diff --git a/Wordsalat/game.o b/Wordsalat/game.o
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/graphicalGame.o b/Wordsalat/graphicalGame.o
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/input.c b/Wordsalat/input.c
index ed77805..94bd177 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/input.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/input.c
@@ -6,7 +6,48 @@
 // 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
+
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    // printf("start readWords\n");
+    int wordcount = 0;
+    char line[256];
+    char *lines = fgets(line, sizeof(line), file);
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    while(lines != NULL)
+    {
+        // printf("next line: %s\n", lines);
+        size_t wordLength = 0;
+        int newWord = 0;
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < strlen(lines); i++)
+        {
+            //printf("size of line %d: %d\n", i, strlen(lines));
+            if(isalpha(line[i]))
+            {
+                words[wordcount][wordLength] = line[i];
+                // printf("word[%d][%d] = %c\n", wordcount, wordLength, line[i]);
+
+                wordLength += 1;
+                newWord = 0;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if(newWord == 0)
+                {
+                    // printf("skip: %c\n", line[i]);
+                    wordcount += 1;
+                    wordLength = 0;
+                    newWord = 1;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                     // printf("Multi skip: %c\n", line[i]);
+                }
+            }
+         }
+         lines = fgets(line, sizeof(line), file);
+    }
+    // printf("wordcount = %d\n", wordcount);
+    return wordcount;
+}
diff --git a/Wordsalat/input.o b/Wordsalat/input.o
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/main.c b/Wordsalat/main.c
index 03da755..fe36e7a 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/main.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int exitCode = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    printf("start main\n");
 
     // Check if the correct number of arguments is provided
     if(argc != 2)
@@ -51,4 +52,4 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     return exitCode;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Wordsalat/main.o b/Wordsalat/main.o
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/runTests b/Wordsalat/runTests
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/unit_tests.c b/Wordsalat/unit_tests.c
index 45bc627..8f2290a 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/unit_tests.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/unit_tests.c
@@ -32,51 +32,27 @@ void print_test_result(int result) {
 void test_readWords_simple(void) {
     FILE *f = fopen("testwords_simple.txt", "r");
 
-    char words[14][MAX_WORD_LEN];
-    int count = readWords(f, words, 14);
+    char words[10][MAX_WORD_LEN];
+    int count = readWords(f, words, 10);
     fclose(f);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(15, count);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Yeti", words[0]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Nessie", words[1]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Werwolf", words[2]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Vampir", words[3]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Monster", words[4]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Hydra", words[5]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Frankenstein", words[6]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Dracula", words[7]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("KingKong", words[8]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Gremlin", words[9]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Kobold", words[10]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Hexe", words[11]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Poltergeist", words[12]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Gespenst", words[13]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Oger", words[14]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(3, count);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("APFEL", words[0]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("BANANE", words[1]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("KIWI", words[2]);
 }
 
 void test_readWords_with_delimiters(void) {
     FILE *f = fopen("testwords_delims.txt", "r");
 
-    char words[14][MAX_WORD_LEN];
-    int count = readWords(f, words, 14);
+    char words[10][MAX_WORD_LEN];
+    int count = readWords(f, words, 10);
     fclose(f);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(15, count);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Yeti", words[0]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Nessie", words[1]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Werwolf", words[2]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Vampir", words[3]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Monster", words[4]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Hydra", words[5]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Frankenstein", words[6]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Dracula", words[7]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("KingKong", words[8]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Gremlin", words[9]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Kobold", words[10]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Hexe", words[11]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Poltergeist", words[12]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Gespenst", words[13]);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("Oger", words[14]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(3, count);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("HUND", words[0]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("KATZE", words[1]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("MAUS", words[2]);
 }
 
 void test_readWords_empty_file(void) {
@@ -195,3 +171,4 @@ int main(void) {
 
     return result;
 }
+
diff --git a/Wordsalat/words.txt b/Wordsalat/words.txt
index 31ee099..3f6c4c1 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/words.txt
+++ b/Wordsalat/words.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Yeti,Nessie Werwolf; Vampir
 Monster
 Hydra;Frankenstein
 Dracula;KingKong;Gremlin;Kobold,Hexe;Poltergeist
-Gespenst, Oger
\ No newline at end of file
+Gespenst, Oger
diff --git a/Wordsalat/wordsalad b/Wordsalat/wordsalad
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/wordsalad_initial b/Wordsalat/wordsalad_initial
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