A word search puzzle typically consists of a grid of letters in which words are hidden.

Task
Word search
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

There are many varieties of word search puzzles. For the task at hand we will use a rectangular grid in which the words may be placed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The words may also be spelled backwards.

The words may overlap but are not allowed to zigzag, or wrap around.

Task

Create a 10 by 10 word search and fill it using words from the unixdict. Use only words that are longer than 2, and contain no non-alphabetic characters.

The cells not used by the hidden words should contain the message: Rosetta Code, read from left to right, top to bottom. These letters should be somewhat evenly distributed over the grid, not clumped together. The message should be in upper case, the hidden words in lower case. All cells should either contain letters from the hidden words or from the message.

Pack a minimum of 25 words into the grid.

Print the resulting grid and the solutions.

Example
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    n  a  y  r  y  R  e  l  m  f 
1    y  O  r  e  t  s  g  n  a  g 
2    t  n  e  d  i  S  k  y  h  E 
3    n  o  t  n  c  p  c  w  t  T 
4    a  l  s  u  u  n  T  m  a  x 
5    r  o  k  p  a  r  i  s  h  h 
6    a  A  c  f  p  a  e  a  c  C 
7    u  b  u  t  t  t  O  l  u  n 
8    g  y  h  w  a  D  h  p  m  u 
9    m  i  r  p  E  h  o  g  a  n 

parish     (3,5)(8,5)   gangster   (9,1)(2,1)
paucity    (4,6)(4,0)   guaranty   (0,8)(0,1)
prim       (3,9)(0,9)   huckster   (2,8)(2,1)
plasm      (7,8)(7,4)   fancy      (3,6)(7,2)
hogan      (5,9)(9,9)   nolo       (1,2)(1,5)
under      (3,4)(3,0)   chatham    (8,6)(8,0)
ate        (4,8)(6,6)   nun        (9,7)(9,9)
butt       (1,7)(4,7)   hawk       (9,5)(6,2)
why        (3,8)(1,8)   ryan       (3,0)(0,0)
fay        (9,0)(7,2)   much       (8,8)(8,5)
tar        (5,7)(5,5)   elm        (6,0)(8,0)
max        (7,4)(9,4)   pup        (5,3)(3,5)
mph        (8,8)(6,8)


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11l

Translation of: Python
-V
   dirs = [[1,  0], [ 0,  1], [ 1, 1],
           [1, -1],           [-1, 0],
           [0, -1], [-1, -1], [-1, 1]]
   n_rows = 10
   n_cols = 10
   grid_size = n_rows * n_cols
   min_words = 25

T Grid
   num_attempts = 0
   [[String]] cells = [[‘’] * :n_cols] * :n_rows
   [String] solutions

F read_words(filename)
   [String] words
   L(line) File(filename).read_lines()
      V s = line.lowercase()
      I re:‘^[a-z]{3,10}’.match(s)
         words.append(s)
   R words

F place_message(Grid &grid; =msg)
   msg = msg.uppercase().replace(re:‘[^A-Z]’, ‘’)
   V message_len = msg.len
   I message_len C 0 <.< :grid_size
      V gap_size = :grid_size I/ message_len

      L(i) 0 .< message_len
         V pos = i * gap_size + random:(0 .. gap_size)
         grid.cells[pos I/ :n_cols][pos % :n_cols] = msg[i]

      R message_len
   R 0

F try_location(Grid &grid; word, direction, pos)
   V r = pos I/ :n_cols
   V c = pos % :n_cols
   V length = word.len

   I (:dirs[direction][0] ==  1 & (length + c) > :n_cols) |
     (:dirs[direction][0] == -1 & (length - 1) > c) |
     (:dirs[direction][1] ==  1 & (length + r) > :n_rows) |
     (:dirs[direction][1] == -1 & (length - 1) > r)
      R 0

   V rr = r
   V cc = c
   V i = 0
   V overlaps = 0

   L i < length
      I grid.cells[rr][cc] != ‘’ & grid.cells[rr][cc] != word[i]
         R 0
      cc += :dirs[direction][0]
      rr += :dirs[direction][1]
      i++

   rr = r
   cc = c
   i = 0

   L i < length
      I grid.cells[rr][cc] == word[i]
         overlaps++
      E
         grid.cells[rr][cc] = word[i]

      I i < length - 1
         cc += :dirs[direction][0]
         rr += :dirs[direction][1]
      i++

   V letters_placed = length - overlaps
   I letters_placed > 0
      grid.solutions.append(‘#<10 (#.,#.)(#.,#.)’.format(word, c, r, cc, rr))

   R letters_placed

F try_place_word(Grid &grid; word)
   V rand_dir = random:(0 .. :dirs.len)
   V rand_pos = random:(0 .. :grid_size)

   L(=direction) 0 .< :dirs.len
      direction = (direction + rand_dir) % :dirs.len

      L(=pos) 0 .< :grid_size
         pos = (pos + rand_pos) % :grid_size
         V letters_placed = try_location(&grid, word, direction, pos)
         I letters_placed > 0
            R letters_placed
   R 0

F create_word_search(&words)
   V grid = Grid()
   V num_attempts = 0

   L num_attempts < 100
      num_attempts++
      random:shuffle(&words)
      grid = Grid()
      V message_len = place_message(&grid, ‘Rosetta Code’)
      V target = :grid_size - message_len
      V cells_filled = 0
      L(word) words
         cells_filled += try_place_word(&grid, word)
         I cells_filled == target
            I grid.solutions.len >= :min_words
               grid.num_attempts = num_attempts
               R grid
            E
               L.break
   R grid

F print_result(grid)
   I grid.num_attempts == 0
      print(‘No grid to display’)
      R

   V size = grid.solutions.len

   print(‘Attempts: #.’.format(grid.num_attempts))
   print(‘Number of words: #.’.format(size))

   print("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9\n")
   L(r) 0 .< :n_rows
      print(‘#.   ’.format(r), end' ‘’)
      L(c) 0 .< :n_cols
         print(‘ #. ’.format(grid.cells[r][c]), end' ‘’)
      print()
   print()

   L(i) (0 .< size - 1).step(2)
      print(‘#.   #.’.format(grid.solutions[i], grid.solutions[i + 1]))

   I size % 2 == 1
      print(grid.solutions[size - 1])

print_result(create_word_search(&read_words(‘unixdict.txt’)))
Output:
Attempts: 2
Number of words: 26

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    a  s  i  a  t  i  c  R  w  t
1    O  n  o  i  l  l  i  t  o  c
2    a  a  r  o  n  a  S  r  k  e
3    d  a  l  y  h  E  i  n  r  v
4    t  T  n  t  u  T  i  o  d  e
5    d  e  l  a  y  t  c  n  w  n
6    d  r  A  n  s  a  C  o  a  t
7    t  c  o  O  b  c  d  g  o  f
8    s  w  e  l  l  n  i  r  D  u
9    s  h  a  l  e  E  w  a  c  l

deny       (0,6)(3,3)   tan        (3,4)(3,6)
cotillion  (9,1)(1,1)   aaron      (0,2)(4,2)
albacore   (2,9)(9,2)   eventful   (9,2)(9,9)
stink      (4,6)(8,2)   endow      (4,9)(8,5)
asiatic    (0,0)(6,0)   daly       (0,3)(3,3)
swell      (0,8)(4,8)   delay      (0,5)(4,5)
shale      (0,9)(4,9)   argon      (7,9)(7,5)
tori       (9,0)(6,3)   oct        (2,7)(0,7)
yuh        (4,5)(4,3)   sci        (4,6)(6,8)
tor        (9,6)(7,8)   wac        (6,9)(8,9)
lord       (3,8)(0,5)   rat        (2,2)(0,4)
ode        (7,4)(9,4)   fan        (9,7)(7,5)
ala        (5,2)(3,0)   wok        (8,0)(8,2)

Ada

(Rows start at one, because that's how humans - and Ada programmers - count!)

pragma Ada_2022;
with Ada.Containers;            use Ada.Containers;
with Ada.Containers.Vectors;
with Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random;
with Ada.Strings.Unbounded;     use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;
with Ada.Text_IO;               use Ada.Text_IO;
with Ada.Text_IO.Unbounded_IO;  use Ada.Text_IO.Unbounded_IO;

procedure Word_Search is

   MIN_WORDS     : constant Positive := 25;
   MIN_WORD_LEN  : constant Positive := 3;
   MAX_WORD_LEN  : constant Positive := 9;
   SIDE_LEN      : constant Positive := 10;
   MESSAGE       : constant String   := "ROSETTACODE";
   DICT_FILENAME : constant String   := "unixdict.txt";

   type Directions is (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW);
   type Move is record
      DX, DY : Integer;
   end record;
   type Moves_Arr is array (Directions) of Move;
   Moves : constant Moves_Arr := [
      N => (0, -1), NE => (1, -1), E => (1, 0), SE => (1, 1),
      S => (0, 1), SW => (-1, 1), W => (-1, 0), NW => (-1, -1)
   ];
   subtype Grid_Dimension is Positive range 1 .. SIDE_LEN;
   type Matrix is array (Grid_Dimension, Grid_Dimension) of Character;
   subtype LC_Chars is Character range 'a' .. 'z';
   subtype Valid_Lengths is Positive range MIN_WORD_LEN .. MAX_WORD_LEN;

   package Word_Vectors is new Ada.Containers.Vectors (Positive, Unbounded_String);
   type Dictionary is array (Valid_Lengths) of Word_Vectors.Vector;
   Dict : Dictionary;

   type Placement is record
      Word  : Unbounded_String;
      Start : Unbounded_String;
   end record;
   package Placement_Vectors is new Ada.Containers.Vectors (Positive, Placement);
   Placings : Placement_Vectors.Vector;

   subtype Ten_K is Positive range 1 .. 10000;
   package Rand_Dimension is new Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random (Grid_Dimension);
   package Rand_Dir is new       Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random (Directions);
   package Rand_Len is new       Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random (Valid_Lengths);
   package Rand_10k is new       Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random (Ten_K);
   Dimension_Gen  : Rand_Dimension.Generator;
   Dir_Gen        : Rand_Dir.Generator;
   Len_Gen        : Rand_Len.Generator;
   Ten_K_Gen      : Rand_10k.Generator;

   procedure Load_Dictionary (Filename : String) is
      Dict_File : File_Type;
      Dict_Word : Unbounded_String;
      Dict_Word_Len : Positive;
      Word_OK   : Boolean;
   begin
      Open (File => Dict_File, Mode => In_File, Name => Filename);
      while not End_Of_File (Dict_File) loop
         Dict_Word := Get_Line (Dict_File);
         Dict_Word_Len := Length (Dict_Word);
         if Dict_Word_Len >= MIN_WORD_LEN and then
            Dict_Word_Len <= MAX_WORD_LEN
         then
            Word_OK := True;
            for C of To_String (Dict_Word) loop
               if C not in LC_Chars then
                  Word_OK := False;
                  exit;
               end if;
            end loop;
            if Word_OK then
               Dict (Dict_Word_Len).Append (Dict_Word);
            end if;
         end if;
      end loop;
   end Load_Dictionary;

   function Pick_Random_Word return Unbounded_String is
      Word_Length : Positive         := Rand_Len.Random (Len_Gen);
      Rand        : constant Natural := Rand_10k.Random (Ten_K_Gen);
      Word_Ix     : Positive;
   begin
      Word_Length := Rand_Len.Random (Len_Gen);
      if Word_Length > 4 then  --  Reduce number of words > 4 chars
         Word_Length := Rand_Len.Random (Len_Gen);
      end if;
      Word_Ix := Positive (Rand) mod (Positive (Dict (Word_Length).Length) - 1) + 1;
      return Dict (Word_Length) (Word_Ix);
   end Pick_Random_Word;

   function Not_Too_Long (X, Y : Grid_Dimension; Len : Positive; Dir : Directions) return Boolean is
   begin
      case Dir is
         when N => return Y - Len > 0;
         when S => return Y + Len <= SIDE_LEN;
         when E => return X + Len <= SIDE_LEN;
         when W => return X - Len > 0;
         when NE => return X + Len <= SIDE_LEN and then Y - Len > 0;
         when SW => return Y + Len <= SIDE_LEN and then X - Len > 0;
         when SE => return Y + Len <= SIDE_LEN and then X + Len <= SIDE_LEN;
         when NW => return Y - Len > 0 and then X - Len > 0;
      end case;
   end Not_Too_Long;

   function Is_Empty (G : Matrix; Row, Col : Positive) return Boolean is
      (G (Row, Col) = ' ');

   function Count_Empties (G : Matrix) return Natural is
      Count : Natural := 0;
   begin
      for Row in Grid_Dimension loop
         for Col in Grid_Dimension loop
            Count := Count + (if Is_Empty (G, Row, Col) then 1 else 0);
         end loop;
      end loop;
      return Count;
   end Count_Empties;

   function Can_Place (G : Matrix; X, Y : Grid_Dimension; Word : Unbounded_String; Dir : Directions)
                       return Boolean is
      GX  : Grid_Dimension := X;
      GY  : Grid_Dimension := Y;
      Len : constant Positive := Length (Word);
   begin
      for C in 1 .. Len loop
         if not Is_Empty (G, GX, GY) and then
            G (GX, GY) /= Element (Word, C)
         then
            return False;
         else
            GX := GX + Moves (Dir).DX;
            GY := GY + Moves (Dir).DY;
         end if;
      end loop;
      return True;
   end Can_Place;

   procedure Insert_Word (G : in out Matrix;
                          X, Y : Grid_Dimension;
                          Dir : Directions;
                          Word : Unbounded_String) is
   --  We assume it fits.  You've checked first haven't you!
      GX : Grid_Dimension := X;
      GY : Grid_Dimension := Y;
   begin
      for C in 1 .. Length (Word) loop
         G (GX, GY) := Element (Word, C);
         GX := GX + Moves (Dir).DX;
         GY := GY + Moves (Dir).DY;
      end loop;
   end Insert_Word;

   function Try_To_Place_Word (G : in out Matrix; Word : Unbounded_String; Max_Tries : Positive)
      return Boolean is
   --  Attempt to place the given word in the grid, return success or failure.
      X1, Y1 : Grid_Dimension;
      Dir    : Directions;
      Try    : Positive := 1;
      Place  : Placement;
   begin
      while Try <= Max_Tries loop
         X1  := Rand_Dimension.Random (Dimension_Gen);
         Y1  := Rand_Dimension.Random (Dimension_Gen);
         Dir := Rand_Dir.Random (Dir_Gen);
         if Not_Too_Long (X1, Y1, Length (Word), Dir) and then
            Can_Place (G, X1, Y1, Word, Dir)
         then
            Insert_Word (G, X1, Y1, Dir, Word);
            Place.Word  := Word;
            Place.Start := To_Unbounded_String (X1'Image & LC_Chars'Val (Integer (Y1) + 64));
            Placings.Append (Place);
            return True;
         end if;
         Try := Try + 1;
      end loop;
      return False;
   end Try_To_Place_Word;

   procedure Print_Matrix (M : Matrix) is
   begin
      Put_Line ("     A B C D E F G H I J"); New_Line;
      for Row in Grid_Dimension loop
         Put (Row'Image);
         Set_Col (6);
         for Col in Grid_Dimension loop
            Put (M (Row, Col) & " ");
         end loop;
         New_Line;
      end loop;
      New_Line;
   end Print_Matrix;

   function Place_Message (G : in out Matrix; Msg : String) return Boolean is
   --  Attempt to put message in grid, return False if unable.
      Msg_Posn : Positive := 1;
   begin
      for Row in Grid_Dimension loop
         for Col in Grid_Dimension loop
            if Is_Empty (G, Row, Col) then
               G (Row, Col) := Msg (Msg_Posn);
               if Msg_Posn = Msg'Length then
                  return True;
               else
                  Msg_Posn := Msg_Posn + 1;
               end if;
            end if;
         end loop;
      end loop;
      return False;
   end Place_Message;

   Grid           : Matrix;
   Words_Placed   : Natural;
   Message_Placed : Boolean;
   A_Word         : Unbounded_String;
   Attempt        : Positive;
   Col            : Positive_Count := 1;
begin
   Load_Dictionary (DICT_FILENAME);
   Rand_Dimension.Reset (Dimension_Gen);
   Rand_Dir.Reset (Dir_Gen);
   Rand_Len.Reset (Len_Gen);
   Rand_10k.Reset (Ten_K_Gen);
   loop
      Grid         := [others => [others => ' ']];
      Words_Placed := 0;  Message_Placed := False;  Placings.Clear;
      Attempt      := 1;
      Builder :
         loop
            A_Word := Pick_Random_Word;
            if Try_To_Place_Word (Grid, A_Word, 50) then
               Words_Placed := @ + 1;
            end if;
            if Count_Empties (Grid) = MESSAGE'Length then
               if Place_Message (Grid, MESSAGE) then
                  Message_Placed := True;
                  exit Builder;
               end if;
            elsif Count_Empties (Grid) < MESSAGE'Length then
               --  Put_Line ("No room for message, giving up.");
               exit Builder;
            elsif Attempt > 1000 then
               Put_Line ("Giving up after 1000 tries.");
               exit Builder;
            end if;
            Attempt := Attempt + 1;
         end loop Builder;
      exit when Words_Placed >= MIN_WORDS and then Message_Placed;
   end loop;
   Print_Matrix (Grid);
   Put_Line ("Words placed:" & Words_Placed'Image);
   for P of Placings loop
      Set_Col (Col);     Put (P.Word);
      Set_Col (Col + 9); Put (P.Start);
      Col := (if Col < 61 then Col + 20 else 1);
   end loop;
end Word_Search;
Output:
     A B C D E F G H I J

 1   h m s i o r e h R v 
 2   a p n l a i c i a a 
 3   l u o s i O S n f t 
 4   i b t i f m f l a c 
 5   b f e o m E a y T c 
 6   u f l u c k n e n o 
 7   t u e x e n f r o t 
 8   T m k d i w i r v t 
 9   A C s f e f e d o n 
 10  O m p p o n e p D E 

Words placed: 26
pew       10H       heroism   1H        skeleton  9C        muff      8B
flake     3I        one       10E       novo      6I        cia       2G
halibut   1A        toe       8J        slim      1C        sioux     3D
can       5J        finny     9D        fir       9F        cot       5J
cia       2G        ppm       10D       calf      4J        pub       2B
fmc       4E        vat       1J        node      9J        ned       10F
sou       3D        fro       7G

BASIC

FreeBASIC

Translation of: QB64

Changes: ShowPuzzle gets call only after a word is inserted in the grid. Added a check if unixdict.txt was found. Made FilePuzzle print to the file. If enough words are found but there where still spaces, fill them with random letters. FILLED was not set to FALSE every time Initialize was called. Set all integer to (U)long.

Randomize Timer ' OK getting a good puzzle every time

#Macro TrmSS (n)
    LTrim(Str(n))
#EndMacro

'overhauled
Dim Shared As ULong LengthLimit(3 To 10) 'reset in Initialize, track and limit longer words

'LoadWords opens file of words and sets
Dim Shared As ULong NWORDS 'set in LoadWords, number of words with length: > 2 and < 11  and just letters

' word file words (shuffled) to be fit into puzzle and index position
Dim Shared As String WORDSSS(1 To 24945), CWORDSSS(1 To 24945)
Dim Shared As ULong WORDSINDEX 'the file has 24945 words but many are unsuitable

'words placed in Letters grid, word itself (WSS) x, y head (WX, WY) and direction (WD), WI is the index to all these
Dim Shared As String WSS(1 To 100)
Dim Shared As ULong WX(1 To 100), WY(1 To 100), WD(1 To 100), WI

' letters grid and direction arrays
Dim Shared As String LSS(0 To 9, 0 To 9)
Dim Shared As Long DX(0 To 7), DY(0 To 7)
DX(0) = 1: DY(0) = 0
DX(1) = 1: DY(1) = 1
DX(2) = 0: DY(2) = 1
DX(3) = -1: DY(3) = 1
DX(4) = -1: DY(4) = 0
DX(5) = -1: DY(5) = -1
DX(6) = 0: DY(6) = -1
DX(7) = 1: DY(7) = -1

'to store all the words found embedded in the grid LSS()
Dim Shared As String ALLSS(1 To 200)
Dim Shared As ULong AllX(1 To 200), AllY(1 To 200), AllD(1 To 200) 'to store all the words found embedded in the grid LSS()
Dim Shared As ULong ALLindex

' signal successful fill of puzzle
Dim Shared FILLED As Boolean
Dim Shared As ULong try = 1

Sub LoadWords
    Dim As String wdSS
    Dim As ULong i, m, ff = FreeFile
    Dim ok As Boolean

    Open "unixdict.txt" For Input As #ff
    If Err > 0 Then
        Print !"\n unixdict.txt not found, program will end"
        Sleep 5000
        End
    End If
    While Eof(1) = 0
        Input #ff, wdSS
        If Len(wdSS) > 2 And Len(wdSS) < 11 Then
            ok = TRUE
            For m = 1 To Len(wdSS)
                If Asc(wdSS, m) < 97 Or Asc(wdSS, m) > 122 Then ok = FALSE: Exit For
            Next
            If ok Then i += 1: WORDSSS(i) = wdSS: CWORDSSS(i) = wdSS
        End If
    Wend
    Close #ff
    NWORDS = i
End Sub

Sub Shuffle
    Dim As ULong i, r
    For i = NWORDS To 2 Step -1
        r = Int(Rnd * i) + 1
        Swap WORDSSS(i), WORDSSS(r)
    Next
End Sub

Sub Initialize
    Dim As ULong r, c'', x, y, d
    Dim As String wdSS

    FILLED = FALSE
    For r = 0 To 9
        For c = 0 To 9
            LSS(c, r) = " "
        Next
    Next

    'reset word arrays by resetting the word index back to zero
    WI = 0

    'fun stuff for me but doubt others would like that much fun!
    'pluggin "basic", 0, 0, 2
    'pluggin "plus", 1, 0, 0

    'to assure the spreading of ROSETTA CODE
    LSS(Int(Rnd * 5) + 5, 0) = "R": LSS(Int(Rnd * 9) + 1, 1) = "O"
    LSS(Int(Rnd * 9) + 1, 2) = "S": LSS(Int(Rnd * 9) + 1, 3) = "E"
    LSS(1, 4) = "T": LSS(9, 4) = "T": LSS(Int(10 * Rnd), 5) = "A"
    LSS(Int(10 * Rnd), 6) = "C": LSS(Int(10 * Rnd), 7) = "O"
    LSS(Int(10 * Rnd), 8) = "D": LSS(Int(10 * Rnd), 9) = "E"

    'reset limits
    LengthLimit(3) = 200
    LengthLimit(4) = 6
    LengthLimit(5) = 3
    LengthLimit(6) = 2
    LengthLimit(7) = 1
    LengthLimit(8) = 0
    LengthLimit(9) = 0
    LengthLimit(10) = 0

    'reset word order
    Shuffle
End Sub

'for fun plug-in of words
Sub pluggin (wdSS As String, x As Long, y As Long, d As Long)

    For i As ULong = 0 To Len(wdSS) - 1
        LSS(x + i * DX(d), y + i * DY(d)) = Mid(wdSS, i + 1, 1)
    Next
    WI += WI
    WSS(WI) = wdSS: WX(WI) = x: WY(WI) = y: WD(WI) = d
End Sub

' Function TrmSS (n As Integer) As String
'     TrmSS = RTrim(LTrim(Str(n)))
' End Function

'used in PlaceWord
Function CountSpaces () As ULong
    Dim As ULong x, y, count

    For y = 0 To 9
        For x = 0 To 9
            If LSS(x, y) = " " Then count += 1
        Next
    Next
    CountSpaces = count
End Function

Sub ShowPuzzle
    Dim As ULong i, x, y
    'Dim As String wateSS

    Cls
    Print "    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
    Locate 3, 1
    For i = 0 To 9
        Print TrmSS(i)
    Next
    For y = 0 To 9
        For x = 0 To 9
            Locate y + 3, 2 * x + 5: Print LSS(x, y)
        Next
    Next
    For i = 1 To WI
        If i < 21 Then
            Locate i + 1, 30: Print TrmSS(i); " "; WSS(i)
        ElseIf i < 41 Then
            Locate i - 20 + 1, 45: Print TrmSS(i); " "; WSS(i)
        ElseIf i < 61 Then
            Locate i - 40 + 1, 60: Print TrmSS(i); " "; WSS(i)
        End If
    Next
    Locate 18, 1: Print "Spaces left:"; CountSpaces
    Locate 19, 1: Print NWORDS
    Locate 20, 1: Print Space(16)
    If WORDSINDEX Then Locate 20, 1: Print TrmSS(WORDSINDEX); " "; WORDSSS(WORDSINDEX)
    'LOCATE 15, 1: INPUT "OK, press enter... "; wateSS
End Sub

'used in PlaceWord
Function Match (word As String, template As String) As Long
    Dim i As ULong
    Dim c As String
    Match = 0
    If Len(word) <> Len(template) Then Exit Function
    For i = 1 To Len(template)
        If Asc(template, i) <> 32 And (Asc(word, i) <> Asc(template, i)) Then Exit Function
    Next
    Match = -1
End Function

'heart of puzzle builder
Sub PlaceWord
    ' place the words randomly in the grid
    ' start at random spot and work forward or back 100 times = all the squares
    ' for each open square try the 8 directions for placing the word
    ' even if word fits Rossetta Challenge task requires leaving 11 openings to insert ROSETTA CODE,
    ' exactly 11 spaces needs to be left, if/when this occurs FILLED will be set true to signal finished to main loop
    ' if place a word update LSS, WI, WSS(WI), WX(WI), WY(WI), WD(WI)

    Dim As String wdSS, templateSS
    Dim As Long rdir
    Dim As ULong wLen, spot, testNum
    Dim As ULong x, y, d, dNum, rdd,  i, j

    Dim As Boolean b1, b2

    wdSS = WORDSSS(WORDSINDEX) ' the right side is all shared
    ' skip too many long words
    If LengthLimit(Len(wdSS)) Then LengthLimit(Len(wdSS)) += 1 Else Exit Sub 'skip long ones
    wLen = Len(wdSS) - 1  '   from the spot there are this many letters to check
    spot = Int(Rnd * 100) '   a random spot on grid
    testNum = 1           '   when this hits 100 we've tested all possible spots on grid
    If Rnd < .5 Then rdir = -1 Else rdir = 1 ' go forward or back from spot for next test
    While testNum < 101
        y = spot \ 10
        x = spot Mod 10
        If LSS(x, y) = Mid(wdSS, 1, 1) Or LSS(x, y) = " " Then
            d = Int(8 * Rnd)
            If Rnd < .5 Then rdd = -1 Else rdd = 1
            dNum = 1
            While dNum < 9
                'will wdSS fit? from  at x, y
                templateSS = ""
                b1 = wLen * DX(d) + x >= 0 And wLen * DX(d) + x <= 9
                b2 = wLen * DY(d) + y >= 0 And wLen * DY(d) + y <= 9
                If b1 And b2 Then 'build the template of letters and spaces from Letter grid
                    For i = 0 To wLen
                        templateSS += LSS(x + i * DX(d), y + i * DY(d))
                    Next
                    If Match(wdSS, templateSS) Then 'the word will fit but does it fill anything?
                        For j = 1 To Len(templateSS)
                            If Asc(templateSS, j) = 32 Then 'yes a space to fill
                                For i = 0 To wLen
                                    LSS(x + i * DX(d), y + i * DY(d)) = Mid(wdSS, i + 1, 1)
                                Next
                                WI += 1
                                WSS(WI) = wdSS: WX(WI) = x: WY(WI) = y: WD(WI) = d
                                ShowPuzzle
                                If CountSpaces = 0 Then FILLED = TRUE
                                Exit Sub 'get out now that word is loaded
                            End If
                        Next
                        'if still here keep looking
                    End If
                End If
                d = (d + 8 + rdd) Mod 8
                dNum += 1
            Wend
        End If
        spot = (spot + 100 + rdir) Mod 100
        testNum += 1
    Wend
End Sub

Sub FindAllWords
    Dim As String wdSS, templateSS, wateSS
    Dim As ULong wLen, x, y, d, j
    Dim As Boolean b1, b2

    For i As ULong = 1 To NWORDS
        wdSS = CWORDSSS(i)
        wLen = Len(wdSS) - 1
        For y = 0 To 9
            For x = 0 To 9
                If LSS(x, y) = Mid(wdSS, 1, 1) Then
                    For d = 0 To 7
                        b1 = wLen * DX(d) + x >= 0 And wLen * DX(d) + x <= 9
                        b2 = wLen * DY(d) + y >= 0 And wLen * DY(d) + y <= 9
                        If b1 And b2 Then 'build the template of letters and spaces from Letter grid
                            templateSS = ""
                            For j = 0 To wLen
                                templateSS += LSS(x + j * DX(d), y + j * DY(d))
                            Next
                            If templateSS = wdSS Then 'found a word
                                'store it
                                ALLindex += 1
                                ALLSS(ALLindex) = wdSS: AllX(ALLindex) = x: AllY(ALLindex) = y: AllD(ALLindex) = d
                                'report it
                                Locate 22, 1: Print Space(50)
                                Locate 22, 1: Print "Found: "; wdSS; " ("; TrmSS(x); ", "; TrmSS(y); ") >>>---> "; TrmSS(d);
                                Input " Press enter...", wateSS
                            End If
                        End If
                    Next
                End If
            Next
        Next
    Next
End Sub

Sub FilePuzzle
    Dim As ULong i, r, c, ff = FreeFile
    Dim As String bSS

    Open "WS Puzzle.txt" For Output As #ff
    Print #ff, "    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
    Print #ff,
    For r = 0 To 9
        bSS = TrmSS(r) + "   "
        For c = 0 To 9
            bSS += LSS(c, r) + " "
        Next
        Print #ff, bSS
    Next
    Print #ff,
    Print #ff, "Directions >>>---> 0 = East, 1 = SE, 2 = South, 3 = SW, 4 = West, 5 = NW, 6 = North, 7 = NE"
    Print #ff,
    Print #ff, "              These are the items from unixdict.txt used to build the puzzle:"
    Print #ff,
    For i = 1 To WI Step 2
        Print #ff, Right(Space(7) + TrmSS(i), 7); ") "; Right(Space(7) + WSS(i), 10); " ("; TrmSS(WX(i)); ", "; TrmSS(WY(i)); ") >>>---> "; TrmSS(WD(i));
        If i + 1 <= WI Then
            Print #ff, Right(Space(7) + TrmSS(i + 1), 7); ") "; Right(Space(7) + WSS(i + 1), 10); " ("; TrmSS(WX(i + 1)); ", "; TrmSS(WY(i + 1)); ") >>>---> "; TrmSS(WD(i + 1))
        Else
            Print #ff,
        End If
    Next
    Print #ff,
    Print #ff, "            These are the items from unixdict.txt found embedded in the puzzle:"
    Print #ff,
    For i = 1 To ALLindex Step 2
        Print #ff, Right(Space(7) + TrmSS(i), 7); ") "; Right(Space(7) + ALLSS(i), 10); " ("; TrmSS(AllX(i)); ", "; TrmSS(AllY(i)); ") >>>---> "; TrmSS(AllD(i));
        If i + 1 <= ALLindex Then
            Print #ff, Right(Space(7) + TrmSS(i + 1), 7); ") "; Right(Space(7) + ALLSS(i + 1), 10); " ("; TrmSS(AllX(i + 1)); ", "; TrmSS(AllY(i + 1)); ") >>>---> "; TrmSS(AllD(i + 1))
        Else
            Print #ff, ""
        End If
    Next
    Print #ff,
    Print #ff, "On try #" + TrmSS(try) + " a successful puzzle was built and filed."
    Close #ff
End Sub


LoadWords 'this sets NWORDS count to work with

While try < 11
    Initialize
    ShowPuzzle
    For WORDSINDEX = 1 To NWORDS
        PlaceWord
        ' ShowPuzzle
        If FILLED Then Exit For
    Next
    If Not filled And WI > 24 Then ' we have 25 or more words
        For y As ULong = 0 To 9    ' fill spaces with random letters
            For x As ULong = 0 To 9
                If LSS(x, y) = " " Then LSS(x, y) = Chr(Int(Rnd * 26) + 1 + 96)
            Next
        Next
        filled = TRUE
        ShowPuzzle
    End If
    If FILLED And WI > 24 Then
        FindAllWords
        FilePuzzle
        Locate 23, 1: Print "On try #"; TrmSS(try); " a successful puzzle was built and filed."
        Exit While
    Else
        try += 1
    End If
Wend

If Not FILLED Then Locate 23, 1: Print "Sorry, 10 tries and no success."

Sleep
End
Output:
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

0   m g y m l a i r R u 
1   s e u i o n n p s O 
2   a p S l s s u n e n 
3   h w o e l t j E a t 
4   c T r l n a e i s T 
5   c t e a c A r w i g 
6   C w m m r b a i d a 
7   O d s t u m b r e l 
8   D o a i t h i g h h 
9   l p E g d b o r h t 

Directions >>>---> 0 = East, 1 = SE, 2 = South, 3 = SW, 4 = West, 5 = NW, 6 = North, 7 = NE

              These are the items from unixdict.txt used to build the puzzle:

      1)        yea (2, 0) >>>---> 3      2)      thigh (4, 8) >>>---> 0
      3)      wells (1, 6) >>>---> 7      4)       jacm (6, 3) >>>---> 3
      5)    tumbrel (3, 7) >>>---> 0      6)       mile (3, 0) >>>---> 2
      7)    seaside (8, 1) >>>---> 2      8)     putnam (7, 1) >>>---> 3
      9)      throb (9, 9) >>>---> 4     10)     insert (6, 0) >>>---> 3
     11)      brian (5, 6) >>>---> 7     12)      chasm (0, 4) >>>---> 6
     13)        los (0, 9) >>>---> 7     14)       aida (6, 6) >>>---> 0
     15)       anna (5, 0) >>>---> 1     16)        dis (4, 9) >>>---> 5
     17)       heir (9, 8) >>>---> 5     18)        lop (3, 4) >>>---> 5
     19)       gull (1, 0) >>>---> 1     20)        sol (4, 2) >>>---> 6
     21)        gad (3, 9) >>>---> 5     22)       stew (4, 2) >>>---> 1
     23)        ncr (4, 4) >>>---> 2     24)        pat (1, 9) >>>---> 7
     25)       lair (4, 0) >>>---> 0     26)        woe (1, 3) >>>---> 0
     27)        pet (7, 1) >>>---> 1     28)        usn (9, 0) >>>---> 3
     29)        lag (9, 7) >>>---> 6     30)        etc (2, 5) >>>---> 4

            These are the items from unixdict.txt found embedded in the puzzle:

      1)        acm (5, 4) >>>---> 3      2)        aid (6, 6) >>>---> 0
      3)       aida (6, 6) >>>---> 0      4)        air (5, 0) >>>---> 0
      5)        air (8, 3) >>>---> 3      6)        ale (3, 5) >>>---> 6
      7)        all (5, 4) >>>---> 5      8)        ann (5, 0) >>>---> 1
      9)        ann (8, 3) >>>---> 5     10)       anna (5, 0) >>>---> 1
     11)       anna (8, 3) >>>---> 5     12)        ant (3, 5) >>>---> 7
     13)        are (6, 6) >>>---> 6     14)        arm (3, 5) >>>---> 1
     15)      aside (8, 3) >>>---> 2     16)        bar (6, 7) >>>---> 6
     17)       bare (6, 7) >>>---> 6     18)       bird (5, 9) >>>---> 7
     19)      brian (5, 6) >>>---> 7     20)      chasm (0, 4) >>>---> 6
     21)        dis (8, 6) >>>---> 6     22)        dis (4, 9) >>>---> 5
     23)       drib (8, 6) >>>---> 3     24)        ego (8, 7) >>>---> 3
     25)        eli (3, 3) >>>---> 6     26)        ell (2, 5) >>>---> 7
     27)        era (6, 4) >>>---> 2     28)        etc (2, 5) >>>---> 4
     29)        gad (3, 9) >>>---> 5     30)        gal (9, 5) >>>---> 2
     31)       gull (1, 0) >>>---> 1     32)        gym (1, 0) >>>---> 0
     33)       heir (9, 8) >>>---> 5     34)       high (5, 8) >>>---> 0
     35)        hum (5, 8) >>>---> 5     36)        ian (7, 4) >>>---> 7
     37)        ida (7, 6) >>>---> 0     38)     insert (6, 0) >>>---> 3
     39)        ion (3, 1) >>>---> 0     40)        ira (7, 6) >>>---> 5
     41)       jacm (6, 3) >>>---> 3     42)        lag (9, 7) >>>---> 6
     43)       lair (4, 0) >>>---> 0     44)        lam (3, 4) >>>---> 2
     45)        leo (4, 3) >>>---> 4     46)        lew (3, 4) >>>---> 3
     47)        lim (3, 2) >>>---> 6     48)        lop (3, 4) >>>---> 5
     49)        los (4, 0) >>>---> 2     50)        los (0, 9) >>>---> 7
     51)        lug (3, 2) >>>---> 5     52)       male (3, 6) >>>---> 6
     53)        man (2, 6) >>>---> 7     54)        maw (5, 7) >>>---> 7
     55)       mile (3, 0) >>>---> 2     56)       nair (9, 2) >>>---> 3
     57)        ncr (4, 4) >>>---> 2     58)        ore (2, 3) >>>---> 2
     59)        pat (1, 9) >>>---> 7     60)        peg (1, 2) >>>---> 6
     61)        pet (7, 1) >>>---> 1     62)        pod (1, 9) >>>---> 6
     63)        pol (1, 2) >>>---> 1     64)        put (7, 1) >>>---> 3
     65)     putnam (7, 1) >>>---> 3     66)        rib (7, 7) >>>---> 3
     67)        rim (7, 9) >>>---> 5     68)        rob (7, 9) >>>---> 4
     69)        rut (4, 6) >>>---> 2     70)        sea (8, 1) >>>---> 2
     71)    seaside (8, 1) >>>---> 2     72)       side (8, 4) >>>---> 2
     73)        sol (4, 2) >>>---> 6     74)        sol (2, 7) >>>---> 3
     75)       stew (4, 2) >>>---> 1     76)        stu (2, 7) >>>---> 0
     77)        sun (5, 2) >>>---> 0     78)       swam (8, 4) >>>---> 3
     79)        tap (3, 7) >>>---> 3     80)        tea (1, 5) >>>---> 0
     81)      thigh (4, 8) >>>---> 0     82)      throb (9, 9) >>>---> 4
     83)        tum (3, 7) >>>---> 0     84)    tumbrel (3, 7) >>>---> 0
     85)        usn (9, 0) >>>---> 3     86)       well (1, 6) >>>---> 7
     87)      wells (1, 6) >>>---> 7     88)        wet (7, 5) >>>---> 5
     89)        wig (7, 5) >>>---> 0     90)        woe (1, 3) >>>---> 0
     91)        yea (2, 0) >>>---> 3

On try #1 a successful puzzle was built and filed.

QB64

bplus: 2020/03/13

The following zip file is needed for the Unix dictionary and a QB64 words mod for fun! ...and some samples.
Rosetta Code Word Search Challenge.zip

    OPTION _EXPLICIT
    _TITLE "Puzzle Builder for Rosetta" 'by B+ started 2018-10-31
    ' 2018-11-02 Now that puzzle is working with basic and plus starters remove them and make sure puzzle works as well.
    ' Added Direction legend to printout.
    ' OverHauled LengthLimit()
    ' Reorgnize this to try a couple of times at given Randomize number
    ' TODO create alphabetical copy of word list and check grid for all words embedded in it.
    ' LoadWords makes a copy of word list in alpha order
    ' FindAllWords finds all the items from the dictionary
    ' OK it all seems to be working OK
     
    RANDOMIZE TIMER ' OK getting a good puzzle every time
     
    'overhauled
    DIM SHARED LengthLimit(3 TO 10) AS _BYTE 'reset in Initialize, track and limit longer words
     
    'LoadWords opens file of words and sets
    DIM SHARED NWORDS 'set in LoadWords, number of words with length: > 2 and < 11  and just letters
     
    ' word file words (shuffled) to be fit into puzzle and index position
    DIM SHARED WORDS$(1 TO 24945), CWORDS$(1 TO 24945), WORDSINDEX AS INTEGER 'the file has 24945 words but many are unsuitable
     
    'words placed in Letters grid, word itself (W$) x, y head (WX, WY) and direction (WD), WI is the index to all these
    DIM SHARED W$(1 TO 100), WX(1 TO 100) AS _BYTE, WY(1 TO 100) AS _BYTE, WD(1 TO 100) AS _BYTE, WI AS _BYTE
     
    ' letters grid and direction arrays
    DIM SHARED L$(0 TO 9, 0 TO 9), DX(0 TO 7) AS _BYTE, DY(0 TO 7) AS _BYTE
    DX(0) = 1: DY(0) = 0
    DX(1) = 1: DY(1) = 1
    DX(2) = 0: DY(2) = 1
    DX(3) = -1: DY(3) = 1
    DX(4) = -1: DY(4) = 0
    DX(5) = -1: DY(5) = -1
    DX(6) = 0: DY(6) = -1
    DX(7) = 1: DY(7) = -1
     
    'to store all the words found embedded in the grid L$()
    DIM SHARED ALL$(1 TO 200), AllX(1 TO 200) AS _BYTE, AllY(1 TO 200) AS _BYTE, AllD(1 TO 200) AS _BYTE 'to store all the words found embedded in the grid L$()
    DIM SHARED ALLindex AS INTEGER
     
    ' signal successful fill of puzzle
    DIM SHARED FILLED AS _BIT
    FILLED = 0
    DIM try AS _BYTE
    try = 1
    LoadWords 'this sets NWORDS count to work with
    WHILE try < 11
        Initialize
        ShowPuzzle
        FOR WORDSINDEX = 1 TO NWORDS
            PlaceWord
            ShowPuzzle
            IF FILLED THEN EXIT FOR
        NEXT
        IF FILLED AND WI > 24 THEN
            FindAllWords
            FilePuzzle
            LOCATE 23, 1: PRINT "On try #"; Trm$(try); " a successful puzzle was built and filed."
            EXIT WHILE
        ELSE
            try = try + 1
        END IF
    WEND
    IF FILLED = 0 THEN LOCATE 23, 1: PRINT "Sorry, 10 tries and no success."
    END
     
    SUB LoadWords
        DIM wd$, i AS INTEGER, m AS INTEGER, ok AS _BIT
        OPEN "unixdict.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
        WHILE EOF(1) = 0
            INPUT #1, wd$
            IF LEN(wd$) > 2 AND LEN(wd$) < 11 THEN
                ok = -1
                FOR m = 1 TO LEN(wd$)
                    IF ASC(wd$, m) < 97 OR ASC(wd$, m) > 122 THEN ok = 0: EXIT FOR
                NEXT
                IF ok THEN i = i + 1: WORDS$(i) = wd$: CWORDS$(i) = wd$
            END IF
        WEND
        CLOSE #1
        NWORDS = i
    END SUB
     
    SUB Shuffle
        DIM i AS INTEGER, r AS INTEGER
        FOR i = NWORDS TO 2 STEP -1
            r = INT(RND * i) + 1
            SWAP WORDS$(i), WORDS$(r)
        NEXT
    END SUB
     
    SUB Initialize
        DIM r AS _BYTE, c AS _BYTE, x AS _BYTE, y AS _BYTE, d AS _BYTE, wd$
        FOR r = 0 TO 9
            FOR c = 0 TO 9
                L$(c, r) = " "
            NEXT
        NEXT
     
        'reset word arrays by resetting the word index back to zero
        WI = 0
     
        'fun stuff for me but doubt others would like that much fun!
        'pluggin "basic", 0, 0, 2
        'pluggin "plus", 1, 0, 0
     
        'to assure the spreading of ROSETTA CODE
        L$(INT(RND * 5) + 5, 0) = "R": L$(INT(RND * 9) + 1, 1) = "O"
        L$(INT(RND * 9) + 1, 2) = "S": L$(INT(RND * 9) + 1, 3) = "E"
        L$(1, 4) = "T": L$(9, 4) = "T": L$(INT(10 * RND), 5) = "A"
        L$(INT(10 * RND), 6) = "C": L$(INT(10 * RND), 7) = "O"
        L$(INT(10 * RND), 8) = "D": L$(INT(10 * RND), 9) = "E"
     
        'reset limits
        LengthLimit(3) = 200
        LengthLimit(4) = 6
        LengthLimit(5) = 3
        LengthLimit(6) = 2
        LengthLimit(7) = 1
        LengthLimit(8) = 0
        LengthLimit(9) = 0
        LengthLimit(10) = 0
     
        'reset word order
        Shuffle
    END SUB
     
    'for fun plug-in of words
    SUB pluggin (wd$, x AS INTEGER, y AS INTEGER, d AS INTEGER)
        DIM i AS _BYTE
        FOR i = 0 TO LEN(wd$) - 1
            L$(x + i * DX(d), y + i * DY(d)) = MID$(wd$, i + 1, 1)
        NEXT
        WI = WI + 1
        W$(WI) = wd$: WX(WI) = x: WY(WI) = y: WD(WI) = d
    END SUB
     
    FUNCTION Trm$ (n AS INTEGER)
        Trm$ = RTRIM$(LTRIM$(STR$(n)))
    END FUNCTION
     
    SUB ShowPuzzle
        DIM i AS _BYTE, x AS _BYTE, y AS _BYTE, wate$
        CLS
        PRINT "    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
        LOCATE 3, 1
        FOR i = 0 TO 9
            PRINT Trm$(i)
        NEXT
        FOR y = 0 TO 9
            FOR x = 0 TO 9
                LOCATE y + 3, 2 * x + 5: PRINT L$(x, y)
            NEXT
        NEXT
        FOR i = 1 TO WI
            IF i < 20 THEN
                LOCATE i + 1, 30: PRINT Trm$(i); " "; W$(i)
            ELSEIF i < 40 THEN
                LOCATE i - 20 + 1, 45: PRINT Trm$(i); " "; W$(i)
            ELSEIF i < 60 THEN
                LOCATE i - 40 + 1, 60: PRINT Trm$(i); " "; W$(i)
            END IF
        NEXT
        LOCATE 18, 1: PRINT "Spaces left:"; CountSpaces%
        LOCATE 19, 1: PRINT NWORDS
        LOCATE 20, 1: PRINT SPACE$(16)
        IF WORDSINDEX THEN LOCATE 20, 1: PRINT Trm$(WORDSINDEX); " "; WORDS$(WORDSINDEX)
        'LOCATE 15, 1: INPUT "OK, press enter... "; wate$
    END SUB
     
    'used in PlaceWord
    FUNCTION CountSpaces% ()
        DIM x AS _BYTE, y AS _BYTE, count AS INTEGER
        FOR y = 0 TO 9
            FOR x = 0 TO 9
                IF L$(x, y) = " " THEN count = count + 1
            NEXT
        NEXT
        CountSpaces% = count
    END FUNCTION
     
    'used in PlaceWord
    FUNCTION Match% (word AS STRING, template AS STRING)
        DIM i AS INTEGER, c AS STRING
        Match% = 0
        IF LEN(word) <> LEN(template) THEN EXIT FUNCTION
        FOR i = 1 TO LEN(template)
            IF ASC(template, i) <> 32 AND (ASC(word, i) <> ASC(template, i)) THEN EXIT FUNCTION
        NEXT
        Match% = -1
    END FUNCTION
     
    'heart of puzzle builder
    SUB PlaceWord
        ' place the words randomly in the grid
        ' start at random spot and work forward or back 100 times = all the squares
        ' for each open square try the 8 directions for placing the word
        ' even if word fits Rossetta Challenge task requires leaving 11 openings to insert ROSETTA CODE,
        ' exactly 11 spaces needs to be left, if/when this occurs FILLED will be set true to signal finished to main loop
        ' if place a word update L$, WI, W$(WI), WX(WI), WY(WI), WD(WI)
     
        DIM wd$, wLen AS _BYTE, spot AS _BYTE, testNum AS _BYTE, rdir AS _BYTE
        DIM x AS _BYTE, y AS _BYTE, d AS _BYTE, dNum AS _BYTE, rdd AS _BYTE
        DIM template$, b1 AS _BIT, b2 AS _BIT
        DIM i AS _BYTE, j AS _BYTE, wate$
     
        wd$ = WORDS$(WORDSINDEX) 'the right side is all shared
        'skip too many long words
        IF LengthLimit(LEN(wd$)) THEN LengthLimit(LEN(wd$)) = LengthLimit(LEN(wd$)) - 1 ELSE EXIT SUB 'skip long ones
        wLen = LEN(wd$) - 1 '     from the spot there are this many letters to check
        spot = INT(RND * 100) '   a random spot on grid
        testNum = 1 '             when this hits 100 we've tested all possible spots on grid
        IF RND < .5 THEN rdir = -1 ELSE rdir = 1 ' go forward or back from spot for next test
        WHILE testNum < 101
            y = INT(spot / 10)
            x = spot MOD 10
            IF L$(x, y) = MID$(wd$, 1, 1) OR L$(x, y) = " " THEN
                d = INT(8 * RND)
                IF RND < .5 THEN rdd = -1 ELSE rdd = 1
                dNum = 1
                WHILE dNum < 9
                    'will wd$ fit? from  at x, y
                    template$ = ""
                    b1 = wLen * DX(d) + x >= 0 AND wLen * DX(d) + x <= 9
                    b2 = wLen * DY(d) + y >= 0 AND wLen * DY(d) + y <= 9
                    IF b1 AND b2 THEN 'build the template of letters and spaces from Letter grid
                        FOR i = 0 TO wLen
                            template$ = template$ + L$(x + i * DX(d), y + i * DY(d))
                        NEXT
                        IF Match%(wd$, template$) THEN 'the word will fit but does it fill anything?
                            FOR j = 1 TO LEN(template$)
                                IF ASC(template$, j) = 32 THEN 'yes a space to fill
                                    FOR i = 0 TO wLen
                                        L$(x + i * DX(d), y + i * DY(d)) = MID$(wd$, i + 1, 1)
                                    NEXT
                                    WI = WI + 1
                                    W$(WI) = wd$: WX(WI) = x: WY(WI) = y: WD(WI) = d
                                    IF CountSpaces% = 0 THEN FILLED = -1
                                    EXIT SUB 'get out now that word is loaded
                                END IF
                            NEXT
                            'if still here keep looking
                        END IF
                    END IF
                    d = (d + 8 + rdd) MOD 8
                    dNum = dNum + 1
                WEND
            END IF
            spot = (spot + 100 + rdir) MOD 100
            testNum = testNum + 1
        WEND
    END SUB
     
    SUB FindAllWords
        DIM wd$, wLen AS _BYTE, i AS INTEGER, x AS _BYTE, y AS _BYTE, d AS _BYTE
        DIM template$, b1 AS _BIT, b2 AS _BIT, j AS _BYTE, wate$
     
        FOR i = 1 TO NWORDS
            wd$ = CWORDS$(i)
            wLen = LEN(wd$) - 1
            FOR y = 0 TO 9
                FOR x = 0 TO 9
                    IF L$(x, y) = MID$(wd$, 1, 1) THEN
                        FOR d = 0 TO 7
                            b1 = wLen * DX(d) + x >= 0 AND wLen * DX(d) + x <= 9
                            b2 = wLen * DY(d) + y >= 0 AND wLen * DY(d) + y <= 9
                            IF b1 AND b2 THEN 'build the template of letters and spaces from Letter grid
                                template$ = ""
                                FOR j = 0 TO wLen
                                    template$ = template$ + L$(x + j * DX(d), y + j * DY(d))
                                NEXT
                                IF template$ = wd$ THEN 'founda word
                                    'store it
                                    ALLindex = ALLindex + 1
                                    ALL$(ALLindex) = wd$: AllX(ALLindex) = x: AllY(ALLindex) = y: AllD(ALLindex) = d
                                    'report it
                                    LOCATE 22, 1: PRINT SPACE$(50)
                                    LOCATE 22, 1: PRINT "Found: "; wd$; " ("; Trm$(x); ", "; Trm$(y); ") >>>---> "; Trm$(d);
                                    INPUT " Press enter...", wate$
                                END IF
                            END IF
                        NEXT d
                    END IF
                NEXT x
            NEXT y
        NEXT i
    END SUB
     
    SUB FilePuzzle
        DIM i AS _BYTE, r AS _BYTE, c AS _BYTE, b$
        OPEN "WS Puzzle.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
        PRINT #1, "    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
        PRINT #1, ""
        FOR r = 0 TO 9
            b$ = Trm$(r) + "   "
            FOR c = 0 TO 9
                b$ = b$ + L$(c, r) + " "
            NEXT
            PRINT #1, b$
        NEXT
        PRINT #1, ""
        PRINT #1, "Directions >>>---> 0 = East, 1 = SE, 2 = South, 3 = SW, 4 = West, 5 = NW, 6 = North, 7 = NE"
        PRINT #1, ""
        PRINT #1, "              These are the items from unixdict.txt used to build the puzzle:"
        PRINT #1, ""
        FOR i = 1 TO WI STEP 2
            PRINT #1, RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + Trm$(i), 7); ") "; RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + W$(i), 10); " ("; Trm$(WX(i)); ", "; Trm$(WY(i)); ") >>>---> "; Trm$(WD(i));
            IF i + 1 <= WI THEN
                PRINT #1, RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + Trm$(i + 1), 7); ") "; RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + W$(i + 1), 10); " ("; Trm$(WX(i + 1)); ", "; Trm$(WY(i + 1)); ") >>>---> "; Trm$(WD(i + 1))
            ELSE
                PRINT #1, ""
            END IF
        NEXT
        PRINT #1, ""
        PRINT #1, "            These are the items from unixdict.txt found embedded in the puzzle:"
        PRINT #1, ""
        FOR i = 1 TO ALLindex STEP 2
            PRINT #1, RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + Trm$(i), 7); ") "; RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + ALL$(i), 10); " ("; Trm$(AllX(i)); ", "; Trm$(AllY(i)); ") >>>---> "; Trm$(AllD(i));
            IF i + 1 <= ALLindex THEN
                PRINT #1, RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + Trm$(i + 1), 7); ") "; RIGHT$(SPACE$(7) + ALL$(i + 1), 10); " ("; Trm$(AllX(i + 1)); ", "; Trm$(AllY(i + 1)); ") >>>---> "; Trm$(AllD(i + 1))
            ELSE
                PRINT #1, ""
            END IF
        NEXT
        CLOSE #1
    END SUB

Sample Output:

 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 t g a m m R l b a r
1 o e O k y u i l u b
2 l S e e n n i o a t
3 s a g d E u i d e w
4 k T c t e h g s a T
5 s e n o j b o A e r
6 C l g n c o a p g r
7 l i o d i u m u e O
8 k a e r f D d y c t
9 t j E a i d r a p h

Directions >>>---> 0 = East, 1 = SE, 2 = South, 3 = SW, 4 = West, 5 = NW, 6 = North, 7 = NE

These are the items from unixdict.txt used to build the puzzle:

     1)      odium (2, 7) >>>---> 0      2)     resiny (9, 6) >>>---> 5
     3)    debauch (3, 3) >>>---> 1      4)      freak (4, 8) >>>---> 4
     5)      jones (4, 5) >>>---> 4      6)     radium (9, 5) >>>---> 5
     7)       hope (5, 4) >>>---> 1      8)       coca (4, 6) >>>---> 5
     9)       slot (0, 3) >>>---> 6     10)        aid (3, 9) >>>---> 0
    11)       gunk (6, 4) >>>---> 5     12)        keg (0, 4) >>>---> 1
    13)       aile (1, 8) >>>---> 6     14)        set (7, 4) >>>---> 7
    15)       wall (9, 3) >>>---> 5     16)        rye (6, 9) >>>---> 7
    17)        our (7, 2) >>>---> 7     18)        bar (7, 0) >>>---> 0
    19)        par (8, 9) >>>---> 4     20)        gam (1, 0) >>>---> 0
    21)        dee (3, 3) >>>---> 5     22)        ton (3, 4) >>>---> 2
    23)        dab (7, 3) >>>---> 7     24)        jed (1, 9) >>>---> 7
    25)        bin (7, 0) >>>---> 3     26)        pet (7, 6) >>>---> 1
    27)        sag (0, 3) >>>---> 0     28)        nco (3, 6) >>>---> 0
    29)        dug (6, 8) >>>---> 7     30)        oat (2, 7) >>>---> 3
    31)        oil (2, 7) >>>---> 4     32)        nee (4, 2) >>>---> 4

These are the items from unixdict.txt found embedded in the puzzle:

     1)        abe (6, 6) >>>---> 5      2)       abed (6, 6) >>>---> 5
     3)        aid (3, 9) >>>---> 0      4)        ail (1, 8) >>>---> 6
     5)       aile (1, 8) >>>---> 6      6)        ali (8, 0) >>>---> 3
     7)        all (8, 2) >>>---> 5      8)        bad (9, 1) >>>---> 3
     9)        bar (7, 0) >>>---> 0     10)        bed (5, 5) >>>---> 5
    11)        bin (7, 0) >>>---> 3     12)        but (7, 0) >>>---> 1
    13)        cal (2, 4) >>>---> 5     14)       coca (4, 6) >>>---> 5
    15)        cud (4, 6) >>>---> 1     16)        dab (7, 3) >>>---> 7
    17)        dar (7, 3) >>>---> 1     18)    debauch (3, 3) >>>---> 1
    19)        dee (3, 3) >>>---> 5     20)        dew (7, 3) >>>---> 0
    21)        dug (6, 8) >>>---> 7     22)        edt (3, 2) >>>---> 2
    23)        eli (1, 5) >>>---> 2     24)        etc (4, 4) >>>---> 4
    25)      freak (4, 8) >>>---> 4     26)        gam (1, 0) >>>---> 0
    27)        gas (2, 3) >>>---> 4     28)        goa (6, 4) >>>---> 2
    29)        gsa (6, 4) >>>---> 0     30)        gun (6, 4) >>>---> 5
    31)       gunk (6, 4) >>>---> 5     32)        hop (5, 4) >>>---> 1
    33)       hope (5, 4) >>>---> 1     34)        hun (5, 4) >>>---> 6
    35)        ida (6, 2) >>>---> 1     36)        iii (6, 1) >>>---> 2
    37)        iii (6, 3) >>>---> 6     38)        inn (6, 2) >>>---> 4
    39)        inn (4, 7) >>>---> 5     40)       jail (1, 9) >>>---> 6
    41)        jed (1, 9) >>>---> 7     42)        jon (4, 5) >>>---> 4
    43)      jones (4, 5) >>>---> 4     44)        keg (0, 4) >>>---> 1
    45)        lac (0, 2) >>>---> 1     46)        law (7, 1) >>>---> 1
    47)        lea (0, 2) >>>---> 7     48)        lot (0, 2) >>>---> 6
    49)       lund (6, 0) >>>---> 3     50)        mao (6, 7) >>>---> 6
    51)        nco (3, 6) >>>---> 0     52)        nee (4, 2) >>>---> 4
    53)        nib (5, 2) >>>---> 7     54)        nne (5, 2) >>>---> 4
    55)        not (3, 6) >>>---> 6     56)        oat (7, 2) >>>---> 0
    57)        oat (2, 7) >>>---> 3     58)      odium (2, 7) >>>---> 0
    59)        oil (2, 7) >>>---> 4     60)        one (3, 5) >>>---> 4
    61)        our (7, 2) >>>---> 7     62)        par (8, 9) >>>---> 4
    63)        pet (7, 6) >>>---> 1     64)     radium (9, 5) >>>---> 5
    65)        rap (6, 9) >>>---> 0     66)      resin (9, 6) >>>---> 5
    67)     resiny (9, 6) >>>---> 5     68)        rio (3, 8) >>>---> 7
    69)        rye (6, 9) >>>---> 7     70)        sag (0, 3) >>>---> 0
    71)        sen (0, 5) >>>---> 0     72)        set (7, 4) >>>---> 7
    73)        sin (7, 4) >>>---> 5     74)       slot (0, 3) >>>---> 6
    75)        tao (9, 2) >>>---> 4     76)        tao (0, 9) >>>---> 7
    77)        tee (0, 0) >>>---> 1     78)        ton (3, 4) >>>---> 2
    79)        tub (9, 2) >>>---> 5     80)       wall (9, 3) >>>---> 5
    81)        wed (9, 3) >>>---> 4


Visual Basic .NET

Translation of: C#
Module Module1

    ReadOnly Dirs As Integer(,) = {
        {1, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1},
        {1, -1}, {-1, 0},
        {0, -1}, {-1, -1}, {-1, 1}
    }

    Const RowCount = 10
    Const ColCount = 10
    Const GridSize = RowCount * ColCount
    Const MinWords = 25

    Class Grid
        Public cells(RowCount - 1, ColCount - 1) As Char
        Public solutions As New List(Of String)
        Public numAttempts As Integer

        Sub New()
            For i = 0 To RowCount - 1
                For j = 0 To ColCount - 1
                    cells(i, j) = ControlChars.NullChar
                Next
            Next
        End Sub
    End Class

    Dim Rand As New Random()

    Sub Main()
        PrintResult(CreateWordSearch(ReadWords("unixdict.txt")))
    End Sub

    Function ReadWords(filename As String) As List(Of String)
        Dim maxlen = Math.Max(RowCount, ColCount)
        Dim words As New List(Of String)

        Dim objReader As New IO.StreamReader(filename)
        Dim line As String
        Do While objReader.Peek() <> -1
            line = objReader.ReadLine()
            If line.Length > 3 And line.Length < maxlen Then
                If line.All(Function(c) Char.IsLetter(c)) Then
                    words.Add(line)
                End If
            End If
        Loop

        Return words
    End Function

    Function CreateWordSearch(words As List(Of String)) As Grid
        For numAttempts = 1 To 1000
            Shuffle(words)

            Dim grid As New Grid()
            Dim messageLen = PlaceMessage(grid, "Rosetta Code")
            Dim target = GridSize - messageLen

            Dim cellsFilled = 0
            For Each word In words
                cellsFilled = cellsFilled + TryPlaceWord(grid, word)
                If cellsFilled = target Then
                    If grid.solutions.Count >= MinWords Then
                        grid.numAttempts = numAttempts
                        Return grid
                    Else
                        'grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
                        Exit For
                    End If
                End If
            Next
        Next

        Return Nothing
    End Function

    Function PlaceMessage(grid As Grid, msg As String) As Integer
        msg = msg.ToUpper()
        msg = msg.Replace(" ", "")

        If msg.Length > 0 And msg.Length < GridSize Then
            Dim gapSize As Integer = GridSize / msg.Length

            Dim pos = 0
            Dim lastPos = -1
            For i = 0 To msg.Length - 1
                If i = 0 Then
                    pos = pos + Rand.Next(gapSize - 1)
                Else
                    pos = pos + Rand.Next(2, gapSize - 1)
                End If
                Dim r As Integer = Math.Floor(pos / ColCount)
                Dim c = pos Mod ColCount

                grid.cells(r, c) = msg(i)

                lastPos = pos
            Next
            Return msg.Length
        End If

        Return 0
    End Function

    Function TryPlaceWord(grid As Grid, word As String) As Integer
        Dim randDir = Rand.Next(Dirs.GetLength(0))
        Dim randPos = Rand.Next(GridSize)

        For d = 0 To Dirs.GetLength(0) - 1
            Dim dd = (d + randDir) Mod Dirs.GetLength(0)

            For p = 0 To GridSize - 1
                Dim pp = (p + randPos) Mod GridSize

                Dim lettersPLaced = TryLocation(grid, word, dd, pp)
                If lettersPLaced > 0 Then
                    Return lettersPLaced
                End If
            Next
        Next

        Return 0
    End Function

    Function TryLocation(grid As Grid, word As String, dir As Integer, pos As Integer) As Integer
        Dim r As Integer = pos / ColCount
        Dim c = pos Mod ColCount
        Dim len = word.Length

        'check bounds
        If (Dirs(dir, 0) = 1 And len + c >= ColCount) Or (Dirs(dir, 0) = -1 And len - 1 > c) Or (Dirs(dir, 1) = 1 And len + r >= RowCount) Or (Dirs(dir, 1) = -1 And len - 1 > r) Then
            Return 0
        End If
        If r = RowCount OrElse c = ColCount Then
            Return 0
        End If

        Dim rr = r
        Dim cc = c

        'check cells
        For i = 0 To len - 1
            If grid.cells(rr, cc) <> ControlChars.NullChar AndAlso grid.cells(rr, cc) <> word(i) Then
                Return 0
            End If

            cc = cc + Dirs(dir, 0)
            rr = rr + Dirs(dir, 1)
        Next

        'place
        Dim overlaps = 0
        rr = r
        cc = c
        For i = 0 To len - 1
            If grid.cells(rr, cc) = word(i) Then
                overlaps = overlaps + 1
            Else
                grid.cells(rr, cc) = word(i)
            End If

            If i < len - 1 Then
                cc = cc + Dirs(dir, 0)
                rr = rr + Dirs(dir, 1)
            End If
        Next

        Dim lettersPlaced = len - overlaps
        If lettersPlaced > 0 Then
            grid.solutions.Add(String.Format("{0,-10} ({1},{2})({3},{4})", word, c, r, cc, rr))
        End If

        Return lettersPlaced
    End Function

    Sub PrintResult(grid As Grid)
        If IsNothing(grid) OrElse grid.numAttempts = 0 Then
            Console.WriteLine("No grid to display")
            Return
        End If

        Console.WriteLine("Attempts: {0}", grid.numAttempts)
        Console.WriteLine("Number of words: {0}", GridSize)
        Console.WriteLine()

        Console.WriteLine("     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9")
        For r = 0 To RowCount - 1
            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.Write("{0}   ", r)
            For c = 0 To ColCount - 1
                Console.Write(" {0} ", grid.cells(r, c))
            Next
        Next

        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine()

        For i = 0 To grid.solutions.Count - 1
            If i Mod 2 = 0 Then
                Console.Write("{0}", grid.solutions(i))
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("   {0}", grid.solutions(i))
            End If
        Next

        Console.WriteLine()
    End Sub

    'taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/20449161
    Sub Shuffle(Of T)(list As IList(Of T))
        Dim r As Random = New Random()
        For i = 0 To list.Count - 1
            Dim index As Integer = r.Next(i, list.Count)
            If i <> index Then
                ' swap list(i) and list(index)
                Dim temp As T = list(i)
                list(i) = list(index)
                list(index) = temp
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

End Module
Output:
Attempts: 148
Number of words: 100

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    c  d  p  R  e  c  h  a  r  e
1    O  i  u  b  a  k  e  S  l  v
2    k  n  l  E  m  c  a  c  a  i
3    T  e  s  i  T  x  A  s  n  t
4    t  C  e  s  a  l  O  a  g  a
5    a  j  D  l  l  e  E  h  l  g
6    l  u  f  e  m  a  h  s  e  r
7    l  t  c  a  r  f  e  r  y  u
8    f  e  r  r  e  i  r  a  m  p
9    f  a  m  i  l  i  s  m  i  s

refract    (7,7)(1,7)   shameful   (7,6)(0,6)
ferreira   (0,8)(7,8)   familism   (0,9)(7,9)
langley    (8,1)(8,7)   sake       (7,3)(4,0)
pulse      (2,0)(2,4)   purgative  (9,8)(9,0)
cacm       (7,2)(4,2)   enid       (1,3)(1,0)
char       (5,0)(8,0)   flax       (2,6)(5,3)
tall       (0,4)(0,7)   isle       (3,3)(3,6)
jute       (1,5)(1,8)   myel       (8,8)(8,5)
bake       (3,1)(6,1)   cell       (2,7)(5,4)
marsh      (7,9)(7,5)   keel       (0,2)(3,5)
spur       (9,9)(9,6)   leaf       (5,4)(5,7)
cilia      (0,0)(4,4)   sims       (9,9)(6,9)
marsha     (7,9)(7,4)

C#

Translation of: Java
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace Wordseach
{
    static class Program
    {
        readonly static int[,] dirs = {{1, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, -1}, {-1, 0},
            {0, -1}, {-1, -1}, {-1, 1}};

        class Grid
        {
            public char[,] Cells = new char[nRows, nCols];
            public List<string> Solutions = new List<string>();
            public int NumAttempts;
        }

        readonly static int nRows = 10;
        readonly static int nCols = 10;
        readonly static int gridSize = nRows * nCols;
        readonly static int minWords = 25;

        readonly static Random rand = new Random();

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PrintResult(CreateWordSearch(ReadWords("unixdict.txt")));
        }

        private static List<string> ReadWords(string filename)
        {
            int maxLen = Math.Max(nRows, nCols);

            return System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(filename)
                .Select(s => s.Trim().ToLower())
                .Where(s => Regex.IsMatch(s, "^[a-z]{3," + maxLen + "}$"))
                .ToList();
        }

        private static Grid CreateWordSearch(List<string> words)
        {
            int numAttempts = 0;

            while (++numAttempts < 100)
            {
                words.Shuffle();

                var grid = new Grid();
                int messageLen = PlaceMessage(grid, "Rosetta Code");
                int target = gridSize - messageLen;

                int cellsFilled = 0;
                foreach (var word in words)
                {
                    cellsFilled += TryPlaceWord(grid, word);
                    if (cellsFilled == target)
                    {
                        if (grid.Solutions.Count >= minWords)
                        {
                            grid.NumAttempts = numAttempts;
                            return grid;
                        }
                        else break; // grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
                    }
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

        private static int TryPlaceWord(Grid grid, string word)
        {
            int randDir = rand.Next(dirs.GetLength(0));
            int randPos = rand.Next(gridSize);

            for (int dir = 0; dir < dirs.GetLength(0); dir++)
            {
                dir = (dir + randDir) % dirs.GetLength(0);

                for (int pos = 0; pos < gridSize; pos++)
                {
                    pos = (pos + randPos) % gridSize;

                    int lettersPlaced = TryLocation(grid, word, dir, pos);
                    if (lettersPlaced > 0)
                        return lettersPlaced;
                }
            }
            return 0;
        }

        private static int TryLocation(Grid grid, string word, int dir, int pos)
        {
            int r = pos / nCols;
            int c = pos % nCols;
            int len = word.Length;

            //  check bounds
            if ((dirs[dir, 0] == 1 && (len + c) > nCols)
                    || (dirs[dir, 0] == -1 && (len - 1) > c)
                    || (dirs[dir, 1] == 1 && (len + r) > nRows)
                    || (dirs[dir, 1] == -1 && (len - 1) > r))
                return 0;

            int rr, cc, i, overlaps = 0;

            // check cells
            for (i = 0, rr = r, cc = c; i < len; i++)
            {
                if (grid.Cells[rr, cc] != 0 && grid.Cells[rr, cc] != word[i])
                {
                    return 0;
                }

                cc += dirs[dir, 0];
                rr += dirs[dir, 1];
            }

            // place
            for (i = 0, rr = r, cc = c; i < len; i++)
            {
                if (grid.Cells[rr, cc] == word[i])
                    overlaps++;
                else
                    grid.Cells[rr, cc] = word[i];

                if (i < len - 1)
                {
                    cc += dirs[dir, 0];
                    rr += dirs[dir, 1];
                }
            }

            int lettersPlaced = len - overlaps;
            if (lettersPlaced > 0)
            {
                grid.Solutions.Add($"{word,-10} ({c},{r})({cc},{rr})");
            }

            return lettersPlaced;
        }

        private static int PlaceMessage(Grid grid, string msg)
        {
            msg = Regex.Replace(msg.ToUpper(), "[^A-Z]", "");

            int messageLen = msg.Length;
            if (messageLen > 0 && messageLen < gridSize)
            {
                int gapSize = gridSize / messageLen;

                for (int i = 0; i < messageLen; i++)
                {
                    int pos = i * gapSize + rand.Next(gapSize);
                    grid.Cells[pos / nCols, pos % nCols] = msg[i];
                }
                return messageLen;
            }
            return 0;
        }

        public static void Shuffle<T>(this IList<T> list)
        {
            int n = list.Count;
            while (n > 1)
            {
                n--;
                int k = rand.Next(n + 1);
                T value = list[k];
                list[k] = list[n];
                list[n] = value;
            }
        }

        private static void PrintResult(Grid grid)
        {
            if (grid == null || grid.NumAttempts == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No grid to display");
                return;
            }
            int size = grid.Solutions.Count;

            Console.WriteLine("Attempts: " + grid.NumAttempts);
            Console.WriteLine("Number of words: " + size);

            Console.WriteLine("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9");
            for (int r = 0; r < nRows; r++)
            {
                Console.Write("\n{0}   ", r);
                for (int c = 0; c < nCols; c++)
                    Console.Write(" {0} ", grid.Cells[r, c]);
            }

            Console.WriteLine("\n");

            for (int i = 0; i < size - 1; i += 2)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}   {1}", grid.Solutions[i],
                        grid.Solutions[i + 1]);
            }
            if (size % 2 == 1)
                Console.WriteLine(grid.Solutions[size - 1]);

            Console.ReadLine();
        }        
    }
}
Attempts: 1
Number of words: 28

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    i  m  n  e  p  o  R  p  i  d
1    s  u  r  O  e  l  d  n  i  b
2    n  e  S  b  a  n  d  y  a  E
3    a  s  d  i  t  h  y  t  T  b
4    m  u  a  r  n  s  a  u  d  r
5    s  m  h  T  o  s  o  i  h  o
6    d  A  c  r  t  C  p  c  r  t
7    a  y  p  e  p  a  n  O  c  h
8    e  o  D  o  r  u  x  g  s  a
9    l  b  E  w  l  a  k  n  o  h

rapid      (4,8)(8,4)   bindle     (9,1)(4,1)
bandy      (3,2)(7,2)   leadsman   (0,9)(0,2)
accost     (9,8)(4,3)   museum     (1,5)(1,0)
taste      (7,3)(3,7)   broth      (9,3)(9,7)
rosy       (3,6)(6,3)   honk       (9,9)(6,9)
chad       (2,6)(2,3)   lunch      (4,9)(8,5)
open       (5,0)(2,0)   gsa        (7,8)(9,8)
dip        (9,0)(7,0)   ansi       (0,3)(0,0)
pol        (2,7)(0,9)   boy        (1,9)(1,7)
woe        (3,9)(3,7)   tax        (4,6)(6,8)
rib        (3,4)(3,2)   not        (4,4)(4,6)
hair       (5,3)(8,6)   bat        (9,1)(7,3)
nyu        (5,2)(7,4)   ape        (5,7)(3,7)
era        (3,7)(5,9)   ere        (1,2)(3,0)

C++

#include <iomanip>
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>

const int WID = 10, HEI = 10, MIN_WORD_LEN = 3, MIN_WORD_CNT = 25;

class Cell {
public:
    Cell() : val( 0 ), cntOverlap( 0 ) {}
    char val; int cntOverlap;
};
class Word {
public:
    Word( std::string s, int cs, int rs, int ce, int re, int dc, int dr ) : 
      word( s ), cols( cs ), rows( rs ), cole( ce ), rowe( re ), dx( dc ), dy( dr ) {}
    bool operator ==( const std::string& s ) { return 0 == word.compare( s ); }
    std::string word;
    int cols, rows, cole, rowe, dx, dy;
};
class words {
public:
    void create( std::string& file ) {
        std::ifstream f( file.c_str(), std::ios_base::in );
        std::string word;
        while( f >> word ) {
            if( word.length() < MIN_WORD_LEN || word.length() > WID || word.length() > HEI ) continue;
            if( word.find_first_not_of( "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" ) != word.npos ) continue;
            dictionary.push_back( word );
        }
        f.close();
        std::random_shuffle( dictionary.begin(), dictionary.end() );
        buildPuzzle();
    }

    void printOut() {
        std::cout << "\t";
        for( int x = 0; x < WID; x++ ) std::cout << x << "  ";
        std::cout << "\n\n";
        for( int y = 0; y < HEI; y++ ) {
            std::cout << y << "\t";
            for( int x = 0; x < WID; x++ )
                std::cout << puzzle[x][y].val << "  ";
            std::cout << "\n";
        }
        size_t wid1 = 0, wid2 = 0;
        for( size_t x = 0; x < used.size(); x++ ) {
            if( x & 1 ) {
                if( used[x].word.length() > wid1 ) wid1 = used[x].word.length();
            } else {
                if( used[x].word.length() > wid2 ) wid2 = used[x].word.length();
            }
        }
        std::cout << "\n";
        std::vector<Word>::iterator w = used.begin();
        while( w != used.end() ) {
            std::cout << std::right << std::setw( wid1 ) << ( *w ).word << " (" << ( *w ).cols << ", " << ( *w ).rows << ") (" 
                      << ( *w ).cole << ", " << ( *w ).rowe << ")\t";
            w++;
            if( w == used.end() ) break;
            std::cout << std::setw( wid2 ) << ( *w ).word << " (" << ( *w ).cols << ", " << ( *w ).rows << ") (" 
                      << ( *w ).cole << ", " << ( *w ).rowe << ")\n";
            w++;
        }
        std::cout << "\n\n";
    }
private:
    void addMsg() {
        std::string msg = "ROSETTACODE";
        int stp = 9, p = rand() % stp;
        for( size_t x = 0; x < msg.length(); x++ ) {
            puzzle[p % WID][p / HEI].val = msg.at( x );
            p += rand() % stp + 4;
        }
    }
    int getEmptySpaces() {
        int es = 0;
        for( int y = 0; y < HEI; y++ ) {
            for( int x = 0; x < WID; x++ ) {
                if( !puzzle[x][y].val ) es++;
            }
        }
        return es;
    }
    bool check( std::string word, int c, int r, int dc, int dr ) {
        for( size_t a = 0; a < word.length(); a++ ) {
            if( c < 0 || r < 0 || c >= WID || r >= HEI ) return false;
            if( puzzle[c][r].val && puzzle[c][r].val != word.at( a ) ) return false;
            c += dc; r += dr;
        }
        return true;
    }
    bool setWord( std::string word, int c, int r, int dc, int dr ) {
        if( !check( word, c, r, dc, dr ) ) return false;
        int sx = c, sy = r;
        for( size_t a = 0; a < word.length(); a++ ) {
            if( !puzzle[c][r].val ) puzzle[c][r].val = word.at( a );
            else puzzle[c][r].cntOverlap++;
            c += dc; r += dr;
        }
        used.push_back( Word( word, sx, sy, c - dc, r - dr, dc, dr ) );
        return true;
    }
    bool add2Puzzle( std::string word ) {
        int x = rand() % WID, y = rand() % HEI,
            z = rand() % 8;
        for( int d = z; d < z + 8; d++ ) {
            switch( d % 8 ) {
                case 0: if( setWord( word, x, y,  1,  0 ) ) return true; break;
                case 1: if( setWord( word, x, y, -1, -1 ) ) return true; break;
                case 2: if( setWord( word, x, y,  0,  1 ) ) return true; break;
                case 3: if( setWord( word, x, y,  1, -1 ) ) return true; break;
                case 4: if( setWord( word, x, y, -1,  0 ) ) return true; break;
                case 5: if( setWord( word, x, y, -1,  1 ) ) return true; break;
                case 6: if( setWord( word, x, y,  0, -1 ) ) return true; break;
                case 7: if( setWord( word, x, y,  1,  1 ) ) return true; break;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
    void clearWord() {
        if( used.size() ) {
            Word lastW = used.back();
            used.pop_back();

            for( size_t a = 0; a < lastW.word.length(); a++ ) {
                if( puzzle[lastW.cols][lastW.rows].cntOverlap == 0 ) {
                    puzzle[lastW.cols][lastW.rows].val = 0;
                }
                if( puzzle[lastW.cols][lastW.rows].cntOverlap > 0 ) {
                    puzzle[lastW.cols][lastW.rows].cntOverlap--;
                }
                lastW.cols += lastW.dx; lastW.rows += lastW.dy;
            }
        }
    }
    void buildPuzzle() {
        addMsg();
        int es = 0, cnt = 0;
        size_t idx = 0;
        do {
            for( std::vector<std::string>::iterator w = dictionary.begin(); w != dictionary.end(); w++ ) {
                if( std::find( used.begin(), used.end(), *w ) != used.end() ) continue;
            
                if( add2Puzzle( *w ) ) {
                    es = getEmptySpaces();
                    if( !es && used.size() >= MIN_WORD_CNT ) 
                        return;
                }
            }
            clearWord();
            std::random_shuffle( dictionary.begin(), dictionary.end() );

        } while( ++cnt < 100 );
    }
    std::vector<Word> used;
    std::vector<std::string> dictionary;
    Cell puzzle[WID][HEI];
};
int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
    unsigned s = unsigned( time( 0 ) );
    srand( s );
    words w; w.create( std::string( "unixdict.txt" ) );
    w.printOut();
    return 0;
}
Output:

        0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0       d  b  R  f  t  a  u  n  p  w
1       O  i  l  o  b  h  a  m  a  o
2       S  r  e  e  r  p  E  t  r  h
3       e  c  o  r  a  T  l  i  e  T
4       f  a  m  e  w  A  e  n  t  s
5       l  n  C  h  u  y  p  g  o  l
6       o  n  p  t  O  n  s  e  o  D
7       w  e  u  b  e  f  i  a  c  b
8       E  i  n  e  m  a  d  a  m  e
9       e  s  s  k  a  p  l  a  n  e

thereof (3, 6) (3, 0)      seen (2, 9) (5, 6)
pareto (8, 0) (8, 5)       wolf (0, 7) (0, 4)
  crib (1, 3) (1, 0)      tinge (7, 2) (7, 6)
sienna (1, 9) (1, 4)        war (4, 4) (4, 2)
dispel (6, 8) (6, 3)     kaplan (3, 9) (8, 9)
   tau (4, 0) (6, 0)        lob (2, 1) (4, 1)
   how (9, 2) (9, 0)       same (6, 6) (9, 9)
   men (4, 8) (2, 8)        feb (5, 7) (3, 7)
   ham (5, 1) (7, 1)        moe (2, 4) (2, 2)
   pan (5, 2) (7, 0)        yuh (5, 5) (3, 5)
   pun (2, 6) (2, 8)       load (9, 5) (6, 8)
   can (1, 3) (1, 5)     madame (4, 8) (9, 8)
   gob (7, 5) (9, 7)        rib (1, 2) (1, 0)
   nee (5, 6) (3, 8)        set (9, 4) (7, 2)
   alp (7, 9) (5, 9)      wolfe (0, 7) (0, 3)
   the (3, 6) (3, 4)        low (0, 5) (0, 7)
   tea (3, 6) (5, 8)        era (8, 3) (8, 1)
   nne (1, 5) (1, 7)       amen (5, 8) (2, 8)
  coot (8, 7) (8, 4)       anne (1, 4) (1, 7)
  reid (3, 3) (0, 0)        sse (2, 9) (0, 9)

D

Translation of: Java
import std.random : Random, uniform, randomShuffle;
import std.stdio;

immutable int[][] dirs = [
    [1,  0], [ 0,  1], [ 1, 1],
    [1, -1],           [-1, 0],
    [0, -1], [-1, -1], [-1, 1]
];

enum nRows = 10;
enum nCols = 10;
enum gridSize = nRows * nCols;
enum minWords = 25;

auto rnd = Random();

class Grid {
    int numAttempts;
    char[nRows][nCols] cells;
    string[] solutions;

    this() {
        for(int row=0; row<nRows; ++row) {
            cells[row] = 0;
        }
    }
}

void main() {
    printResult(createWordSearch(readWords("unixdict.txt")));
}

string[] readWords(string filename) {
    import std.algorithm : all, max;
    import std.ascii : isAlpha;
    import std.string : chomp, toLower;

    auto maxlen = max(nRows, nCols);

    string[] words;
    auto source = File(filename);
    foreach(line; source.byLine) {
        chomp(line);
        if (line.length >= 3 && line.length <= maxlen) {
            if (all!isAlpha(line)) {
                words ~= line.toLower.idup;
            }
        }
    }

    return words;
}

Grid createWordSearch(string[] words) {
    Grid grid;
    int numAttempts;

    outer:
    while(++numAttempts < 100) {
        randomShuffle(words);

        grid = new Grid();
        int messageLen = placeMessage(grid, "Rosetta Code");
        int target = gridSize - messageLen;

        int cellsFilled;
        foreach (string word; words) {
            cellsFilled += tryPlaceWord(grid, word);
            if (cellsFilled == target) {
                if (grid.solutions.length >= minWords) {
                    grid.numAttempts = numAttempts;
                    break outer;
                } else break; // grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
            }
        }
    }
    return grid;
}

int placeMessage(Grid grid, string msg) {
    import std.algorithm : filter;
    import std.ascii : isUpper;
    import std.conv : to;
    import std.string : toUpper;

    msg = to!string(msg.toUpper.filter!isUpper);

    if (msg.length > 0 && msg.length < gridSize) {
        int gapSize = gridSize / msg.length;

        for (int i=0; i<msg.length; i++) {
            int pos = i * gapSize + uniform(0, gapSize, rnd);
            grid.cells[pos / nCols][pos % nCols] = msg[i];
        }
        return msg.length;
    }
    return 0;
}

int tryPlaceWord(Grid grid, string word) {
    int randDir = uniform(0, dirs.length, rnd);
    int randPos = uniform(0, gridSize, rnd);

    for (int dir=0; dir<dirs.length; dir++) {
        dir = (dir + randDir) % dirs.length;

        for (int pos=0; pos<gridSize; pos++) {
            pos = (pos + randPos) % gridSize;

            int lettersPlaced = tryLocation(grid, word, dir, pos);
            if (lettersPlaced > 0) {
                return lettersPlaced;
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

int tryLocation(Grid grid, string word, int dir, int pos) {
    import std.format;

    int r = pos / nCols;
    int c = pos % nCols;
    int len = word.length;

    //  check bounds
    if ((dirs[dir][0] == 1 && (len + c) > nCols)
            || (dirs[dir][0] == -1 && (len - 1) > c)
            || (dirs[dir][1] == 1 && (len + r) > nRows)
            || (dirs[dir][1] == -1 && (len - 1) > r)) {
        return 0;
    }

    int i, rr, cc, overlaps = 0;

    // check cells
    for (i=0, rr=r, cc=c; i<len; i++) {
        if (grid.cells[rr][cc] != 0 && grid.cells[rr][cc] != word[i]) {
            return 0;
        }
        cc += dirs[dir][0];
        rr += dirs[dir][1];
    }

    // place
    for (i=0, rr=r, cc=c; i<len; i++) {
        if (grid.cells[rr][cc] == word[i]) {
            overlaps++;
        } else {
            grid.cells[rr][cc] = word[i];
        }

        if (i < len - 1) {
            cc += dirs[dir][0];
            rr += dirs[dir][1];
        }
    }

    int lettersPlaced = len - overlaps;
    if (lettersPlaced > 0) {
        grid.solutions ~= format("%-10s (%d,%d)(%d,%d)", word, c, r, cc, rr);
    }

    return lettersPlaced;
}

void printResult(Grid grid) {
    if (grid is null || grid.numAttempts == 0) {
        writeln("No grid to display");
        return;
    }
    int size = grid.solutions.length;

    writeln("Attempts: ", grid.numAttempts);
    writeln("Number of words: ", size);

    writeln("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9");
    for (int r=0; r<nRows; r++) {
        writef("\n%d   ", r);
        for (int c=0; c<nCols; c++) {
            writef(" %c ", grid.cells[r][c]);
        }
    }

    writeln;
    writeln;

    for (int i=0; i<size-1; i+=2) {
        writef("%s   %s\n", grid.solutions[i], grid.solutions[i + 1]);
    }
    if (size % 2 == 1) {
        writeln(grid.solutions[size - 1]);
    }
}
Output:
Attempts: 1
Number of words: 30

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    e  w  R  m  p  u  n  i  s  h
1    y  e  a  g  h  O  a  s  r  r
2    S  c  g  y  i  p  r  p  i  a
3    h  v  E  c  s  g  e  T  c  b
4    t  o  f  c  m  w  T  s  o  n
5    o  n  o  t  e  h  a  i  o  A
6    t  n  g  e  u  l  s  g  n  j
7    o  C  y  l  l  e  u  i  O  w
8    e  o  k  f  a  l  l  d  D  o
9    n  m  i  l  l  i  e  E  e  o

etc        (3,6)(3,4)   boise      (9,3)(5,7)
joseph     (9,6)(4,1)   von        (1,3)(1,5)
elude      (4,5)(8,9)   toe        (0,6)(0,8)
swag       (4,3)(7,6)   hulk       (5,5)(2,8)
psi        (7,2)(7,0)   millie     (1,9)(6,9)
mcgee      (4,4)(0,0)   mach       (3,0)(0,3)
yip        (3,2)(5,2)   fall       (3,8)(6,8)
punish     (4,0)(9,0)   fogy       (2,4)(2,7)
rico       (8,1)(8,4)   woo        (9,7)(9,9)
gmt        (5,3)(3,5)   tot        (0,6)(0,4)
lin        (6,8)(8,6)   bar        (9,3)(9,1)
era        (6,3)(6,1)   son        (7,4)(9,4)
way        (1,0)(3,2)   con        (3,4)(1,6)
yon        (2,7)(0,9)   ell        (6,9)(4,7)
gig        (5,3)(3,1)   yea        (0,1)(2,1)

Go

Translation of: Java


The link to "unixdict" appears to be broken so I've used instead the dictionary at "/usr/share/dict/words" which came pre-installed with my Ubuntu 16.04 distribution. I've no idea whether these dictionaries are the same or not.

package main

import (
    "bufio"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "math/rand"
    "os"
    "regexp"
    "strings"
    "time"
)

var dirs = [][]int{{1, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, -1}, {-1, 0}, {0, -1}, {-1, -1}, {-1, 1}}

const (
    nRows    = 10
    nCols    = nRows
    gridSize = nRows * nCols
    minWords = 25
)

var (
    re1 = regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("^[a-z]{3,%d}$", nRows))
    re2 = regexp.MustCompile("[^A-Z]")
)

type grid struct {
    numAttempts int
    cells       [nRows][nCols]byte
    solutions   []string
}

func check(err error) {
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
}

func readWords(fileName string) []string {
    file, err := os.Open(fileName)
    check(err)
    defer file.Close()
    var words []string
    scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
    for scanner.Scan() {
        word := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text()))
        if re1.MatchString(word) {
            words = append(words, word)
        }
    }
    check(scanner.Err())
    return words
}

func createWordSearch(words []string) *grid {
    var gr *grid
outer:
    for i := 1; i < 100; i++ {
        gr = new(grid)
        messageLen := gr.placeMessage("Rosetta Code")
        target := gridSize - messageLen
        cellsFilled := 0
        rand.Shuffle(len(words), func(i, j int) {
            words[i], words[j] = words[j], words[i]
        })
        for _, word := range words {
            cellsFilled += gr.tryPlaceWord(word)
            if cellsFilled == target {
                if len(gr.solutions) >= minWords {
                    gr.numAttempts = i
                    break outer
                } else { // grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
                    break
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return gr
}

func (gr *grid) placeMessage(msg string) int {
    msg = strings.ToUpper(msg)
    msg = re2.ReplaceAllLiteralString(msg, "")
    messageLen := len(msg)
    if messageLen > 0 && messageLen < gridSize {
        gapSize := gridSize / messageLen
        for i := 0; i < messageLen; i++ {
            pos := i*gapSize + rand.Intn(gapSize)
            gr.cells[pos/nCols][pos%nCols] = msg[i]
        }
        return messageLen
    }
    return 0
}

func (gr *grid) tryPlaceWord(word string) int {
    randDir := rand.Intn(len(dirs))
    randPos := rand.Intn(gridSize)
    for dir := 0; dir < len(dirs); dir++ {
        dir = (dir + randDir) % len(dirs)
        for pos := 0; pos < gridSize; pos++ {
            pos = (pos + randPos) % gridSize
            lettersPlaced := gr.tryLocation(word, dir, pos)
            if lettersPlaced > 0 {
                return lettersPlaced
            }
        }
    }
    return 0
}

func (gr *grid) tryLocation(word string, dir, pos int) int {
    r := pos / nCols
    c := pos % nCols
    le := len(word)

    // check bounds
    if (dirs[dir][0] == 1 && (le+c) > nCols) ||
        (dirs[dir][0] == -1 && (le-1) > c) ||
        (dirs[dir][1] == 1 && (le+r) > nRows) ||
        (dirs[dir][1] == -1 && (le-1) > r) {
        return 0
    }
    overlaps := 0

    // check cells
    rr := r
    cc := c
    for i := 0; i < le; i++ {
        if gr.cells[rr][cc] != 0 && gr.cells[rr][cc] != word[i] {
            return 0
        }
        cc += dirs[dir][0]
        rr += dirs[dir][1]
    }

    // place
    rr = r
    cc = c
    for i := 0; i < le; i++ {
        if gr.cells[rr][cc] == word[i] {
            overlaps++
        } else {
            gr.cells[rr][cc] = word[i]
        }
        if i < le-1 {
            cc += dirs[dir][0]
            rr += dirs[dir][1]
        }
    }

    lettersPlaced := le - overlaps
    if lettersPlaced > 0 {
        sol := fmt.Sprintf("%-10s (%d,%d)(%d,%d)", word, c, r, cc, rr)
        gr.solutions = append(gr.solutions, sol)
    }
    return lettersPlaced
}

func printResult(gr *grid) {
    if gr.numAttempts == 0 {
        fmt.Println("No grid to display")
        return
    }
    size := len(gr.solutions)
    fmt.Println("Attempts:", gr.numAttempts)
    fmt.Println("Number of words:", size)
    fmt.Println("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9")
    for r := 0; r < nRows; r++ {
        fmt.Printf("\n%d   ", r)
        for c := 0; c < nCols; c++ {
            fmt.Printf(" %c ", gr.cells[r][c])
        }
    }
    fmt.Println("\n")
    for i := 0; i < size-1; i += 2 {
        fmt.Printf("%s   %s\n", gr.solutions[i], gr.solutions[i+1])
    }
    if size%2 == 1 {
        fmt.Println(gr.solutions[size-1])
    }
}

func main() {
    rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
    unixDictPath := "/usr/share/dict/words"
    printResult(createWordSearch(readWords(unixDictPath)))
}
Output:

Sample run:

Attempts: 2
Number of words: 28

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    d  R  g  n  i  p  l  e  h  w 
1    o  O  o  e  g  n  i  h  n  u 
2    r  e  b  c  p  S  o  e  r  c 
3    s  l  E  g  o  j  l  e  h  s 
4    T  z  e  n  i  g  m  a  h  T 
5    s  z  e  i  o  a  n  o  o  p 
6    n  u  A  d  e  c  C  a  e  u 
7    a  p  a  r  e  l  O  n  c  t 
8    o  D  c  i  m  a  t  h  e  s 
9    r  a  E  b  e  r  e  s  i  r 

cognacs    (3,2)(9,8)   unhinge    (9,1)(3,1)
creamer    (2,8)(8,2)   whelping   (9,0)(2,0)
puzzle     (1,7)(1,2)   math       (4,8)(7,8)
birding    (3,9)(3,3)   roans      (0,9)(0,5)
riser      (9,9)(5,9)   pent       (9,5)(6,8)
chance     (9,2)(4,7)   poona      (9,5)(5,5)
enigma     (2,4)(7,4)   noes       (3,0)(0,3)
ogle       (4,5)(7,2)   puts       (9,5)(9,8)
rod        (0,2)(0,0)   sere       (7,9)(4,9)
ohs        (7,5)(9,3)   jog        (5,3)(3,3)
lei        (5,7)(3,5)   bog        (2,2)(2,0)
hes        (7,8)(9,8)   noe        (5,1)(7,3)
peg        (4,2)(2,0)   ado        (2,7)(4,5)
one        (4,3)(2,5)   acre       (1,9)(4,6)

J

Implementation:

require'web/gethttp'

unixdict=:verb define
  if. _1 -: fread 'unixdict.txt' do.
    (gethttp 'http://www.puzzlers.org/pub/wordlists/unixdict.txt') fwrite 'unixdict.txt'
  end.
  fread 'unixdict.txt'
)

words=:verb define
  (#~ 1 - 0&e.@e.&'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'@>) (#~ [: (2&< * 10&>:) #@>) <;._2 unixdict''
)

dirs=: 10#.0 0-.~>,{,~<i:1
lims=: _10+,"2 +/&>/"1 (0~:i:4)#>,{,~<<"1]1 10 1 +i."0]10*i:_1
dnms=: ;:'nw north ne west east sw south se'

genpuz=:verb define
  words=. words''
  fill=. 'ROSETTACODE'
  grid=. ,10 10$' '
  inds=. ,i.10 10
  patience=. -:#words
  key=. i.0 0
  inuse=. i.0 2
  while. (26>#key)+.0<cap=. (+/' '=grid)-#fill do.
    word=. >({~ ?@#) words
    dir=. ?@#dirs
    offs=. (inds#~(#word)<:inds{dir{lims)+/(i.#word)*/dir{dirs
    cool=. ' '=offs{grid
    sel=. */"1 cool+.(offs{grid)="1 word
    offs=. (sel*cap>:+/"1 cool)#offs
    if. (#offs) do.
      off=. ({~ ?@#) offs
      loc=. ({.off),dir
      if. -. loc e. inuse do.
        inuse=. inuse,loc
        grid=. word off} grid
        patience=. patience+1
        key=. /:~ key,' ',(10{.word),(3":1+10 10#:{.off),' ',dir{::dnms
      end.
    else. NB. grr...
      if. 0 > patience=. patience-1 do.
        inuse=.i.0 2
        key=.i.0 0
        grid=. ,10 10$' '
        patience=. -:#words
      end.
    end.
  end.
  puz=. (_23{.":i.10),' ',1j1#"1(":i.10 1),.' ',.10 10$fill (I.grid=' ')} grid
  puz,' ',1 1}._1 _1}.":((</.~ <.) i.@# * 3%#)key
)

Notes:

While the result is square, we flatten our intermediate results to simplify the code.

dirs are index offsets within the flattened grid for each of the eight cardinal directions.

lims is, for each cardinal direction, and for each grid position, how long of a word can fit.

dnms are names for each of the cardinal directions.

words are the viable words from unixdict, and fill is what we're going to leave in the puzzle for spaces not occupied by any of those words (and this could be made into a parameter).

grid is our working copy of the text of the word search puzzle.

inds are the indices into grid - we will use these as the starting positions when we place the words.

patience is a guard variable, to avoid problems with infinite loops if we arbitrarily place words in a non-viable fashion.

key lists the words we are placing, and where we placed them.

inuse marks location+directions which already have a word (to prevent short words such as sal from being placed as prefixes of longer words such as sale).

Once we have these, we go into a loop where:

word is picked arbitrarily from the viable words from unixdict.

dir is picked arbitrarily from one of our eight cardinal directions.

offs are places where we might place the word (initially limited only by geometry, but we then constrain this based on what's already been placed).

cool marks where our word can be placed in unoccupied spaces (and also will be used later to count how many new spaces will be occupied by the word we pick.

sel marks where our word can be placed such that it does not conflict with existing words.

If this leaves us with any way to place the word, we pick one of them as off and combine the starting location with dir in loc to see if a word has already been placed there and if we're good, we place the word and update our key. (It's extremely rare that loc matches an inuse location, so just ignoring that word works just fine).

Otherwise, we check if we're getting impatient (in which case we scrap the entire thing and start over).

Once we're done, we reshape our grid so it's square and attach the key. Here, puz is the grid formatted for display (with a space between each column, and a numeric key for each row and column).

Example run:

   genpuz''
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9                                                
                                                                       
0   y R p y r f O a p S                                                
1   l o l s i f c c e a                                                
2   l n v z i e n r n l                                                
3   o p z s t e E i n l                                                
4   h l s a v e r d a o                                                
5   e a t a g r e e d y                                                
6   m e m a g T f T A C                                                
7   a y e r s p f z a p                                                
8   O e c n a w o l l a                                                
9   e s o p o r p c D E                                                
                                                                       
 acetate     1  8 sw    gam         7  5 west  pol         1  3 sw   
 acrid       1  8 south holly       5  1 north propose    10  7 west 
 agreed      6  4 east  massif      7  1 ne    rsvp        1  5 sw   
 allowance   9 10 west  neva        3  7 sw    sao         8  5 south
 alloy       2 10 south offer       9  7 north save        5  3 east 
 arm         9  5 nw    only        4  1 ne    sop        10  2 east 
 ayers       8  1 east  pap        10  4 ne    tee         4  5 se   
 cop        10  8 nw    paz         8 10 west  wan         9  6 west 
 fizzle      1  6 sw    penna       1  9 south

Java

Works with: Java version 7
import java.io.*;
import static java.lang.String.format;
import java.util.*;

public class WordSearch {
    static class Grid {
        int numAttempts;
        char[][] cells = new char[nRows][nCols];
        List<String> solutions = new ArrayList<>();
    }

    final static int[][] dirs = {{1, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, -1}, {-1, 0},
    {0, -1}, {-1, -1}, {-1, 1}};

    final static int nRows = 10;
    final static int nCols = 10;
    final static int gridSize = nRows * nCols;
    final static int minWords = 25;

    final static Random rand = new Random();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        printResult(createWordSearch(readWords("unixdict.txt")));
    }

    static List<String> readWords(String filename) {
        int maxLen = Math.max(nRows, nCols);

        List<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
        try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(new FileReader(filename))) {
            while (sc.hasNext()) {
                String s = sc.next().trim().toLowerCase();
                if (s.matches("^[a-z]{3," + maxLen + "}$"))
                    words.add(s);
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
        return words;
    }

    static Grid createWordSearch(List<String> words) {
        Grid grid = null;
        int numAttempts = 0;

        outer:
        while (++numAttempts < 100) {
            Collections.shuffle(words);

            grid = new Grid();
            int messageLen = placeMessage(grid, "Rosetta Code");
            int target = gridSize - messageLen;

            int cellsFilled = 0;
            for (String word : words) {
                cellsFilled += tryPlaceWord(grid, word);
                if (cellsFilled == target) {
                    if (grid.solutions.size() >= minWords) {
                        grid.numAttempts = numAttempts;
                        break outer;
                    } else break; // grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
                }
            }
        }

        return grid;
    }

    static int placeMessage(Grid grid, String msg) {
        msg = msg.toUpperCase().replaceAll("[^A-Z]", "");

        int messageLen = msg.length();
        if (messageLen > 0 && messageLen < gridSize) {
            int gapSize = gridSize / messageLen;

            for (int i = 0; i < messageLen; i++) {
                int pos = i * gapSize + rand.nextInt(gapSize);
                grid.cells[pos / nCols][pos % nCols] = msg.charAt(i);
            }
            return messageLen;
        }
        return 0;
    }

    static int tryPlaceWord(Grid grid, String word) {
        int randDir = rand.nextInt(dirs.length);
        int randPos = rand.nextInt(gridSize);

        for (int dir = 0; dir < dirs.length; dir++) {
            dir = (dir + randDir) % dirs.length;

            for (int pos = 0; pos < gridSize; pos++) {
                pos = (pos + randPos) % gridSize;

                int lettersPlaced = tryLocation(grid, word, dir, pos);
                if (lettersPlaced > 0)
                    return lettersPlaced;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }

    static int tryLocation(Grid grid, String word, int dir, int pos) {

        int r = pos / nCols;
        int c = pos % nCols;
        int len = word.length();

        //  check bounds
        if ((dirs[dir][0] == 1 && (len + c) > nCols)
                || (dirs[dir][0] == -1 && (len - 1) > c)
                || (dirs[dir][1] == 1 && (len + r) > nRows)
                || (dirs[dir][1] == -1 && (len - 1) > r))
            return 0;

        int rr, cc, i, overlaps = 0;

        // check cells
        for (i = 0, rr = r, cc = c; i < len; i++) {
            if (grid.cells[rr][cc] != 0 && grid.cells[rr][cc] != word.charAt(i))
                return 0;
            cc += dirs[dir][0];
            rr += dirs[dir][1];
        }

        // place
        for (i = 0, rr = r, cc = c; i < len; i++) {
            if (grid.cells[rr][cc] == word.charAt(i))
                overlaps++;
            else
                grid.cells[rr][cc] = word.charAt(i);

            if (i < len - 1) {
                cc += dirs[dir][0];
                rr += dirs[dir][1];
            }
        }

        int lettersPlaced = len - overlaps;
        if (lettersPlaced > 0) {
            grid.solutions.add(format("%-10s (%d,%d)(%d,%d)", word, c, r, cc, rr));
        }

        return lettersPlaced;
    }

    static void printResult(Grid grid) {
        if (grid == null || grid.numAttempts == 0) {
            System.out.println("No grid to display");
            return;
        }
        int size = grid.solutions.size();

        System.out.println("Attempts: " + grid.numAttempts);
        System.out.println("Number of words: " + size);

        System.out.println("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9");
        for (int r = 0; r < nRows; r++) {
            System.out.printf("%n%d   ", r);
            for (int c = 0; c < nCols; c++)
                System.out.printf(" %c ", grid.cells[r][c]);
        }

        System.out.println("\n");

        for (int i = 0; i < size - 1; i += 2) {
            System.out.printf("%s   %s%n", grid.solutions.get(i),
                    grid.solutions.get(i + 1));
        }
        if (size % 2 == 1)
            System.out.println(grid.solutions.get(size - 1));
    }
}
Attempts: 2
Number of words: 27

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    R  p  d  i  o  r  o  t  r  a 
1    O  a  o  e  s  b  l  o  c  S 
2    m  s  t  l  f  e  t  l  a  y 
3    E  t  e  i  y  o  t  s  T  i 
4    e  y  l  b  t  g  r  s  p  l 
5    r  l  T  i  A  h  o  e  e  l 
6    o  e  l  h  t  j  c  n  s  C 
7    z  l  o  u  a  a  O  t  a  t 
8    u  k  r  g  c  n  D  z  i  l 
9    o  t  r  a  v  e  l  E  v  w 

rototill   (8,0)(1,7)   polygonal  (1,0)(9,8)
fill       (4,2)(1,5)   goer       (3,8)(0,5)
travel     (1,9)(6,9)   deforest   (2,0)(9,7)
toroid     (7,0)(2,0)   truth      (1,9)(5,5)
estes      (8,5)(4,1)   ipecac     (9,3)(4,8)
ouzo       (0,9)(0,6)   pasty      (1,0)(1,4)
dote       (2,0)(2,3)   lay        (7,2)(9,2)
witch      (9,9)(5,5)   han        (3,6)(5,8)
bloc       (5,1)(8,1)   ill        (9,3)(9,5)
slot       (7,3)(7,0)   art        (9,0)(7,0)
ore        (0,6)(0,4)   bye        (3,4)(5,2)
elk        (1,6)(1,8)   jan        (5,6)(5,8)
liz        (9,8)(7,8)   dam        (2,0)(0,2)
via        (8,9)(8,7)

Julia

Modified from the Go version. The task listed word list is offline, so the Debian distribution file "words.txt" was used instead.

using Random

const stepdirections = [[1, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, -1], [-1, 0], [0, -1], [-1, -1], [-1, 1]]
const nrows    = 10
const ncols    = nrows
const gridsize = nrows * ncols
const minwords = 25
const minwordsize = 3

mutable struct LetterGrid
    nattempts::Int
    nrows::Int
    ncols::Int
    cells::Matrix{Char}
    solutions::Vector{String}
    LetterGrid() = new(0, nrows, ncols, fill(' ', nrows, ncols), Vector{String}())
end

function wordmatrix(filename, usepropernames = true)
    words = [lowercase(line) for line in readlines(filename)
        if match(r"^[a-zA-Z]+$", line) != nothing && (usepropernames ||
            match(r"^[a-z]", line) != nothing) && length(line) >= minwordsize && length(line) <= ncols]
    n = 1000
    for i in 1:n
        grid = LetterGrid()
        messagelen = placemessage(grid, "Rosetta Code")
        target = grid.nrows * grid.ncols - messagelen
        cellsfilled = 0
        shuffle!(words)
        for word in words
            cellsfilled += tryplaceword(grid, word)
            if cellsfilled == target
                if length(grid.solutions) >= minwords
                    grid.nattempts = i
                    return grid
                else
                    break
                end
            end
        end
    end
    throw("Failed to place words after $n attempts")
end

function placemessage(grid, msg)
    msg = uppercase(msg)
    msg = replace(msg, r"[^A-Z]" => "")
    messagelen = length(msg)
    if messagelen > 0 && messagelen < gridsize
        p = Int.(floor.(LinRange(messagelen, gridsize, messagelen) .+
                     (rand(messagelen) .- 0.5) * messagelen / 3)) .- div(messagelen, 3)
        foreach(i -> grid.cells[div(p[i], nrows) + 1, p[i] % nrows + 1] = msg[i], 1:length(p))
        return messagelen
    end
    return 0
end

function tryplaceword(grid, word)
    for dir in shuffle(stepdirections)
        for pos in shuffle(1:length(grid.cells))
            lettersplaced = trylocation(grid, word, dir, pos)
            if lettersplaced > 0
                return lettersplaced
            end
        end
    end
    return 0
end

function trylocation(grid, word, dir, pos)
    r, c = divrem(pos, nrows) .+ [1, 1]
    positions = [[r, c] .+ (dir .* i) for i in 1:length(word)]
    if !all(x -> 0 < x[1] <= nrows && 0 < x[2] <= ncols, positions)
        return 0
    end
    for (i, p) in enumerate(positions)
        letter = grid.cells[p[1],p[2]]
        if letter != ' ' && letter != word[i]
            return 0
        end
    end
    lettersplaced = 0
    for (i, p) in enumerate(positions)
        if grid.cells[p[1], p[2]] == ' '
            lettersplaced += 1
            grid.cells[p[1],p[2]] = word[i]
        end
    end
    if lettersplaced > 0
        push!(grid.solutions, lpad(word, 10) * " $(positions[1]) to $(positions[end])")
    end
    return lettersplaced
end

function printresult(grid)
    if grid.nattempts == 0
        println("No grid to display: no solution found.")
        return
    end
    size = length(grid.solutions)
    println("Attempts: ", grid.nattempts)
    println("Number of words: ", size)
    println("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9")
    for r in 1:nrows
        print("\n", rpad(r, 4))
        for c in 1:ncols
            print(" $(grid.cells[r, c]) ")
        end
    end
    println()
    for i in 1:2:size
        println("$(grid.solutions[i])   $(i < size ? grid.solutions[i+1] : "")")
    end
end

printresult(wordmatrix("words.txt", false))
Output:

Attempts: 1
Number of words: 25

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

1    s  l  i  a  r  t  R  r  r  r
2    n  o  i  t  c  u  a  O  e  e
3    h  s  u  t  S  f  a  o  l  d
4    e  r  y  u  k  s  E  a  w  n
5    l  d  T  c  w  d  r  y  o  a
6    l  T  i  h  b  g  w  b  h  l
7    A  s  a  d  e  p  o  m  w  i
8    C  t  w  s  r  r  n  o  O  h
9    s  e  s  a  e  l  p  D  t  p
10   t  e  i  d  t  E  b  o  d  e
    moped [7, 8] to [7, 4]    philander [9, 10] to [1, 10]
 largesse [3, 9] to [10, 2]         yuks [4, 3] to [4, 6]
  auction [2, 7] to [2, 1]       howler [6, 9] to [1, 9]
    beret [6, 5] to [10, 5]        whats [5, 5] to [9, 1]
   trails [1, 6] to [1, 1]         bode [10, 7] to [10, 10]
     tush [3, 4] to [3, 1]       please [9, 7] to [9, 2]
     loaf [3, 9] to [3, 6]        bored [6, 8] to [10, 4]
     hell [3, 1] to [6, 1]         sick [7, 2] to [4, 5]
      now [8, 7] to [6, 7]          dry [5, 6] to [5, 8]
     swat [7, 2] to [10, 5]         diet [10, 4] to [10, 1]
      too [9, 9] to [7, 7]          owl [8, 8] to [6, 10]
      did [7, 4] to [5, 2]          rut [4, 2] to [2, 4]
      far [3, 6] to [1, 8]

Kotlin

Translation of: Java
// version 1.2.0

import java.util.Random
import java.io.File

val dirs = listOf(
    intArrayOf( 1, 0), intArrayOf(0,  1), intArrayOf( 1,  1), intArrayOf( 1, -1),
    intArrayOf(-1, 0), intArrayOf(0, -1), intArrayOf(-1, -1), intArrayOf(-1,  1)
)

val nRows = 10
val nCols = 10
val gridSize = nRows * nCols
val minWords = 25
val rand = Random()

class Grid {
    var numAttempts = 0
    val cells = List(nRows) { CharArray(nCols) }
    val solutions = mutableListOf<String>()
}

fun readWords(fileName: String): List<String> {
    val maxLen = maxOf(nRows, nCols)
    val rx = Regex("^[a-z]{3,$maxLen}$")
    val f = File(fileName)
    return f.readLines().map { it.trim().toLowerCase() }
                        .filter { it.matches(rx) }
}

fun createWordSearch(words: List<String>): Grid {
    var numAttempts = 0
    lateinit var grid: Grid
    outer@ while (++numAttempts < 100) {
        grid = Grid()
        val messageLen = placeMessage(grid, "Rosetta Code")
        val target = gridSize - messageLen
        var cellsFilled = 0
        for (word in words.shuffled()) {
            cellsFilled += tryPlaceWord(grid, word)
            if (cellsFilled == target) {
                if (grid.solutions.size >= minWords) {
                    grid.numAttempts = numAttempts
                    break@outer
                }
                else { // grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
                    break
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return grid
}

fun placeMessage(grid: Grid, msg: String): Int {
    val rx = Regex("[^A-Z]")
    val msg2 = msg.toUpperCase().replace(rx, "")
    val messageLen = msg2.length
    if (messageLen in (1 until gridSize)) {
        val gapSize = gridSize / messageLen
        for (i in 0 until messageLen) {
            val pos = i * gapSize + rand.nextInt(gapSize)
            grid.cells[pos / nCols][pos % nCols] = msg2[i]
        }
        return messageLen
    }
    return 0
}

fun tryPlaceWord(grid: Grid, word: String): Int {
    val randDir = rand.nextInt(dirs.size)
    val randPos = rand.nextInt(gridSize)
    for (d in 0 until dirs.size) {
        val dir = (d + randDir) % dirs.size
        for (p in 0 until gridSize) {
            val pos = (p + randPos) % gridSize
            val lettersPlaced = tryLocation(grid, word, dir, pos)
            if (lettersPlaced > 0) return lettersPlaced
        }
    }
    return 0
}

fun tryLocation(grid: Grid, word: String, dir: Int, pos: Int): Int {
    val r = pos / nCols
    val c = pos % nCols
    val len = word.length

    // check bounds
    if ((dirs[dir][0] == 1 && (len + c) > nCols)
        || (dirs[dir][0] == -1 && (len - 1) > c)
        || (dirs[dir][1] ==  1 && (len + r) > nRows)
        || (dirs[dir][1] == -1 && (len - 1) > r)) return 0
    var overlaps = 0

    // check cells
    var rr = r
    var cc = c
    for (i in 0 until len) {
        if (grid.cells[rr][cc] != '\u0000' && grid.cells[rr][cc] != word[i]) return 0
        cc += dirs[dir][0]
        rr += dirs[dir][1]
    }

    // place
    rr = r
    cc = c
    for (i in 0 until len) {
        if (grid.cells[rr][cc] == word[i])
            overlaps++
        else
            grid.cells[rr][cc] = word[i]

        if (i < len - 1) {
            cc += dirs[dir][0]
            rr += dirs[dir][1]
        }
    }

    val lettersPlaced = len - overlaps
    if (lettersPlaced > 0) {
        grid.solutions.add(String.format("%-10s (%d,%d)(%d,%d)", word, c, r, cc, rr))
    }
    return lettersPlaced
}

fun printResult(grid: Grid) {
    if (grid.numAttempts == 0) {
        println("No grid to display")
        return
    }
    val size = grid.solutions.size
    println("Attempts: ${grid.numAttempts}")
    println("Number of words: $size")
    println("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9")
    for (r in 0 until nRows) {
         print("\n$r   ")
         for (c in 0 until nCols) print(" ${grid.cells[r][c]} ")
    }

    println("\n")

    for (i in 0 until size - 1 step 2) {
        println("${grid.solutions[i]}   ${grid.solutions[i + 1]}")
    }
    if (size % 2 == 1) println(grid.solutions[size - 1])
}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    printResult(createWordSearch(readWords("unixdict.txt")))
}

Sample output:

Attempts: 1
Number of words: 27

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    R  t  a  r  a  c  h  n  e  t 
1    O  c  y  r  t  s  e  c  n  a 
2    t  S  w  b  a  e  m  e  y  c 
3    e  r  e  u  b  E  o  m  o  e 
4    r  T  a  n  a  t  r  o  j  n 
5    r  g  k  T  A  o  r  t  u  t 
6    a  i  g  i  w  e  h  C  l  r 
7    p  k  c  e  d  f  a  O  i  o 
8    i  c  D  o  i  l  g  m  o  i 
9    n  g  r  i  m  e  e  d  E  d 

hemorrhage (6,0)(6,9)   ancestry   (9,1)(2,1)
terrapin   (0,2)(0,9)   julio      (8,4)(8,8)
centroid   (9,2)(9,9)   weak       (2,2)(2,5)
egg        (3,7)(1,5)   toefl      (5,4)(5,8)
grime      (1,9)(5,9)   bun        (3,2)(3,4)
tome       (7,5)(7,2)   arachne    (2,0)(8,0)
deck       (4,7)(1,7)   rico       (0,5)(3,8)
been       (4,3)(7,0)   tara       (1,0)(4,0)
ana        (2,4)(4,4)   oil        (3,8)(5,8)
wormy      (4,6)(8,2)   tab        (4,1)(4,3)
icc        (3,6)(1,8)   coo        (9,2)(7,4)
reub       (1,3)(4,3)   deem       (7,9)(4,9)
rime       (9,6)(6,9)   cat        (9,2)(9,0)
act        (2,0)(0,2)

Nim

Translation of: D
import random, sequtils, strformat, strutils

const

  Dirs = [[1,  0], [ 0,  1], [ 1, 1],
          [1, -1],           [-1, 0],
          [0, -1], [-1, -1], [-1, 1]]

  NRows = 10
  NCols = 10
  GridSize = NRows * NCols
  MinWords = 25

type Grid = ref object
  numAttempts: Natural
  cells: array[NRows, array[NCols, char]]
  solutions: seq[string]

proc readWords(filename: string): seq[string] =

  const MaxLen = max(NRows, NCols)

  for word in filename.lines():
    if word.len in 3..MaxLen:
      if word.allCharsInSet(Letters):
        result.add word.toLowerAscii


proc placeMessage(grid: var Grid; msg: string): int =
  let msg = msg.map(toUpperAscii).filter(isUpperAscii).join()
  if msg.len in 1..<GridSize:
    let gapSize = GridSize div msg.len
    for i in 0..msg.high:
      let pos = i * gapSize + rand(gapSize - 1)
      grid.cells[pos div NCols][pos mod NCols] = msg[i]
    result = msg.len


proc tryLocation(grid: var Grid; word: string; dir, pos: Natural): int =
  let row = pos div NCols
  let col = pos mod NCols
  let length = word.len

  # Check bounds.
  if (Dirs[dir][0] == 1 and (length + col) > NCols) or
     (Dirs[dir][0] == -1 and (length - 1) > col) or
     (Dirs[dir][1] == 1 and (length + row) > NRows) or
     (Dirs[dir][1] == -1 and (length - 1) > row):
    return 0

  # Check cells.
  var r = row
  var c = col
  for ch in word:
    if grid.cells[r][c] != '\0' and grid.cells[r][c] != ch: return 0
    c += Dirs[dir][0]
    r += Dirs[dir][1]

  # Place.
  r = row
  c = col
  var overlaps = 0
  for i, ch in word:
    if grid.cells[r][c] == ch: inc overlaps
    else: grid.cells[r][c] = ch
    if i < word.high:
      c += Dirs[dir][0]
      r += Dirs[dir][1]

  let lettersPlaced = length - overlaps
  if lettersPlaced > 0:
    grid.solutions.add &"{word:<10} ({col}, {row}) ({c}, {r})"

  result = lettersPlaced


proc tryPlaceWord(grid: var Grid; word: string): int =
  let randDir = rand(Dirs.high)
  let randPos = rand(GridSize - 1)

  for dir in 0..Dirs.high:
    let dir = (dir + randDir) mod Dirs.len
    for pos in 0..<GridSize:
      let pos = (pos + randPos) mod GridSize
      let lettersPlaced = grid.tryLocation(word, dir, pos)
      if lettersPlaced > 0:
        return lettersPlaced


proc initGrid(words: seq[string]): Grid =
  var words = words
  for numAttempts in 1..100:
    words.shuffle()
    new(result)
    let messageLen = result.placeMessage("Rosetta Code")
    let target = GridSize - messageLen

    var cellsFilled = 0
    for word in words:
      cellsFilled += result.tryPlaceWord(word)
      if cellsFilled == target:
        if result.solutions.len >= MinWords:
          result.numAttempts = numAttempts
          return
        # Grid is full but we didn't pack enough words: start over.
        break

proc printResult(grid: Grid) =
  if grid.isNil or grid.numAttempts == 0:
    echo "No grid to display."
    return

  let size = grid.solutions.len
  echo "Attempts: ", grid.numAttempts
  echo "Number of words: ", size

  echo "\n    0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9\n"
  for r in 0..<NRows:
    echo &"{r}   ", grid.cells[r].join("  ")
  echo()

  for i in countup(0, size - 2, 2):
    echo grid.solutions[i], "   ", grid.solutions[i + 1]
  if (size and 1) == 1:
    echo grid.solutions[^1]


randomize()
let grid = initGrid("unixdict.txt".readWords())
grid.printResult()
Output:
Attempts: 2
Number of words: 29

    0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0   s  i  a  b  l  R  d  a  t  d
1   u  x  i  i  m  e  O  l  b  e
2   n  o  v  i  r  w  S  l  u  j
3   k  n  l  a  E  b  z  i  b  T
4   a  k  n  y  o  y  e  e  T  e
5   y  g  t  l  e  A  a  d  d  l
6   e  f  u  l  f  i  l  l  C  d
7   r  e  g  a  y  o  v  O  l  d
8   f  o  h  s  l  e  w  D  i  a
9   f  o  g  y  r  E  p  i  n  s

derange    (6, 0) (0, 6)   fulfill    (1, 6) (7, 6)
frey       (0, 8) (0, 5)   allied     (7, 0) (7, 5)
sally      (3, 8) (3, 4)   anvil      (0, 4) (4, 0)
saddle     (9, 9) (9, 4)   voyage     (6, 7) (1, 7)
iii        (3, 2) (1, 0)   sunk       (0, 0) (0, 3)
bub        (8, 1) (8, 3)   fogy       (0, 9) (3, 9)
zeal       (6, 3) (6, 6)   milky      (4, 1) (0, 5)
welsh      (6, 8) (2, 8)   knox       (1, 4) (1, 1)
allay      (9, 8) (5, 4)   jed        (9, 2) (9, 0)
snip       (9, 9) (6, 9)   bed        (5, 3) (7, 5)
bmw        (3, 0) (5, 2)   gut        (2, 7) (2, 5)
rev        (4, 9) (6, 7)   tad        (8, 0) (6, 0)
via        (2, 2) (2, 0)   ogle       (1, 8) (4, 5)
add        (6, 5) (8, 5)   lob        (3, 5) (5, 3)
lin        (8, 7) (8, 9)

Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use feature <bitwise>;
use Path::Tiny;
use List::Util qw( shuffle );

my $size = 10;
my $s1 = $size + 1;
$_ = <<END;
.....R....
......O...
.......S..
........E.
T........T
.A........
..C.......
...O......
....D.....
.....E....
END

my @words = shuffle path('/usr/share/dict/words')->slurp =~ /^[a-z]{3,7}$/gm;
my @played;
my %used;

for my $word ( (@words) x 5 )
  {
  my ($pat, $start, $end, $mask, $nulls) = find( $word );
  defined $pat or next;
  $used{$word}++ and next; # only use words once
  $nulls //= '';
  my $expand = $word =~ s/\B/$nulls/gr;
  my $pos = $start;
  if( $start > $end )
    {
    $pos = $end;
    $expand = reverse $expand;
    }
  substr $_, $pos, length $mask,
    (substr( $_, $pos, length $mask ) &. ~. "$mask") |. "$expand";
  push @played, join ' ', $word, $start, $end;
  tr/.// > 0 or last;
  }

print "   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9\n\n";
my $row = 0;
print s/(?<=.)(?=.)/ /gr =~ s/^/ $row++ . '  ' /gemr;
print "\nNumber of words: ", @played . "\n\n";
my @where = map
  {
  my ($word, $start, $end) = split;
  sprintf "%11s %s", $word, $start < $end
    ? "(@{[$start % $s1]},@{[int $start / $s1]})->" .
      "(@{[$end % $s1 - 1]},@{[int $end / $s1]})"
    : "(@{[$start % $s1 - 1]},@{[int $start / $s1]})->" .
      "(@{[$end % $s1]},@{[int $end / $s1]})";
  } sort @played;
print splice(@where, 0, 3), "\n" while @where;
tr/.// and die "incomplete";

sub find
  {
  my ($word) = @_;
  my $n = length $word;
  my $nm1 = $n - 1;
  my %pats;

  for my $space ( 0, $size - 1 .. $size + 1 )
    {
    my $nulls = "\0" x $space;
    my $mask = "\xff" . ($nulls . "\xff") x $nm1; # vert
    my $gap = qr/.{$space}/s;
    while( /(?=(.(?:$gap.){$nm1}))/g )
      {
      my $pat = ($1 &. $mask) =~ tr/\0//dr;
      $pat =~ tr/.// or next;
      my $pos = "$-[1] $+[1]";
      $word =~ /$pat/ or reverse($word) =~ /$pat/ or next;
      push @{ $pats{$pat} }, "$pos $mask $nulls";
      }
    }

  for my $key ( sort keys %pats )
    {
    if( $word =~ /^$key$/ )
      {
      my @all = @{ $pats{$key} };
      return $key, split ' ', $all[ rand @all ];
      }
    elsif( (reverse $word) =~ /^$key$/ )
      {
      my @all = @{ $pats{$key} };
      my @parts = split ' ', $all[ rand @all ];
      return $key, @parts[ 1, 0, 2, 3]
      }
    }

  return undef;
  }
Output:
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

0  b s g b n R t p r y
1  t u k c r o O i p n
2  t u t y h e d S p a
3  r j m s i i a a E g
4  T e a g a n p d l T
5  m A l i y p g p s b
6  c i C o l e l m y a
7  b o n O r i l e a w
8  w e p i D u n l s l
9  c a l m s E b g s s

Number of words: 26

        alb (8,7)->(6,9)     anyone (6,3)->(1,8)       bawl (9,5)->(9,8)
     breads (3,0)->(8,5)        but (0,0)->(2,2)      calms (0,9)->(4,9)
     chippy (3,1)->(8,6)        cop (0,6)->(2,8)        elm (5,6)->(7,6)
       glib (3,4)->(0,7)        gut (2,0)->(0,2)    jailing (1,3)->(7,9)
       mini (0,5)->(3,8)        nag (9,1)->(9,3)      nodal (4,0)->(8,4)
        pew (2,8)->(0,8)        ppr (8,2)->(8,0)        pry (7,0)->(9,0)
        rel (0,3)->(2,5)       role (4,7)->(1,4)        rub (4,7)->(6,9)
    sapless (3,3)->(9,9)     skying (1,0)->(6,5)        tip (6,0)->(8,2)
        tum (0,1)->(2,3)      yells (4,5)->(8,9)

Phix

--
-- demo\rosetta\wordsearch.exw
-- ===========================
--
with javascript_semantics
string message = "ROSETTACODE"
sequence words = unix_dict(), solution="", placed

constant grid = split("""
X  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  X
0                                X
1                                X
2                                X
3                                X
4                                X
5                                X
6                                X
7                                X
8                                X
9                                X
X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X""",'\n')

constant DX = {-1, 0,+1,+1,+1, 0,-1,-1},
         DY = {-3,-3,-3, 0,+3,+3,+3, 0}

procedure wordsearch(sequence grid, integer rqd, integer left, sequence done)
    sequence rw = shuffle(tagset(length(words))),
             rd = shuffle(tagset(8)),
             rs = shuffle(tagset(100))
    for i=1 to length(rs) do
        integer sx = floor((rs[i]-1)/10)+2,
                sy = remainder(rs[i]-1,10)*3+4
        for w=1 to length(rw) do
            string word = words[rw[w]]
            if not find(word,done[1]) then
                for d=1 to length(rd) do
                    integer {dx,dy} = {DX[rd[d]],DY[rd[d]]},
                            {nx,ny} = {sx,sy},
                            chcount = length(word)
                    sequence newgrid = deep_copy(grid)
                    for c=1 to length(word) do
                        integer ch = grid[nx][ny]
                        if ch!=' ' then
                            if ch!=word[c] then
                                chcount = -1
                                exit
                            end if
                            chcount -= 1
                        end if
                        newgrid[nx][ny] = word[c]
                        nx += dx
                        ny += dy
                    end for
                    if chcount!=-1 then
                        sequence posinfo = {sx-2,(sy-4)/3,nx-dx-2,(ny-dy-4)/3},
                                 newdone = {append(deep_copy(done[1]),word),
                                            append(deep_copy(done[2]),posinfo)}
                        if rqd<=1 and left-chcount=length(message) then
                            {solution, placed} = {newgrid, newdone}
                            return
                        elsif left-chcount>length(message) then
                            wordsearch(newgrid,rqd-1,left-chcount,newdone)
                            if length(solution) then return end if
                        end if
                    end if
                end for
            end if
        end for
    end for
end procedure

function valid_word(string word)
    if length(word)<3 then return false end if
    for i=1 to length(word) do
        integer ch = word[i]
        if ch<'a'
        or ch>'z' then
            return false
        end if
    end for
    return true
end function

for i=length(words) to 1 by -1 do
    if not valid_word(words[i]) then
        words[i] = words[$]
        words = words[1..$-1]
    end if
end for
printf(1,"%d words loaded\n",length(words)) -- 24822

wordsearch(grid,25,100,{{},{}})
for x=2 to 11 do
    for y=4 to 31 by 3 do
        if solution[x][y]=' ' then
            solution[x][y] = message[1]
            message = message[2..$]
        end if
    end for
end for
if length(message) then ?9/0 end if         
puts(1,substitute(join(solution,'\n'),"X"," "))
printf(1,"\n%d words\n",length(placed[1]))
for i=1 to length(placed[1]) do
    printf(1,"%10s %10s  ",{placed[1][i],sprint(placed[2][i])})
    if mod(i,3)=0 then puts(1,"\n") end if
end for

{} = wait_key()
Output:
24822 words loaded
   0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
0  R  y  g  e  r  m  a  n  y  O
1  d  r  a  g  a  v  e  S  o  E
2  c  a  t  n  w  e  w  T  l  T
3  r  t  s  e  p  h  a  o  k  A
4  a  u  e  v  p  e  d  t  k  C
5  g  l  c  a  o  l  k  O  a  e
6  n  a  t  r  h  l  c  h  o  u
7  a  s  m  p  a  c  a  d  i  a
8  v  n  r  a  d  s  j  o  i  l
9  D  y  i  p  i  E  s  a  s  h

42 words
  salutary  {7,1,0,1}       idaho  {9,4,5,4}     jackdaw  {8,6,2,6}
      darn  {8,4,8,1}      avenge  {5,3,0,3}         van  {8,0,6,0}
       war  {2,4,0,4}        crag  {2,0,5,0}        drag  {1,0,1,3}
       gam  {5,0,7,2}        stag  {3,2,0,2}       crass  {5,2,9,6}
       apr  {8,3,6,3}       staph  {7,1,3,5}     germany  {0,2,0,8}
      laos  {6,5,9,8}        chou  {6,6,6,9}        hell  {3,5,6,5}
       wee  {2,4,4,2}      acadia  {7,4,7,9}        yolk  {0,8,3,8}
       pap  {7,3,9,3}         pry  {7,3,9,1}         usn  {4,1,2,3}
     agave  {1,2,1,6}         nat  {6,0,6,2}         pee  {3,4,1,6}
      sash  {9,6,9,9}         eel  {3,3,5,1}         hid  {9,9,7,7}
       yip  {9,1,9,3}         wok  {2,6,4,8}         raw  {0,4,2,4}
      rave  {6,3,3,3}         oak  {6,8,4,8}         oil  {8,7,8,9}
       lao  {6,5,8,7}        pest  {3,4,3,1}         doe  {7,7,5,9}
       pet  {4,4,2,2}         arc  {4,0,2,0}         tau  {4,7,6,9}

Python

Translation of: Java
Works with: Python version 3.x
import re
from random import shuffle, randint

dirs = [[1, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, -1], [-1, 0], [0, -1], [-1, -1], [-1, 1]]
n_rows = 10
n_cols = 10
grid_size = n_rows * n_cols
min_words = 25


class Grid:
    def __init__(self):
        self.num_attempts = 0
        self.cells = [['' for _ in range(n_cols)] for _ in range(n_rows)]
        self.solutions = []


def read_words(filename):
    max_len = max(n_rows, n_cols)

    words = []
    with open(filename, "r") as file:
        for line in file:
            s = line.strip().lower()
            if re.match(r'^[a-z]{3,' + re.escape(str(max_len)) + r'}$', s) is not None:
                words.append(s)

    return words


def place_message(grid, msg):
    msg = re.sub(r'[^A-Z]', "", msg.upper())

    message_len = len(msg)
    if 0 < message_len < grid_size:
        gap_size = grid_size // message_len

        for i in range(0, message_len):
            pos = i * gap_size + randint(0, gap_size)
            grid.cells[pos // n_cols][pos % n_cols] = msg[i]

        return message_len

    return 0


def try_location(grid, word, direction, pos):
    r = pos // n_cols
    c = pos % n_cols
    length = len(word)

    # check bounds
    if (dirs[direction][0] == 1 and (length + c) > n_cols) or \
       (dirs[direction][0] == -1 and (length - 1) > c) or \
       (dirs[direction][1] == 1 and (length + r) > n_rows) or \
       (dirs[direction][1] == -1 and (length - 1) > r):
        return 0

    rr = r
    cc = c
    i = 0
    overlaps = 0

    # check cells
    while i < length:
        if grid.cells[rr][cc] != '' and grid.cells[rr][cc] != word[i]:
            return 0
        cc += dirs[direction][0]
        rr += dirs[direction][1]
        i += 1

    rr = r
    cc = c
    i = 0
    # place
    while i < length:
        if grid.cells[rr][cc] == word[i]:
            overlaps += 1
        else:
            grid.cells[rr][cc] = word[i]

        if i < length - 1:
            cc += dirs[direction][0]
            rr += dirs[direction][1]

        i += 1

    letters_placed = length - overlaps
    if letters_placed > 0:
        grid.solutions.append("{0:<10} ({1},{2})({3},{4})".format(word, c, r, cc, rr))

    return letters_placed


def try_place_word(grid, word):
    rand_dir = randint(0, len(dirs))
    rand_pos = randint(0, grid_size)

    for direction in range(0, len(dirs)):
        direction = (direction + rand_dir) % len(dirs)

        for pos in range(0, grid_size):
            pos = (pos + rand_pos) % grid_size

            letters_placed = try_location(grid, word, direction, pos)
            if letters_placed > 0:
                return letters_placed

    return 0


def create_word_search(words):
    grid = None
    num_attempts = 0

    while num_attempts < 100:
        num_attempts += 1
        shuffle(words)

        grid = Grid()
        message_len = place_message(grid, "Rosetta Code")
        target = grid_size - message_len

        cells_filled = 0
        for word in words:
            cells_filled += try_place_word(grid, word)
            if cells_filled == target:
                if len(grid.solutions) >= min_words:
                    grid.num_attempts = num_attempts
                    return grid
                else:
                    break # grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over

    return grid


def print_result(grid):
    if grid is None or grid.num_attempts == 0:
        print("No grid to display")
        return

    size = len(grid.solutions)

    print("Attempts: {0}".format(grid.num_attempts))
    print("Number of words: {0}".format(size))

    print("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9\n")
    for r in range(0, n_rows):
        print("{0}   ".format(r), end='')
        for c in range(0, n_cols):
            print(" %c " % grid.cells[r][c], end='')
        print()
    print()

    for i in range(0, size - 1, 2):
        print("{0}   {1}".format(grid.solutions[i], grid.solutions[i+1]))

    if size % 2 == 1:
        print(grid.solutions[size - 1])


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print_result(create_word_search(read_words("unixdict.txt")))
Output:
Attempts: 1
Number of words: 25

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    f  b  R  u  e  r  u  l  t  h 
1    o  n  o  t  v  O  e  r  o  p 
2    a  S  a  b  a  x  o  b  E  m 
3    l  e  d  s  h  w  T  p  e  u 
4    w  p  v  a  n  s  u  c  k  i 
5    o  T  u  r  A  t  u  t  s  r 
6    n  s  o  p  u  m  y  d  i  t 
7    t  h  C  j  a  c  o  b  i  O 
8    t  i  r  e  h  n  i  m  D  p 
9    y  n  o  l  o  c  E  s  a  c 

exhaust    (6,1)(0,7)   hornwort   (1,7)(8,0)
btu        (3,2)(3,0)   jacobi     (3,7)(8,7)
foal       (0,0)(0,3)   triumph    (9,6)(9,0)
inherit    (6,8)(0,8)   mecum      (9,2)(5,6)
colony     (5,9)(0,9)   curve      (5,7)(1,3)
wont       (0,4)(0,7)   lure       (7,0)(4,0)
hob        (9,0)(7,2)   tidy       (9,6)(6,6)
suck       (5,4)(8,4)   san        (3,3)(1,1)
sac        (7,9)(9,9)   put        (7,3)(5,5)
led        (0,3)(2,3)   stu        (8,5)(6,5)
have       (4,3)(4,0)   min        (7,8)(5,8)
bob        (1,0)(3,2)   pup        (3,6)(1,4)
dip        (7,6)(9,8)

Racket

Translation of: Java

(or at least it started out that way... so more "inspired by")

#lang racket
;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(module+ main
  (display-puzzle (create-word-search))
  (newline)
  (parameterize ((current-min-words 50))
    (display-puzzle (create-word-search #:n-rows 20 #:n-cols 20))))

;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(define current-min-words (make-parameter 25))

;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(define (all-words pzl)
  (filter-map (good-word? pzl) (file->lines "data/unixdict.txt")))

(define (good-word? pzl)
  (let ((m (puzzle-max-word-size pzl)))
    (λ (w) (and (<= 3 (string-length w) m) (regexp-match #px"^[A-Za-z]*$" w) (string-downcase w)))))

(struct puzzle (n-rows n-cols cells solutions) #:transparent)

(define puzzle-max-word-size (match-lambda [(puzzle n-rows n-cols _ _) (max n-rows n-cols)]))

(define dirs '((-1 -1 ) (-1 0 ) (-1 1 ) (0 -1 ) (0 1 ) (1 -1 ) (1 0 ) (1 1 )))

;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(define (display-puzzle pzl) (displayln (puzzle->string pzl)))

(define (puzzle->string pzl)
  (match-let*
      (((and pzl (puzzle n-rows n-cols cells (and solutions (app length size)))) pzl)
       (column-numbers (cons "" (range n-cols)))
       (render-row (λ (r) (cons r (map (λ (c) (hash-ref cells (cons r c) #\_)) (range n-cols)))))
       (the-grid (add-between (map (curry map (curry ~a #:width 3))
                                   (cons column-numbers (map render-row (range n-rows)))) "\n"))
       (solutions§ (solutions->string (sort solutions string<? #:key car))))
    (string-join (flatten (list the-grid "\n\n" solutions§)) "")))

(define (solutions->string solutions)
  (let* ((l1 (compose string-length car))
         (format-solution-to-max-word-size (format-solution (l1 (argmax l1 solutions)))))
    (let recur ((solutions solutions) (need-newline? #f) (acc null))
      (if (null? solutions)
          (reverse (if need-newline? (cons "\n" acc) acc))
          (let* ((spacer (if need-newline? "\n" "   "))
                 (solution (format "~a~a" (format-solution-to-max-word-size (car solutions)) spacer)))
            (recur (cdr solutions) (not need-newline?) (cons solution acc)))))))

(define (format-solution max-word-size)
  (match-lambda [(list word row col dir)
                 (string-append (~a word #:width (+ max-word-size 1))
                                (~a (format "(~a,~a ~a)" row col dir) #:width 9))]))

;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(define (create-word-search #:msg (msg "Rosetta Code") #:n-rows (n-rows 10) #:n-cols (n-cols 10))
  (let* ((pzl (puzzle n-rows n-cols (hash) null))
         (MSG (sanitise-message msg))
         (n-holes (- (* n-rows n-cols) (string-length MSG))))
    (place-message (place-words pzl (shuffle (all-words pzl)) (current-min-words) n-holes) MSG)))

(define (sanitise-message msg) (regexp-replace* #rx"[^A-Z]" (string-upcase msg) ""))

(define (place-words pzl words needed-words holes)
  (let inner ((pzl pzl) (words words) (needed-words needed-words) (holes holes))
    (cond [(and (not (positive? needed-words)) (zero? holes)) pzl]
          [(null? words)
           (eprintf "no solution... retrying (~a words remaining)~%" needed-words)
           (inner pzl (shuffle words) needed-words)]
          [else
           (let/ec no-fit
             (let*-values
                 (([word words...] (values (car words) (cdr words)))
                  ([solution cells′ holes′]
                   (fit-word word pzl holes (λ () (no-fit (inner pzl words... needed-words holes)))))
                  ([solutions′] (cons solution (puzzle-solutions pzl)))
                  ([pzl′] (struct-copy puzzle pzl (solutions solutions′) (cells cells′))))
               (inner pzl′ words... (sub1 needed-words) holes′)))])))

(define (fit-word word pzl holes fail)
  (match-let* (((puzzle n-rows n-cols cells _) pzl)
               (rows (shuffle (range n-rows)))
               (cols (shuffle (range n-cols)))
               (fits? (let ((l (string-length word))) (λ (maxz z0 dz) (< -1 (+ z0 (* dz l)) maxz)))))
    (let/ec return
      (for* ((dr-dc-↗ (shuffle dirs))
             (r0 rows) (dr (in-value (car dr-dc-↗))) #:when (fits? n-rows r0 dr)
             (c0 cols) (dc (in-value (cadr dr-dc-↗))) #:when (fits? n-cols c0 dc)
             ( (in-value (caddr dr-dc-↗))))
        (let/ec retry/ec (attempt-word-fit pzl word r0 c0 dr dc  holes return retry/ec)))
      (fail))))

(define (attempt-word-fit pzl word r0 c0 dr dc  holes return retry)
  (let-values (([cells′ available-cells′]
                (for/fold ((cells′ (puzzle-cells pzl)) (holes′ holes))
                          ((w word) (i (in-naturals)))
                  (define k (cons (+ r0 (* dr i)) (+ c0 (* dc i))))
                  (cond [(not (hash-has-key? cells′ k))
                         (if (zero? holes′) (retry) (values (hash-set cells′ k w) (sub1 holes′)))]
                        [(char=? (hash-ref cells′ k) w) (values cells′ holes′)]
                        [else (retry)]))))
    (return (list word r0 c0 ) cells′ available-cells′)))

;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(define (place-message pzl MSG)
  (match-define (puzzle n-rows n-cols cells _) pzl)
  (struct-copy puzzle pzl
               (cells
                (let loop ((r 0) (c 0) (cells cells) (msg (string->list MSG)))
                  (cond [(or (null? msg) (= r n-rows)) cells]
                        [(= c n-cols) (loop (add1 r) 0 cells msg)]
                        [(hash-has-key? cells (cons r c)) (loop r (add1 c) cells msg)]
                        [else (loop r (add1 c) (hash-set cells (cons r c) (car msg)) (cdr msg))])))))
Output:
   0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  
0  R  s  o  y  b  e  a  n  O  p  
1  r  d  h  t  a  b  e  S  e  r  
2  o  e  n  a  o  h  k  n  l  u  
3  t  t  y  o  r  a  i  e  i  s  
4  a  e  r  u  r  n  d  g  a  s  
5  r  s  E  m  s  e  n  T  l  e  
6  i  t  a  u  c  i  h  T  f  l  
7  a  A  l  e  l  l  o  y  l  l  
8  n  a  r  s  e  r  a  l  a  C  
9  O  p  D  l  u  m  e  n  c  E  

ail       (4,8 ↑)     air       (7,0 ↑)  
are       (8,6 ←)     aye       (2,3 ↙)  
bath      (1,5 ←)     boor      (1,5 ↙)  
calf      (9,8 ↑)     detest    (1,1 ↓)  
est       (4,1 ↓)     flail     (6,8 ↑)  
heron     (6,6 ↖)     karma     (2,6 ↙)  
lares     (8,7 ←)     loy       (7,5 →)  
lumen     (9,3 →)     nehru     (0,7 ↙)  
peninsula (0,9 ↙)     precede   (9,1 ↗)  
rotarian  (1,0 ↓)     roy       (3,4 ←)  
russell   (1,9 ↓)     sling     (8,3 ↗)  
soybean   (0,1 →)     tab       (1,3 →)  
tar       (3,0 ↓)     


   0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 
0  e  o  w  e  d  i  r  o  u  l  f  a  r  t  e  t  n  i  u  q  
1  x  R  a  i  n  o  n  i  o  k  O  y  t  n  e  l  p  o  o  p  
2  i  a  l  b  a  o  h  u  n  o  i  t  a  t  r  e  s  s  i  d  
3  s  r  s  u  v  u  n  g  o  d  d  e  s  s  o  b  a  S  y  r  
4  t  m  e  d  r  s  h  e  g  n  a  m  i  n  o  l  y  e  r  a  
5  c  o  x  t  b  o  n  E  t  c  a  t  r  r  t  o  c  a  u  n  
6  n  n  y  u  a  y  o  e  i  i  n  e  p  a  y  w  n  v  b  k  
7  i  k  r  r  u  p  r  f  d  a  s  h  d  m  l  b  e  e  n  c  
8  t  y  d  e  e  n  i  b  r  d  i  i  e  n  n  a  g  s  a  a  
9  s  T  a  t  v  t  d  g  t  c  a  n  v  r  a  c  r  d  d  t  
10 i  a  a  m  a  l  n  T  h  t  e  s  f  f  o  k  u  r  A  a  
11 d  b  n  e  e  w  a  n  o  i  t  a  s  r  e  v  n  o  c  l  
12 a  l  b  g  r  h  s  h  n  e  s  t  h  e  r  d  d  p  a  i  
13 r  a  t  t  u  a  c  o  g  e  l  g  g  o  b  e  C  p  l  n  
14 t  r  e  r  n  m  d  s  l  t  n  d  d  u  r  s  a  e  c  a  
15 n  r  l  a  a  a  t  n  h  i  r  o  d  b  O  t  n  d  u  v  
16 o  e  c  u  m  a  t  g  a  a  d  g  l  e  x  i  c  a  l  i  
17 c  f  r  m  n  l  i  t  b  g  e  y  r  u  b  n  e  s  u  d  
18 o  e  i  a  s  l  a  b  y  t  i  l  a  u  q  y  a  w  s  j  
19 h  r  c  a  s  s  i  l  e  m  D  l  k  c  o  b  b  u  l  E  

abate          (12,0 ↗)    alarm          (8,15 ↖) 
alba           (2,1 →)     alma           (18,6 ↖) 
amino          (4,10 →)    andean         (9,14 ↖) 
andiron        (11,6 ↑)    ann            (8,15 ←) 
armonk         (2,1 ↓)     balsa          (18,7 ←) 
beatific       (12,2 ↗)    blowback       (3,15 ↓) 
bock           (19,15 ←)   boggle         (13,14 ←)
bred           (15,13 ↗)   bud            (2,3 ↓)  
budget         (13,14 ↙)   calculus       (11,18 ↓)
catalina       (7,19 ↓)    circlet        (19,2 ↑) 
clot           (5,16 ↖)    contradistinct (17,0 ↑) 
conversation   (11,18 ←)   danbury        (9,18 ↑) 
destiny        (12,15 ↓)   dissertation   (2,19 ←) 
dodo           (16,10 ↗)   drab           (14,11 ↙)
drank          (2,19 ↓)    dusenbury      (17,19 ←)
eavesdropped   (4,17 ↓)    enemy          (10,10 ↗)
esther         (12,9 →)    exist          (0,0 ↓)  
goddess        (3,7 →)     grant          (9,7 ↗)  
halve          (12,7 ↖)    hero           (7,11 ↘) 
hoard          (4,6 ↙)     hoc            (19,0 ↑) 
hurty          (2,6 ↙)     ivan           (16,19 ↑)
juan           (18,19 ↖)   koinonia       (1,9 ←)  
lexical        (16,12 →)   ligand         (19,11 ↖)
lone           (16,12 ↖)   lounsbury      (0,9 ↙)  
lubbock        (19,18 ←)   mange          (4,11 ←) 
manure         (16,4 ↑)    melissa        (19,9 ←) 
natty          (14,4 ↘)    nib            (8,5 →)  
nyu            (5,6 ↙)     offset         (10,14 ←)
orphic         (4,14 ↙)    owe            (0,1 →)  
pay            (6,12 →)    plenty         (1,16 ←) 
poop           (1,19 ←)    purr           (7,5 ←)  
quality        (18,14 ←)   quintet        (0,19 ←) 
rca            (9,16 ←)    read           (12,14 ↘)
referral       (19,1 ↑)    sadden         (10,11 ↖)
salt           (2,17 ↙)    sang           (9,0 ↘)  
schema         (14,7 ↖)    sexy           (3,2 ↓)  
slight         (19,4 ↗)    solid          (12,6 ↘) 
stan           (14,7 ↙)    tern           (5,8 ↙)  
tetrafluoride  (0,15 ←)    thong          (9,8 ↓)  
trauma         (13,3 ↓)    urgency        (10,16 ↑)
visit          (9,12 ↖)    von            (3,4 ↗)  
way            (18,17 ←)   wham           (11,5 ↓) 

Raku

(formerly Perl 6)

Works with: Rakudo version 2020.01
my $rows = 10;
my $cols = 10;

my $message = q:to/END/;
    .....R....
    ......O...
    .......S..
    ........E.
    T........T
    .A........
    ..C.......
    ...O......
    ....D.....
    .....E....
    END

my %dir =
    '→' => (1,0),
    '↘' => (1,1),
    '↓' => (0,1),
    '↙' => (-1,1),
    '←' => (-1,0),
    '↖' => (-1,-1),
    '↑' => (0,-1),
    '↗' => (1,-1)
;

my @ws = $message.comb(/<print>/);

my $path = './unixdict.txt'; # or wherever

my @words = $path.IO.slurp.words.grep( { $_ !~~ /<-[a..z]>/ and 2 < .chars < 11 } ).pick(*);
my %index;
my %used;

while @ws.first( * eq '.') {

    # find an unfilled cell
    my $i = @ws.grep( * eq '.', :k ).pick;

    # translate the index to x / y coordinates
    my ($x, $y) = $i % $cols, floor($i / $rows);

    # find a word that fits
    my $word = find($x, $y);

    # Meh, reached an impasse, easier to just throw it all
    # away and start over rather than trying to backtrack.
    restart, next unless $word;

    %used{"$word"}++;

    # Keeps trying to place an already used word, choices
    # must be limited, start over
    restart, next if %used{$word} > 15;

    # Already used this word, try again
    next if %index{$word.key};

    # Add word to used word index
    %index ,= $word;

    # place the word into the grid
    place($x, $y, $word);

}

display();

sub display {
    put flat "    ", 'ABCDEFGHIJ'.comb;
    .put for (^10).map: { ($_).fmt("  %2d"), @ws[$_ * $cols .. ($_ + 1) * $cols - 1] }
    put "\n  Words used:";
    my $max = 1 + %index.keys.max( *.chars ).chars;
    for %index.sort {
        printf "%{$max}s %4s %s  ", .key, .value.key, .value.value;
        print "\n" if $++ % 2;
    }
    say "\n"
}

sub restart {
    @ws = $message.comb(/<print>/);
    %index = ();
    %used = ();
}

sub place ($x is copy, $y is copy, $w) {
    my @word = $w.key.comb;
    my $dir  = %dir{$w.value.value};
    @ws[$y * $rows + $x] = @word.shift;
    while @word {
        ($x, $y) »+=« $dir;
        @ws[$y * $rows + $x] = @word.shift;
    }
 }

sub find ($x, $y) {
    my @trials = %dir.keys.map: -> $dir {
            my $space = '.';
            my ($c, $r) = $x, $y;
            loop {
                ($c, $r) »+=« %dir{$dir};
                last if 9 < $r|$c;
                last if 0 > $r|$c;
                my $l = @ws[$r * $rows + $c];
                last if $l ~~ /<:Lu>/;
                $space ~= $l;
            }
            next if $space.chars < 3;
            [$space.trans( '.' => ' ' ),
            ("{'ABCDEFGHIJ'.comb[$x]} {$y}" => $dir)]
        };

    for @words.pick(*) -> $word {
        for @trials -> $space {
            next if $word.chars > $space[0].chars;
            return ($word => $space[1]) if compare($space[0].comb, $word.comb)
        }
    }
}

sub compare (@s, @w) {
    for ^@w {
        next if @s[$_] eq ' ';
        return False if @s[$_] ne @w[$_]
    }
    True
}
Sample output:
     A B C D E F G H I J
   0 b y e e a R s w u k
   1 r g e n p f O s e s
   2 d i n l e i i S t i
   3 r e b i l a c e E f
   4 T g t a d a g n l T
   5 d A a t d o w a i d
   6 g i C n a n a l r c
   7 a o g O p a l p r f
   8 p g n p D d a i o a
   9 c r u s h E s p t d

  Words used:
     aaa  G 8 ↖    afield  E 0 ↘  
   alley  F 4 ↖       bye  A 0 →  
 caliber  G 3 ←     crush  A 9 →  
     dan  F 8 ↑       dig  A 5 ↘  
    epic  D 0 ↘       fad  J 7 ↓  
    fisk  J 3 ↑       gap  A 6 ↓  
   geigy  B 4 ↑       get  G 4 ↗  
     gnp  B 8 →       goa  C 7 ←  
    lane  H 6 ↑       law  G 7 ↑  
     nag  D 6 ↖       nne  D 1 ↙  
    odin  F 5 ↖       orr  I 8 ↑  
  paddle  E 7 ↑    picnic  E 1 ↘  
     pip  H 9 ↑       rib  A 1 ↘  
     sir  G 9 ↗       sst  G 0 ↘  
    tail  D 5 ↑       ted  C 4 ↖  
     tor  I 9 ↑      usia  I 0 ↙  
     wei  H 0 ↘  

Rust

Translation of: Go
use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
use rand::rngs::ThreadRng;
use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
use regex::Regex;
use std::fs;

const DIRS: [[i32; 2]; 8] = [
    [1, 0],
    [0, 1],
    [1, 1],
    [1, -1],
    [-1, 0],
    [0, -1],
    [-1, -1],
    [-1, 1],
];
const NROWS: usize = 10;
const NCOLS: usize = NROWS;
const GRIDSIZE: usize = NROWS * NCOLS;
const MINWORDS: usize = 25;

struct Grid {
    num_attempts: usize,
    cells: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
    solutions: Vec<String>,
}

fn new_grid() -> Grid {
    return Grid {
        num_attempts: 0,
        cells: vec![vec![0_u8; NCOLS]; NROWS],
        solutions: vec![String::new(); 0],
    };
}

fn read_words(file_name: &str) -> Vec<String> {
    let re = Regex::new(r"^[a-z]{3,10}$").unwrap();
    let wordsfile = fs::read_to_string(file_name).unwrap().to_lowercase();
    return wordsfile
        .split_whitespace()
        .filter(|w| re.is_match(w))
        .map(|x| x.to_owned())
        .collect::<Vec<String>>();
}

fn create_word_search(mut words: Vec<String>) -> Grid {
    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
    let mut gr = new_grid();
    'outer: for i in 1..100 {
        // up to 100 tries
        gr = new_grid();
        let message_len = place_message(&mut gr, "Rosetta Code", &mut rng);
        let target = GRIDSIZE - message_len;
        let mut cells_filled = 0_usize;
        words.shuffle(&mut rng);
        for word in &words {
            cells_filled += try_place_word(&mut gr, &word, &mut rng);
            if cells_filled == target {
                if gr.solutions.len() >= MINWORDS {
                    gr.num_attempts = i;
                    break 'outer; // outer for
                } else {
                    break; // inner for
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return gr;
}

fn place_message(gr: &mut Grid, msg: &str, rng: &mut ThreadRng) -> usize {
    static RE: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"[^A-Z]").unwrap());
    let mut smsg = msg.to_uppercase();
    smsg = RE.replace(&&smsg, "").to_string();
    let message_len = smsg.len();
    if message_len > 0 && message_len < GRIDSIZE {
        let gap_size = GRIDSIZE / message_len;
        for i in 0..message_len {
            let rpos = i * gap_size + (0..gap_size).collect::<Vec<usize>>().choose(rng).unwrap();
            gr.cells[rpos / NCOLS][rpos % NCOLS] = smsg.as_bytes()[i];
        }
        return message_len;
    }
    return 0;
}

fn try_place_word(gr: &mut Grid, word: &str, rng: &mut ThreadRng) -> usize {
    let binding = (0..DIRS.len()).collect::<Vec<usize>>();
    let rand_dir = binding.choose(rng).unwrap();
    let bindingp = (0..GRIDSIZE).collect::<Vec<usize>>();
    let rand_pos = bindingp.choose(rng).unwrap();
    for dir in 0..DIRS.len() {
        let rdir = (dir + rand_dir) % DIRS.len();
        for pos in 0..GRIDSIZE {
            let rpos = (pos + rand_pos) % GRIDSIZE;
            let letters_placed = try_location(gr, word, rdir, rpos);
            if letters_placed > 0 {
                return letters_placed;
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

fn try_location(gr: &mut Grid, word: &str, dir: usize, pos: usize) -> usize {
    let r = pos / NCOLS;
    let c = pos % NCOLS;
    let le = word.len();

    // check bounds
    if (DIRS[dir][0] == 1 && (le + c) > NCOLS)
        || (DIRS[dir][0] == -1 && (le - 1) > c)
        || (DIRS[dir][1] == 1 && (le + r) > NROWS)
        || (DIRS[dir][1] == -1 && (le - 1) > r)
    {
        return 0;
    }
    let mut overlaps = 0;

    // check cells
    let mut rr: i32 = r.try_into().unwrap();
    let mut cc: i32 = c.try_into().unwrap();
    for i in 0..le {
        if gr.cells[rr as usize][cc as usize] != 0
            && gr.cells[rr as usize][cc as usize] != word.as_bytes()[i]
        {
            return 0;
        }
        cc += DIRS[dir][0];
        rr += DIRS[dir][1];
    }

    // place
    rr = r.try_into().unwrap();
    cc = c.try_into().unwrap();
    for i in 0..le {
        if gr.cells[rr as usize][cc as usize] == word.as_bytes()[i] {
            overlaps += 1;
        } else {
            gr.cells[rr as usize][cc as usize] = word.as_bytes()[i];
        }
        if i < le - 1 {
            cc += DIRS[dir][0];
            rr += DIRS[dir][1];
        }
    }

    let letters_placed = le - overlaps;
    if letters_placed > 0 {
        let sol = format!("{:>10} ({},{})({},{})", word, c, r, cc, rr);
        gr.solutions.push(sol);
    }
    return letters_placed;
}

fn print_result(gr: Grid) {
    if gr.num_attempts == 0 {
        println!("\nWord search puzzle: No grid to display\n");
        return;
    }
    let size = gr.solutions.len();
    println!(
        "Word search puzzle solution:\n Attempts: {}",
        gr.num_attempts
    );
    println!(" Number of words: {}", size);
    println!("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9");
    for r in 0..NROWS {
        print!("\n{}   ", r);
        for c in 0..NCOLS {
            print!(" {} ", gr.cells[r][c] as char);
        }
    }
    println!("\n");
    for i in (0..size - 1).step_by(2) {
        println!("{}   {}", gr.solutions[i], gr.solutions[i + 1]);
    }
    if size % 2 == 1 {
        println!("{}", gr.solutions[size - 1]);
    }
}

fn main() {
    let dict_path = "unixdict.txt";
    print_result(create_word_search(read_words(dict_path)));
}
Output:
Word search puzzle solution:
 Attempts: 1
 Number of words: 25

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    s  o  l  s  t  i  c  e  R  O 
1    f  u  y  e  s  r  a  m  S  c 
2    r  e  m  a  i  n  d  e  r  a 
3    a  a  E  b  w  l  n  l  w  p 
4    n  T  l  t  n  y  a  i  T  t 
5    c  n  s  e  a  s  l  t  s  i
6    o  o  A  C  b  y  f  f  e  v
7    p  i  u  O  c  r  u  m  p  a
8    a  r  D  t  n  a  c  a  v  t
9    c  o  l  l  i  d  E  a  b  e

      post (0,7)(3,4)    remainder (0,2)(8,2)
 captivate (9,1)(9,9)     solstice (0,0)(7,0)
    flyway (7,6)(2,1)         tile (7,5)(7,2)
      bela (4,6)(1,3)        orion (1,9)(1,5)
    vacant (8,8)(3,8)       franco (0,1)(0,6)
       rib (5,1)(3,3)        leila (2,0)(6,4)
     crump (4,7)(8,7)         wily (8,3)(5,6)
      dill (5,9)(2,9)          sin (8,5)(6,3)
      mars (7,1)(4,1)          nsf (4,4)(6,6)
       out (1,6)(3,8)          abe (7,9)(9,9)
       sum (0,0)(2,2)          tea (7,5)(9,7)
       col (0,9)(2,9)          ban (4,6)(4,4)
       cap (0,9)(0,7)

Wren

Translation of: Go
Library: Wren-ioutil
Library: Wren-pattern
Library: Wren-str
Library: Wren-fmt
import "random" for Random
import "./ioutil" for FileUtil
import "./pattern" for Pattern
import "./str" for Str
import "./fmt" for Fmt

var dirs = [ [1, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, -1], [-1, 0], [0, -1], [-1, -1], [-1,  1] ]
var Rows = 10
var Cols = 10
var gridSize = Rows * Cols
var minWords = 25
var rand = Random.new()

class Grid {
    construct new() {
        _numAttempts = 0
        _cells = List.filled(Rows, null)
        for (i in 0...Rows) _cells[i] = List.filled(Cols, " ")
        _solutions = []
    }

    numAttempts     { _numAttempts }
    numAttempts=(n) { _numAttempts = n }
    cells           { _cells }
    solutions       { _solutions }
}

var readWords = Fn.new { |fileName|
    var maxLen = Rows.max(Cols)
    var p = Pattern.new("=3/l#0%(maxLen-3)/l", Pattern.whole)
    return FileUtil.readLines(fileName)
                 .map   { |l| Str.lower(l.trim()) }
                 .where { |l| p.isMatch(l) }.toList
}

var placeMessage = Fn.new { |grid, msg|
    var p = Pattern.new("/U")
    var msg2 = p.replaceAll(Str.upper(msg), "")
    var messageLen = msg2.count
    if (messageLen >= 1 && messageLen < gridSize) {
        var gapSize = (gridSize / messageLen).floor
        for (i in 0...messageLen) {
            var pos = i * gapSize + rand.int(gapSize)
            grid.cells[(pos / Cols).floor][pos % Cols] = msg2[i]
        }
        return messageLen
    }
    return 0
}

var tryLocation = Fn.new { |grid, word, dir, pos|
    var r = (pos / Cols).floor
    var c = pos % Cols
    var len = word.count

    // check bounds
    if ((dirs[dir][0] == 1 && (len + c) > Cols)  ||
        (dirs[dir][0] == -1 && (len - 1) > c)    ||
        (dirs[dir][1] ==  1 && (len + r) > Rows) ||
        (dirs[dir][1] == -1 && (len - 1) > r)) return 0
    var overlaps = 0

    // check cells
    var rr = r
    var cc = c
    for (i in 0...len) {
        if (grid.cells[rr][cc] != " " && grid.cells[rr][cc] != word[i]) return 0
        cc = cc + dirs[dir][0]
        rr = rr + dirs[dir][1]
    }

    // place
    rr = r
    cc = c
    for (i in 0...len) {
        if (grid.cells[rr][cc] == word[i]) {
            overlaps = overlaps + 1
        } else {
            grid.cells[rr][cc] = word[i]
        }
        if (i < len - 1) {
            cc = cc + dirs[dir][0]
            rr = rr + dirs[dir][1]
        }
    }

    var lettersPlaced = len - overlaps
    if (lettersPlaced > 0) {
        grid.solutions.add(Fmt.swrite("$-10s ($d,$d)($d,$d)", word, c, r, cc, rr))
    }
    return lettersPlaced
}

var tryPlaceWord = Fn.new { |grid, word|
    var randDir = rand.int(dirs.count)
    var randPos = rand.int(gridSize)
    for (d in 0...dirs.count) {
        var dir = (d + randDir) % dirs.count
        for (p in 0...gridSize) {
            var pos = (p + randPos) % gridSize
            var lettersPlaced = tryLocation.call(grid, word, dir, pos)
            if (lettersPlaced > 0) return lettersPlaced
        }
    }
    return 0
} 

var createWordSearch = Fn.new { |words|
    var numAttempts = 1
    var grid
    while (numAttempts < 100) {
        var outer = false
        grid = Grid.new()
        var messageLen = placeMessage.call(grid, "Rosetta Code")
        var target = gridSize - messageLen
        var cellsFilled = 0
        rand.shuffle(words)
        for (word in words) {
            cellsFilled = cellsFilled + tryPlaceWord.call(grid, word)
            if (cellsFilled == target) {
                if (grid.solutions.count >= minWords) {
                    grid.numAttempts = numAttempts
                    outer = true
                    break
                }
                // grid is full but we didn't pack enough words, start over
                break
            }
        }
        if (outer) break
        numAttempts = numAttempts + 1
    }
    return grid
}

var printResult = Fn.new { |grid|
    if (grid.numAttempts == 0) {
        System.print("No grid to display")
        return
    }
    var size = grid.solutions.count
    System.print("Attempts: %(grid.numAttempts)")
    System.print("Number of words: %(size)")
    System.print("\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9")
    for (r in 0...Rows) {
         System.write("\n%(r)   ")
         for (c in 0...Cols) System.write(" %(grid.cells[r][c]) ")
    }
    System.print("\n")
    var i = 0
    while (i < size - 1) {
        System.print("%(grid.solutions[i])   %(grid.solutions[i + 1])")
        i = i + 2
    }
    if (size % 2 == 1) System.print(grid.solutions[size - 1])
}

printResult.call(createWordSearch.call(readWords.call("unixdict.txt")))
Output:

Sample run:

Attempts: 2
Number of words: 29

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

0    s  t  u  c  c  o  R  e  e  f 
1    h  c  r  e  p  O  d  r  f  k 
2    x  e  t  a  l  S  o  u  r  f 
3    i  E  p  e  n  g  n  u  o  b 
4    m  r  n  T  l  s  m  o  u  T 
5    e  i  k  i  d  a  p  h  n  e 
6    A  v  k  w  y  s  h  o  C  e 
7    a  e  a  b  O  k  s  o  r  b 
8    n  n  i  g  u  D  c  k  n  t 
9    d  a  h  E  a  t  r  i  m  k 

kilgore    (2,6)(8,0)   daphne     (4,5)(9,5)
agave      (4,9)(0,5)   tub        (5,9)(3,7)
transport  (1,0)(9,8)   perch      (4,1)(0,1)
snuff      (5,4)(9,0)   stucco     (0,0)(5,0)
icky       (7,9)(4,6)   murk       (6,4)(9,1)
honk       (6,6)(9,9)   irk        (0,3)(2,5)
spoof      (5,6)(9,2)   latex      (4,2)(0,2)
trim       (5,9)(8,9)   sorb       (6,7)(9,7)
len        (4,2)(2,4)   riven      (1,4)(1,8)
wand       (3,6)(0,9)   hub        (7,5)(9,3)
pap        (4,1)(2,3)   had        (2,9)(0,9)
ginn       (3,8)(0,8)   don        (6,1)(6,3)
fee        (9,0)(7,0)   none       (6,3)(9,6)
kim        (2,6)(0,4)   dna        (0,9)(0,7)
hook       (7,5)(7,8)

zkl

Repeat words allowed. Rather brute force as I didn't realize that the message has to fit exactly.

fcn buildVectors(R,C){  //-->up to 8 vectors of wild card strings
   var [const] dirs=T(T(1,0), T(0,1), T(1,1), T(1,-1), T(-1,0),T(0,-1), T(-1,-1), T(-1,1));
   vs,v:=List(),List();
   foreach dr,dc in (dirs){ v.clear(); r,c:=R,C;
      while( (0<=r<10) and (0<=c<10) ){ v.append(grid[r][c]); r+=dr; c+=dc; }
      vs.append(T(v.concat(), // eg "???e??????" would match "cohen" or "mineral"
      	dr,dc));
   }
   vs.filter(fcn(v){ v[0].len()>2 }).shuffle()
}
fcn findFit(vs,words){ //-->(n, word) ie (nth vector,word), empty vs not seen
   do(1000){ foreach n,v in (vs.enumerate()){ do(10){  // lots of ties
      word:=words[(0).random(nwds)];
      if(word.matches(v[0][0,word.len()])) return(word,n); // "??" !match "abc"
   }}}
   False
}
fcn pasteWord(r,c, dr,dc, word)  // jam word into grid along vector
   { foreach char in (word){ grid[r][c]=char; r+=dr; c+=dc; } }
fcn printGrid{
   println("\n   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9");
   foreach n,line in (grid.enumerate()){ println(n,"  ",line.concat(" ")) }
}
fcn stuff(msg){ MSG:=msg.toUpper() : Utils.Helpers.cycle(_);
   foreach r,c in (10,10){ if(grid[r][c]=="?") grid[r][c]=MSG.next() }
   MSG._n==msg.len()   // use all of, not more, not less, of msg?
}
msg:="RosettaCode";

validWord:=RegExp("[A-Za-z]+\n$").matches;
File("unixdict.txt").read(*)  // dictionary file to blob, copied from web
   // blob to list of valid words
   .filter('wrap(w){ (3<w.len()<=10) and validWord(w) })  // "word\n"
   .howza(11).pump(List,"toLower")  // convert blob to list of words, removing \n
   : words:=(_);

reg fitted; do{
   var nwds=words.len(), grid=(10).pump(List(),(10).pump(List(),"?".copy).copy);
   fitted=List(); do(100){
      r,c:=(0).random(10), (0).random(10);
      if(grid[r][c]=="?"){
	 vs,wn:=buildVectors(r,c), findFit(vs,words);
	 if(wn){
	     w,n:=wn; pasteWord(r,c,vs[n][1,*].xplode(),w); 
	     fitted.append(T(r,c,w));
	  }
      }}
   print(".");
}while(fitted.len()<25 or not stuff(msg));

printGrid();
println(fitted.len()," words fitted");
fitted.pump(Console.println, T(Void.Read,3,False), 
   fcn{ vm.arglist.pump(String,
      fcn([(r,c,w)]){ "%-19s".fmt("[%d,%d]: %s  ".fmt(r,c,w)) }) }
);
fitted.apply(fcn(w){ w[2].len() }).sum(0).println();
Output:
..................................
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0  s t b n i b s d R O
1  k y s u p i d a g w
2  i S a a r n E f a a
3  s T d w o n k l b m
4  u T s e t b c o h u
5  m e d e y A e p c p
6  y r e l x e b g a C
7  h o a g d i l l o n
8  t c f p O g u n r D
9  k b o l s h o i b E
26 words fitted
[6,5]: eyed        [7,4]: dillon      [9,1]: bolshoi     [6,1]: rap         
[9,8]: broach      [4,6]: claw        [0,2]: burn        [3,3]: way         
[8,5]: gun         [2,7]: fad         [6,7]: gpo         [6,6]: beck        
[8,0]: thymus      [4,5]: boast       [1,6]: dip         [2,5]: nib         
[3,8]: bag         [4,2]: sex         [8,1]: core        [0,3]: nibs        
[7,3]: gee         [5,2]: deaf        [4,4]: twa         [5,9]: puma        
[0,0]: ski         [6,3]: lack        
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