Word 1 of 10: POSTMARK
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
- POSTMARK
- A postmark tells you the town and the date a letter entered the mail, which is often the only reliable date on an undated page.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- QUILL
- Quills were cut from large feathers, usually goose, and had to be trimmed again whenever the tip wore down.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CURSIVE
- Many old letters are in a looping hand taught in school penmanship drills, and it can take a patient eye to read a stranger's.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Old letters and diaries word search, free to print, with a ribbon-tied bundle from the attic and a postmark from somewhere far off.
About Old Letters & Diaries
Somewhere in most families there's a trunk or a hope chest with a bundle of letters in it, tied with ribbon that's gone the color of weak tea. The ink has browned and the handwriting leans hard to one side. On the envelope, a 3-cent stamp, the first-class rate that held for years until 1958. A diary kept for years might say only that it rained and the corn came in late, and somehow that's the part you read twice.
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 color on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.The level you pick sets 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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