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
- FABLE
- Aesop's fables, tales of animals whose choices teach a lesson, were being collected and retold as far back as the 6th century BC in ancient Greece.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DRAGON
- In Western fairy tales the dragon guards the castle and must be slain; in Chinese folklore the dragon is a benevolent, rain-bringing creature of imperial power, two very different beasts sharing one name.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CURSE
- The wicked fairy's curse is a cornerstone of the classic tale: Sleeping Beauty's enchanted sleep and Rumpelstiltskin's bargain both turn on a doom spoken aloud and a clever reversal to undo it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BEAST
- Beauty and the Beast traces its written roots to an 18th-century French story by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in 1740, though similar transformation tales are far older.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Fairy Tales & Fables word search, free and large-print. Wander into enchanted forests, climb dark towers, and outwit the wolf.
About Fairy Tales & Fables
Every culture on earth has told stories of clever peasants and sleeping princesses, of beasts with hidden hearts and wolves with silver tongues. The fable sharpens its lesson to a fine point, a tortoise crossing a finish line, a crow dropping stones into a pitcher, while the fairy tale opens wide into wonder, where a single wish can shatter a curse or seal one forever. These stories shaped the moral imagination of childhood and never quite let go.
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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