {
+                salad[i][j] = rand() % ('Z' - 'A' + 1) + 'A';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Creates the word salad by placing words randomly and filling empty spaces
+//   - 2D array salad -> fertiger Wortsalat
+//   - searchFieldLen -> Dimension der Salatschüssel
+//   - 2D array words -> gegebene Wörter
+//   - wordCount      -> anzahl an Wörtern
 int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount)
 {
+    int placedWords = 0;
 
+    //Feld komplettmit EMPTY_CHAR füllen
+    for (int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++)
+    {
+        for (int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++)
+        {
+            salad[i][j] = EMPTY_CHAR;
+        }
+    }
 
+    //Wörter plazieren
+    for (int wordNumber = 0; wordNumber < wordCount; wordNumber++)
+    {
+        int wordLength = strlen(words[wordNumber]);
+        int placed = 0;
 
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < MAX_RAND_TRIES_PER_WORD && !placed; attempt++)
+        {
+            int horizontal = rand() % 2; // 0 = vertikal, 1 = horizontal
+
+            int x = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+            int y = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+
+            if (horizontal)
+            {
+                if (x + wordLength > searchFieldLen) continue; // passt nicht
+
+                //Prüfen ob kein anderes Wort im Weg
+                int fits = 1;
+                for (int i = 0; i < wordLength; i++)
+                {
+                    if (salad[y][x + i] != EMPTY_CHAR)
+                    {
+                        fits = 0;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                //Wort plazieren
+                if (fits)
+                {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < wordLength; i++)
+                    {
+                        salad[y][x + i] = words[wordNumber][i];
+                    }
+                    placed = 1;
+                    placedWords++;
+                }
+            }
+            else //Wort vertikal plazieren
+            {
+                if (y + wordLength > searchFieldLen) continue;
+
+                //Prüfen ob kein anderes Wort im Weg
+                int fits = 1; 
+                for (int i = 0; i < wordLength; i++)
+                {
+                    if (salad[y + i][x] != EMPTY_CHAR)
+                    {
+                        fits = 0;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                //Wort plazieren
+                if (fits)
+                {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < wordLength; i++)
+                    {
+                        salad[y + i][x] = words[wordNumber][i];
+                    }
+                    placed = 1;
+                    placedWords++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    fillRestWithRandom(salad, searchFieldLen);
+    return placedWords;
 }
 
 // Prints the word salad to console
diff --git a/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c b/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c
index 9c4ef16..43d8db7 100644
--- a/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/I2_Wortsalat/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -8,17 +8,19 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
-    char lines [1024];                                  //TODO: Sinnvolle Begrenzung finden
+    char lines [(MAX_WORD_LEN + 2) * maxWordCount]; //Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Wörter nur durch eine Trennzeichen und ein Leerzeichen von einander gertrennt gespeichert werden
     int word_counter = 0;
 
     while (fgets(lines, sizeof(lines) , file) != NULL)
     {
+        
         for (int i = 0; lines[i] != '\0'; i++) //Entfernen von \n aus dem String
         {
-            if (lines[i] == '\n')
+            lines[i] = toupper(lines[i]);
+            if (lines[i] == '\n') 
             {
                 lines[i] = '\0';
-                break;
+                break;  
             }
         }
 
@@ -31,7 +33,10 @@ int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
             word_counter++;
             single_word = strtok(NULL, " ;,");
         }
+
+    
     }
 
+
     return word_counter;
 }
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