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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

PIVOT
A spinner's magic lives in its pivot, the tiny pin at the center that lets the needle spin freely with almost no friction.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SECTOR
The colored sections of a classic spinner are called sectors, a geometry term borrowed straight from the classroom and dropped onto the game table.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
WEDGE
Games like Trivial Pursuit made the wedge a trophy in its own right, turning each colored slice of the wheel into a hard-won prize.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HUB
The hub is the central point where the spinner arm is anchored, keep it flat and unwarped, and every spin stays honest.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Spin the Spinner: a free large-print word search

Spin the spinner word search, free and large-print, for the flick of the arrow and that held breath before it lands on your color.

About Spin the Spinner

A well-balanced spinner is almost hypnotic, the needle blurring into a hum, then slowing, tick by tick, until it settles on a wedge of color. Long before digital randomizers, the spinner was the heartbeat of family game night: a single flick of the finger that sent every player leaning forward. Mounted on cardboard or set into a bright plastic wheel, it turned pure chance into a shared, breath-held moment.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose 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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