diff --git a/Wordsalat/.vscode/launch.json b/Wordsalat/.vscode/launch.json
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+++ b/Wordsalat/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": []
+}
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/.vscode/tasks.json b/Wordsalat/.vscode/tasks.json
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index 0000000..08d9005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wordsalat/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "cppbuild",
+            "label": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
+            "command": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+            "args": [
+                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
+                "-g",
+                "${file}",
+                "-o",
+                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
+            ],
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
+            },
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$gcc"
+            ],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            },
+            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "2.0.0"
+}
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/game.c b/Wordsalat/game.c
index 803301f..e0f5a83 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/game.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/game.c
@@ -13,5 +13,65 @@
 // Creates the word salad by placing words randomly and filling empty spaces
 int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount)
 {
-
+      // Initialize the salad with empty characters
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < searchFieldLen; i++) {
+         for (unsigned int j = 0; j < searchFieldLen; j++) {
+               salad[i][j] = EMPTY_CHAR;
+         }
+      }
+   
+      // Seed the random number generator
+      srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
+   
+      // Place each word in the salad
+      for (unsigned int w = 0; w < wordCount; w++) {
+         const char *word = words[w];
+         unsigned int wordLen = strlen(word);
+         int placed = 0;
+   
+         for (int tries = 0; tries < MAX_RAND_TRIES_PER_WORD && !placed; tries++) {
+               // Randomly choose orientation: 0 for horizontal, 1 for vertical
+               int orientation = rand() % 2;
+               unsigned int row, col;
+   
+               if (orientation == 0) { // Horizontal
+                  row = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+                  col = rand() % (searchFieldLen - wordLen + 1);
+                  // Check if the space is free
+                  int canPlace = 1;
+                  for (unsigned int k = 0; k < wordLen; k++) {
+                     if (salad[row][col + k] != EMPTY_CHAR) {
+                           canPlace = 0;
+                           break;
+                     }
+                  }
+                  if (canPlace) {
+                     for (unsigned int k = 0; k < wordLen; k++) {
+                           salad[row][col + k] = word[k];
+                     }
+                     placed = 1;
+                  }
+               } else { // Vertical
+                  row = rand() % (searchFieldLen - wordLen + 1);
+                  col = rand() % searchFieldLen;
+                  // Check if the space is free
+                  int canPlace = 1;
+                  for (unsigned int k = 0; k < wordLen; k++) {
+                     if (salad[row + k][col] != EMPTY_CHAR) {
+                           canPlace = 0;
+                           break;
+                     }
+                  }
+                  if (canPlace) {
+                     for (unsigned int k = 0; k < wordLen; k++) {
+                           salad[row + k][col] = word[k];
+                     }
+                     placed = 1;
+                  }
+               }
+         }
+   
+         if (!placed) {
+               return -1; // Failed to place the word after max tries
+         }
 }
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/input.c b/Wordsalat/input.c
index ed77805..8116178 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/input.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,18 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    unsigned int wordCount = 0;
+    char buffer[MAX_WORD_LEN];
 
+    while (wordCount < maxWordCount && fscanf(file, "%s", buffer) == 1) {
+        
+        for (int i = 0; buffer[i]; i++) {
+            buffer[i] = tolower(buffer[i]);
+        }
+        strncpy(words[wordCount], buffer, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+        words[wordCount][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+        wordCount++;
+    }
+
+    return wordCount;
 }
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