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At the Auction

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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

GAVEL
The auctioneer's small wooden mallet has been the symbol of a closed sale for centuries, one crisp strike and the lot belongs to the highest bidder.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PROVENANCE
A piece's provenance is its documented history of ownership, and a strong paper trail can dramatically raise an item's value at auction.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ABSENTEE
Absentee bids, submitted in advance by buyers who can't attend in person, have been a fixture of major auction houses for well over a hundred years.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
RESERVE
The reserve is the confidential minimum price a seller will accept; if bidding doesn't reach it, the lot is passed, a tense moment for everyone in the room.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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At the auction word search, playable online without an account or an app, where the hammer falls and provenance gets its moment in the room.

About At the Auction

The auction room has its own particular electricity, numbered paddles raised, the auctioneer's voice quickening as bids climb, and a hush settling the instant the gavel strikes wood. Every lot tells a story: a piece of furniture that crossed an ocean, a painting that hung in the same parlor for a century, a box of letters that somehow survived. Whether the sale is a grand city house or a country barn full of estate finds, the thrill of "going once, going twice" is the same.

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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