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
- ANCHOR
- The image of an anchor for the soul runs through Scripture and hymnody alike, a hold that doesn't depend on calm water, only on what it's fixed to.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SORROW
- Spafford wrote these words out of real, crushing loss, the hymn never flinches from sorrow, which is exactly why it has comforted so many who couldn't flinch either.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- WAVES
- The line 'when sorrows like sea billows roll' paints peace not as an absence of waves, but as something that rides above them.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- RESTORE
- The closing verses look forward to a day of full restoration, the hymn moves from grief all the way to triumphant hope, verse by verse.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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It Is Well: a free large-print word search
It Is Well, a free, large-print word search drawn from one of the most beloved hymns ever written, where peace holds even through the deepest sorrow.
About It Is Well
Horatio Spafford wrote the words to "It Is Well with My Soul" in 1873, crossing the Atlantic near the place where his four daughters had perished at sea. Composer Philip Bliss set them to music, and the hymn has carried grieving hearts ever since, not by denying the waves, but by naming them and standing firm anyway. There is something in its steady cadence that sounds less like denial and more like an anchor holding in deep water.
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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