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
- PLUME
- A plume nozzle fans water into a tall, feathery column, one of the oldest fountain head designs, prized for the way late-afternoon light catches the individual droplets on the way down.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BASIN
- The basin is both catch and canvas: water returns to it, koi shelter in it, and its still surface mirrors the sky between each ripple, the quiet counterpart to all that motion above.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- NOZZLE
- Swap the nozzle and you change the whole personality of a fountain, a narrow jet nozzle shoots a single bright thread of water; a wider diffuser spills it in a gentle cascade.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CASCADE
- The word cascade comes from the Italian cascata, sharing its root with the Latin cadere, meaning to fall, a fitting ancestor for water spilling in tiers down a garden wall or sculpture.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Fountain: a free large-print word search
The Fountain, a free, large-print word search tracing the arc of water: spout, spray, jet, basin, and the soft hiss of a plume in still air.
About The Fountain
A garden fountain works quietly against the heat of the day, the pump draws water up, the nozzle shapes it into an arch or a feathery plume, and it falls back into the basin in a sound that is half music, half rain. That steady murmur softens the edges of the afternoon, drawing bees to the mist and dragonflies to the pool. From the grandest tiered centerpiece to a simple terracotta bowl with a single spout, the moving water brings a garden to life in a way that stillness alone cannot.
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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