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
- MONARCH
- The monarch butterfly migrates up to 3,000 miles each fall, traveling from Canada and the northern United States to overwintering forests in central Mexico, one of the longest insect migrations on Earth.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CHRYSALIS
- Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar's body essentially dissolves into a rich cellular soup before reorganizing into the butterfly, a process called histolysis and histogenesis.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PROBOSCIS
- A butterfly's proboscis is a long, coiled feeding tube, kept neatly rolled beneath its head and unfurled like a party noisemaker whenever it's time to sip nectar.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MILKWEED
- Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars will eat, making it essential to the species' survival, planting it in a backyard garden is one of the most direct ways to help monarchs thrive.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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About Butterflies
A butterfly moves through the garden with a kind of quiet ceremony, tilting its wings to catch the light, pausing on a blossom just long enough to make you hold your breath. Some travel thousands of miles on wings thinner than tissue paper, following warmth and milkweed across entire continents. The chrysalis, hanging in stillness from a leaf or a stem, holds within it one of nature's most patient and astonishing transformations.
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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