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Thanksgiving

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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 — free and large-print. The harvest is in, the table is set, and a quiet gratitude fills the room.

About Faith & Inspiration

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

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    Find 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.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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