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
- GLOBE
- The original Globe Theater was built in 1599 on the south bank of the Thames using timber salvaged from an earlier playhouse, and Shakespeare himself was a part-owner.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SOLILOQUY
- Hamlet's 'To be, or not to be' is perhaps the most famous soliloquy ever written, a character thinking aloud as though the audience simply isn't there.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- IAMBIC
- Shakespeare wrote most of his verse in iambic pentameter, ten syllables per line with a da-DUM heartbeat rhythm that mirrors natural English speech.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FALSTAFF
- The rotund, roguish Sir John Falstaff charmed audiences so thoroughly in Henry IV that legend holds Queen Elizabeth herself requested a play showing him in love, inspiring The Merry Wives of Windsor.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Shakespeare word search, free and large-print. Roam the Globe, hear a soliloquy, and feel the pull of tragedy and comedy alike.
About Shakespeare
For over four hundred years, the plays of William Shakespeare have held the stage with an almost magnetic grip, tragedies that crack the heart, comedies that send the gallery into laughter, and histories that make kings feel mortal. He wrote in a London alive with plague bells and river smells, where the Globe Theater's open roof let in the same sky that fell on groundlings and nobility together. His sonnets, 154 of them, exploring love, time, and beauty, are among the most memorized lines in the English language, and his characters still feel like people you might know.
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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