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
- PILEATED
- The Pileated Woodpecker is North America's largest, stretching nearly 20 inches from bill to tail, its loud, laughing call inspired the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SAPSUCKER
- Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers drill neat rows of small wells in tree bark to collect rising sap, and hummingbirds often follow behind to drink from the same tiny wells.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FLICKER
- Unlike most woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker spends much of its time on the ground, hammering into ant hills and lapping up thousands of ants in a single meal.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CAVITY
- A woodpecker pair may spend up to four weeks excavating a nest cavity, and that same hollow can be reused by bluebirds, chickadees, or wood ducks for decades after.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Woodpeckers: a free large-print word search
Free large-print woodpecker word search, find the drummers, bark-clingers, and cavity-carvers hiding in the trees.
About Woodpeckers
A rhythmic knock echoing through the woods is one of nature's most satisfying sounds, a woodpecker working the bark, chisel-bill driving into heartwood in search of a hidden grub. From the boldly crested Pileated to the trim little Downy, these birds are architects as much as foragers, hollowing out cavities that shelter owls, squirrels, and wrens for years to come. Watch the trunk of an old oak long enough and you might also spot a White-breasted Nuthatch spiraling headfirst downward, or a Northern Flicker probing the leaf litter below with its curved bill.
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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