A few of the words
- WRETCH
- Newton's unflinching word for himself — "a wretch like me" — lends the hymn its raw, unguarded honesty that listeners have found healing for over two centuries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FOUND
- "I once was lost, but now am found" pairs with "was blind, but now I see" — two of the most recognized couplets in all of English-language hymnody.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SWEET
- The very first line asks how "sweet the sound" — that single sensory word, sweet, sets the hymn's whole tone of tender wonder before another word is sung.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HEAVEN
- The final verses of "Amazing Grace" look forward to ten thousand years of praise — a vision of eternity that has given comfort at countless bedsides and gravesides.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Amazing Grace: a free large-print word search
Amazing Grace — free, large-print word search celebrating the hymn that has carried countless souls through joy and sorrow alike.
About Faith & Inspiration
Few songs have crossed as many thresholds — church pews, hillside funerals, candlelit vigils — as "Amazing Grace." John Newton, a former slave-trade captain who underwent a profound conversion, wrote the words around 1772, and they have been sung ever since by voices in every language and tradition. The melody most Americans know, called "New Britain," is a pentatonic American folk tune that became forever wedded to Newton's words in the early 1800s, giving the hymn its quietly timeless, unhurried feeling.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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