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
- MASON
- John Landis Mason patented his threaded glass jar in 1858, and the design has barely changed since, the same satisfying two-piece lid still seals home kitchens across the country every autumn.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PARAFFIN
- Before rubber-sealed lids were universal, a thin layer of melted paraffin wax poured over jam or jelly was the standard way to keep air out, a technique passed down through generations of careful canners.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BRINE
- A simple brine of water, salt, and sometimes vinegar does the preserving work in a crock of dill pickles, the salt draws out moisture and creates an environment where good fermentation thrives.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BUSHEL
- A bushel, 8 dry gallons by US measure, has been the standard unit for counting out apples, tomatoes, and field corn at farm stands and harvest markets for well over a century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Harvest & Canning: a free large-print word search
Harvest & Canning, a free, large-print word search steeped in pickle brine, beeswax-sealed jars, and the earthy calm of a well-stocked root cellar.
About Harvest & Canning
When the days shorten and the first cool nights arrive, the kitchen garden gives its fullest account of itself, baskets heavy with beets, squash lined up on the porch rail, garlic plaits drying in the breeze. Inside, a stockpot steams and Mason jars wait in rows, their lids popped tight with a satisfying ping. The root cellar below holds the rest: turnips nested in straw, crocks of dill pickles slowly working in their brine, a whole larder's worth of summer put carefully to rest.
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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