while(rowStart<myPuzzle.numRows)
{
    colStart = 0;
    while(colStart+strlen(checkWord)<=myPuzzle.numColumns)
    {
        for(pos=0; pos<strlen(checkWord); pos++)
        {
            if(myPuzzle.entry[rowStart][colStart+pos].letter == checkWord[pos])
            {
                if (pos == (strlen(checkWord) - 1))
                {
                    for (i=0; i<strlen(checkWord); i++)
                    {
                        myPuzzle.entry[rowStart][colStart  + i].fg = f_cyan;
                        myPuzzle.entry[rowStart][colStart  + i].bg = b_black;
                    }
                    return true;
                }
            }
            else
                pos = strlen(checkWord);
        }
        colStart++;
    }
rowStart++;
}