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
- PILGRIM
- The Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 called themselves "Saints", the word Pilgrim came into common use for them much later, popularized in the 19th century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CORNBREAD
- Corn, ground into meal and baked into bread, was a staple of the early American harvest table, with Indigenous peoples having cultivated the crop for thousands of years before European settlement.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HEARTH
- For much of American history the hearth was the center of home life: the place where food was cooked, the family gathered for warmth, and evening prayers were said before the fire died down.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GRACE
- The brief prayer said before a meal, known simply as "grace", takes its name from the Latin "gratia," meaning thanks or favor, the same root that gives us the word "gratitude."Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Thanksgiving word search
Thanksgiving: a free large-print word search
Thanksgiving word search, free and large-print. The harvest is in, the table is set, and a quiet gratitude fills the room.
About Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a season as much as a single day, a turning of the year when the fields are finally quiet, the root cellar is full, and the warmth of the kitchen draws everyone close. The long table, the shared bread, the bowed head before the first bite: these are gestures older than any holiday, rooted in the simple human need to say thank you for abundance. In the hush between the blessing and the first fork lifted, something holy and ordinary sits side by side.
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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