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
- FINESSE
- A finesse is the art of leading toward a card you hope will win, trusting position over raw strength. Getting it right feels like reading someone's mind.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SLAM
- Bidding and making a grand slam in bridge means taking all 13 tricks, a feat celebrated with a bonus score and no small amount of satisfaction.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- RUFF
- A ruff happens when a player has no cards in the led suit and plays a trump instead, one of the most dramatic reversals a single card can produce.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DUMMY
- In bridge, the dummy's hand is laid face-up on the table after the opening lead, giving everyone a clearer picture of what 26 of the 52 cards look like.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Tricks & Trumps: a free large-print word search
Tricks & Trumps, free, large-print word search celebrating the bid, the hand, the trump, and the partner across the table.
About Tricks & Trumps
Card games built around tricks, bridge, whist, spades, euchre, have gathered players around tables for centuries, passing an evening with a good hand and a sharp partner. The language at the table has its own quiet poetry: a well-timed finesse, a ruff on the second round, a slam bid with just enough trumps to see it home. Whether the stakes are pennies or simply bragging rights, that moment when the last trick falls your way never loses its pleasure.
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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