Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Crafts & Hobbies, Fiction, International Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781911754572
Published: August 2026
Imprint: Bantam
Page Extent: 320
Format: Trade Paperback
RRP 380.00

Word Salad

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About the book

The perfect ingredient for your daily routine to help maintain a healthy mind

Each puzzle includes a four-by-four grid of letters that spell words relating to a theme. Topics range from general knowledge to popular culture, geography to the natural world, food and drink to art and literature.

The puzzles are always written and designed by humans, for humans, not AI-generated, and are the brainchild of two childhood friends and obsessive gamers, Samuel and Mark.

The magic of Word Salad is that the answers are right there in front of you, obvious once you've found them, but gloriously frustrating when you haven't.

Now available for the first time as a book, Word Salad is perfect for travelling, mindfulness or just when you need...

About the Author

Samuel Johnston

Samuel Johnston

Samuel Johnston has a first from Cambridge in Sociology and Politics and a Master’s degree from Oxford in Social Science of the Internet. He worked at Big Data mobile network startup OpenSignal and tutored sociology and economics privately. Together with Mark Wainwright, he developed Word Salad.

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Mark Wainwright

Mark Wainwright

Mark Wainwright studied Maths and Computer Science at Imperial College, going on to work at music metadata company Decibel and Reductech. He developed the algorithm that enabled the creation of Word Salad puzzles, creating the core mechanics and turning mathematical problems into games.

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