Find values under one node in XML

Question

Below is xml file format from which words to be searched.

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Answer 1

I would use Linq2Xml

XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Parse(xml); //or XDocument.Load(fileName)
var words = xDoc.Descendants("Word")
                .Select(w => String.Join("",w.Descendants("Char").Select(c => c.Value)))
                .ToList();

--EDIT--

for @Y.Ecarri

var words2 = xDoc.XPathSelectElements("//Word")
                 .Select(w => String.Join("", w.Elements().Select(c => c.Value)))
                 .ToList();