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
- GORGET
- The brilliant throat patch on a male hummingbird is called a gorget, a word borrowed from the piece of armor that once protected a knight's throat. In certain light it blazes like a ruby; in shadow it looks almost black.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MIGRATE
- Despite weighing less than a nickel, ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate up to 500 miles non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico each spring and fall, one of the most remarkable journeys in the bird world.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- IRIDESCENT
- The hummingbird's colors aren't from pigment alone, the feathers contain microscopic structures that bend light, producing that shifting, jewel-like iridescence that changes with every angle.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- NECTAR
- A hummingbird can visit over 1,000 flowers in a single day in search of nectar, lapping it up with a grooved tongue that flicks in and out up to 20 times per second.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Hummingbirds: a free large-print word search
Hummingbird word search, free and large-print, find ruby-throated visitors, nectar feeders, and the jewel-bright blur of summer wings.
About Hummingbirds
The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only hummingbird species that nests east of the Mississippi, making it the familiar summer jewel of backyard gardens across much of America. It beats its wings roughly 53 times per second, so fast the eye sees only a shimmer, and can hover perfectly still, then vanish in a dart of scarlet and green. A feeder filled with plain sugar water hung near bright blooms is often all it takes to coax one close enough to hear the soft thrum of those tiny wings.
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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