diff --git a/Start_Mac/input.c b/Start_Mac/input.c
index ed77805..1d8cdfc 100644
--- a/Start_Mac/input.c
+++ b/Start_Mac/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,33 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    unsigned int count = 0;
+    char buffer[256]; // temporärer Speicher für Zeilen
 
+    // Solange Zeilen vorhanden sind
+    while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), file) != NULL)
+    {
+        char *token = strtok(buffer, " \t\r\n.,;:!?()[]{}\"'"); // Trennzeichen
+
+        while (token != NULL)
+        {
+            // Sicherheitscheck: Nicht über maxWordCount hinausgehen
+            if (count >= maxWordCount)
+                return count;
+
+            // Nur gültige Wörter übernehmen
+            // (z. B. alles in Kleinbuchstaben)
+            for (int i = 0; token[i]; i++)
+                token[i] = tolower((unsigned char)token[i]);
+
+            // In words[count] kopieren
+            strncpy(words[count], token, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+            words[count][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0'; // String terminieren
+            count++;
+
+            token = strtok(NULL, " \t\r\n.,;:!?()[]{}\"'");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return count;
 }
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