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Lent

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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.

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ASHES
The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are traditionally made by burning the palm fronds blessed on the previous year's Palm Sunday.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DESERT
The forty days of Lent echo Jesus's forty-day fast in the Judean desert, a story told in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PURPLE
Purple has been the liturgical color of Lent since at least the early medieval period, symbolizing both penitence and royal dignity.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday gets its name from the ancient practice of marking the faithful with ash, a sign of mortality and the start of Lenten fasting.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Lent word search

Lent: a free large-print word search

Lent word search, free and large-print, for forty days of fasting, reflection, ashes, and the quiet road toward Easter.

About Lent

Lent stretches forty days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, mirroring Jesus's forty days in the desert. It is a season of slowing down, of prayer whispered in the early morning, of giving something up, of small acts of mercy and almsgiving that quietly reshape the heart. Purple vestments drape the altar, palms from last year's celebration are burned into the ashes traced on foreheads, and the whole Church waits in hopeful sorrow for the dawn of Easter.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose 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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