diff --git a/Start_Windows/game.c b/Start_Windows/game.c
index 7313aa3..8c0d46d 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/game.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/game.c
@@ -47,6 +47,34 @@ void initializeWordsalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN],
 }
 
 
+void sortWordList(char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount, char nullWord[MAX_WORD_LEN])
+{
+   int i = 0;
+   int j = 0;
+   char wordBuffer[MAX_WORD_LEN];
+
+
+   strcpy(wordBuffer, nullWord);
+
+   for (j = wordCount - 1; j > 0; j--)
+   {
+      for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
+      {
+         if (strlen(words[i]) < strlen(words[j]))
+         {
+            strcpy(wordBuffer, words[j]);
+            strcpy(words[j], nullWord);
+            strcpy(words[j], words[i]);
+            strcpy(words[i], nullWord);
+            strcpy(words[i], wordBuffer);
+            strcpy(wordBuffer, nullWord);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   
+}
+
+
 // Choses a random Position for the current Word
 wordPosition choserandomPosition(unsigned int searchFieldLen, unsigned int wordLength)
 {
@@ -156,7 +184,7 @@ void placeRandomLetters(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN],
 
 // Creates the word salad by placing words randomly and filling empty spaces
 // returnes the number of sucessfully placed words
-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 createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount, unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
    int i                            = 0;
    int j                            = 0;
@@ -165,6 +193,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
    int placedWords                  = 0;
    char nullWord[MAX_WORD_LEN];
    char currentWord[MAX_WORD_LEN];
+   char sortedWords[maxWordCount][MAX_WORD_LEN];
    wordPosition currentWordPosition = {0,0,0};
 
 
@@ -172,16 +201,21 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
    {
       nullWord[k] = '\0';
    }
-
+   for (k = 0; k < wordCount; k++)
+   {
+      strcpy(sortedWords[k], words[k]);
+   }
+   
    srand(time(NULL));
-   initializeWordsalad(salad, searchFieldLen);  
+   initializeWordsalad(salad, searchFieldLen); 
+   sortWordList(sortedWords, wordCount, nullWord); 
 
    for (i = 1; i <= wordCount; i++)
    {
       j = 0;
 
       strcpy(currentWord, nullWord);
-      strcpy(currentWord, words[i-1]);
+      strcpy(currentWord, sortedWords[i-1]);
 
       do
       {
@@ -195,7 +229,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
          placedWords += placeWord(salad, currentWordPosition, currentWord, strlen(currentWord), searchFieldLen);
       }
    }
-
+   
    placeRandomLetters(salad, searchFieldLen);
    
 
diff --git a/Start_Windows/game.h b/Start_Windows/game.h
index 95346af..e099e3b 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/game.h
+++ b/Start_Windows/game.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #define MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN 100
 
-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 createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen, const char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int wordCount, unsigned int maxWordCount);
 void showWordSalad(const char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsigned int searchFieldLen);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Start_Windows/game.o b/Start_Windows/game.o
index c25f5e3..d93be11 100644
Binary files a/Start_Windows/game.o and b/Start_Windows/game.o differ
diff --git a/Start_Windows/input.c b/Start_Windows/input.c
index f025d33..1b06ff0 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/input.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/input.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
         }
 
     } while (((currentChar != EOF) && (word <= maxWordCount)));
-    printf("wortzahl: %d\n", word);
 
     return word;
 }
diff --git a/Start_Windows/input.o b/Start_Windows/input.o
index b5b6765..06a1909 100644
Binary files a/Start_Windows/input.o and b/Start_Windows/input.o differ
diff --git a/Start_Windows/main.c b/Start_Windows/main.c
index 8a4809c..bb1b0d8 100644
--- a/Start_Windows/main.c
+++ b/Start_Windows/main.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ 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, MAX_NUMBER_OF_WORDS);
 
             printf("placed Words: %d\n", placedWords);
             printf("wordCount = %d\n", wordCount);
diff --git a/Start_Windows/main.o b/Start_Windows/main.o
index f9bd0bc..8ae275c 100644
Binary files a/Start_Windows/main.o and b/Start_Windows/main.o differ
diff --git a/Start_Windows/wordsalad.exe b/Start_Windows/wordsalad.exe
index 8ec54fc..a94141a 100644
Binary files a/Start_Windows/wordsalad.exe and b/Start_Windows/wordsalad.exe differ