A few of the words
- POLARIS
- Polaris, the North Star, sits within about one degree of true celestial north — steady enough that navigators have relied on it for centuries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CASSIOPEIA
- Cassiopeia's distinctive W shape is visible year-round from the Northern Hemisphere, circling the pole and never dipping below the horizon for most of the US.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CORONA
- The sun's corona — its outer atmosphere — blazes into view only during a total solar eclipse, when the moon slides exactly in front of the solar disk.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ZENITH
- The zenith is the point in the sky directly above the observer — the best spot to look when you want the deepest, clearest view through the thinnest slice of atmosphere.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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About Garden & Nature
Step away from the porch light and let your eyes adjust — within minutes the sky fills in, layer by layer, star by star. On a moonless night far from city glow, the Milky Way arches overhead like a softly lit river, and familiar shapes emerge: Orion's belt, the graceful W of Cassiopeia, the steady anchor of the North Star. There is a particular stillness that comes from lying back on cool grass, watching for a streak of light to cross the dark — a silence that feels older than any campfire story.
How to play
- 1Find 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.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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