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Owls of the Night

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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.

A few of the words

TALON
A great horned owl's grip rivals that of a golden eagle, its talons can exert hundreds of pounds of pressure per square inch, making escape nearly impossible for prey.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PELLET
Owls can't digest bone and fur, so they compact the remains of each meal into a tight oval pellet and cough it up whole, a tidy little record of an entire night's hunting.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BARN
The barn owl has the most sensitive hearing of any animal ever tested, able to locate and strike prey in complete darkness guided by sound alone.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
NOCTURNAL
Most owls hunt between dusk and dawn, but the short-eared owl is famously crepuscular, most active right at twilight and again just before sunrise.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Owls of the Night: a free large-print word search

Owls of the Night, a free, large-print word search drifting through moonlit woods, soft wingbeats, and the deep, rolling hoot that stirs the dark.

About Owls of the Night

Long after the yard goes quiet, the owls take over. A great horned owl claims a high branch at dusk, its tufted silhouette barely moving against the darkening sky, while a barn owl glides soundlessly over open fields on heart-shaped wings. Somewhere in a hollow tree, a small screech owl trills and quavers, a call so trembling and alive it can stop you mid-step on a night walk and send a pleasant chill right down your spine.

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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