15. A gaming device as recited in claim 14 , wherein the device is implemented as a bonus game in a primary gaming machine.
14. A gaming device comprising: a playfield that is configured as an array of display positions, wherein each display position is used to display a letter of an alphabet, wherein a letter may be combined with adjacent letters to form a word, and wherein at least one word is hidden along a column, row, or a diagonal axis, a microprocessor with a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program to control the operation of the gaming device, a program segment to continuously rotate at least one of the letters at an entire row and the letters at an entire column, wherein a letter at a display position is continuously shifted to an adjacent display position along a row or a column, a program segment that randomly stops said rotation, a program segment that determines if a hidden word is uncovered when the rotation is randomly stopped, and a program segment that determines a payout amount associated with uncovered word.