From 9ac5eb538692b0dd201ca31eb04b51c170bc33bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Reece <alexreeceiom@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:05:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] increase max tries

---
 Startcode/game.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Startcode/game.c b/Startcode/game.c
index 41a9163..2d7268c 100644
--- a/Startcode/game.c
+++ b/Startcode/game.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int createWordSalad(char salad[MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN][MAX_SEARCH_FIELD_LEN], unsi
    {
       // test length:
       // (re-)try randomly
-      int retries = searchFieldLen * 2;
+      int retries = searchFieldLen * searchFieldLen; // x*y: sehr unwahrscheinlich dass kein Treffer gefunden wird
       int placed = 0;
       if(strlen(words[word]) >= searchFieldLen) break;