diff --git a/Wordsalat/game.c b/Wordsalat/game.c
index 62e54a9..5ea312d 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/game.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/game.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "game.h"
-#include <time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@
 // 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)
 {
-   srand(time(NULL));
    unsigned int placedWords = 0;
 
    //printf("start game.c\n");
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
       //printf("[%d] of words: %s\n", i, words[i]);
    }
 
-   //fillRandAlpha(searchFieldLen, salad);
+   fillRandAlpha(searchFieldLen, salad);
 
    printf("placedWords:%d\n", placedWords);
 
@@ -61,9 +59,7 @@ int placement(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned i
 
    printf("%s\n", word);
 
-   int verhor = rand() % 2;
-
-   if(verhor == 1)
+   if(rand() % 2)
    {
       for(int i = 0; i < strlen(word); i++)
       {
diff --git a/Wordsalat/game.o b/Wordsalat/game.o
index f08ef04..04c6c6e 100644
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/main.c b/Wordsalat/main.c
index fe36e7a..008e773 100644
--- a/Wordsalat/main.c
+++ b/Wordsalat/main.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include "input.h"
 #include "game.h"
 #include "graphicalGame.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
 
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_WORDS 100
 #define SALAD_SIZE 20
@@ -10,8 +13,9 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int exitCode = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    
     printf("start main\n");
-
+    srand(time(NULL));
     // Check if the correct number of arguments is provided
     if(argc != 2)
     {
@@ -35,13 +39,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             fclose(file);
 
             // Create the word salad by placing words into grid
-            placedWords = createWordSalad(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, wordCount);
+            //placedWords = createWordSalad(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, wordCount);
 
             // TODO:
             // Check if all words were successfully placed
-            // Start the game if successful
-            // error message if some words couldn't be placed
+             for(int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
+             {
+                placedWords = createWordSalad(wordSalad, SALAD_SIZE, words, wordCount);
+                
+                if(placedWords == wordCount)
+                {
+                    
+                    // Start the game if successful
+                    return exitCode;
+                }
+             }
 
+
+            // error message if some words couldn't be placed
+            fprintf(stderr, "could not start wordsalad.\n");
+            exitCode = EXIT_FAILURE;
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/Wordsalat/main.o b/Wordsalat/main.o
index c0e880b..224f0a1 100644
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/runTests b/Wordsalat/runTests
index 7a63686..00cfe74 100755
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diff --git a/Wordsalat/testwords_delims.txt b/Wordsalat/testwords_delims.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e721fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wordsalat/testwords_delims.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hund,Katze; Maus
diff --git a/Wordsalat/testwords_empty.txt b/Wordsalat/testwords_empty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/Wordsalat/testwords_simple.txt b/Wordsalat/testwords_simple.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d7524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wordsalat/testwords_simple.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Apfel
+Banane
+Kiwi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Wordsalat/wordsalad b/Wordsalat/wordsalad
index 6614200..a4004a0 100755
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