Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- OPOSSUM
- The Virginia opossum is North America's only marsupial, it raises its young in a pouch, just like a kangaroo.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ACORN
- A single gray squirrel can bury several thousand acorns in a season, and the ones it forgets often sprout into new oak trees.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CHIPMUNK
- Chipmunks stuff their cheek pouches so full of seeds that their cheeks can stretch to three times the width of their head.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SKUNK
- A skunk's bold black-and-white stripe is a warning to predators, and once sprayed, the smell can linger for days.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Critters in the Yard: a free large-print word search
Backyard wildlife word search, free and large-print, for every critter that rustles the leaves just past the porch light.
About Critters in the Yard
The yard goes quiet in the afternoon, then comes alive again at dusk. A squirrel makes one last dash to bury an acorn; an opossum lifts the compost lid with practiced ease; and somewhere along the fence line, a skunk ambles through without a care in the world. These unhurried visitors follow the same routes night after night, leaving tiny tracks in the mud as their only signature.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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