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
- TOASTER
- The first electric pop-up toaster, the Toastmaster Model 1-A, appeared in 1926, before that, bread was simply held over a flame or balanced on a wire rack above a gas burner.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ICEBOX
- The icebox was a common kitchen fixture throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s, relying on a block of harvested ice to keep food cool, the iceman's delivery route was a familiar neighborhood rhythm.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- WRINGER
- The hand-cranked wringer was attached to early washing machines to squeeze water from wet clothes; it saved enormous labor compared to wringing by hand, though many a finger got caught in its rollers.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SEWING
- Isaac Singer's improved sewing machine, patented in 1851, brought mechanized stitching into the home and cut the time needed to sew a shirt from hours of hand-stitching down to minutes.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Household Inventions: a free large-print word search
Household inventions word search, free and large-print. From the hum of the icebox to the click of the toaster, explore the gadgets that remade the home.
About Household Inventions
Before electricity changed everything, a household ran on muscle and fire, water hauled, clothes scrubbed, bread toasted slice by careful slice over an open flame. Then, one by one, clever inventions crept into the kitchen and the laundry room, turning exhausting chores into something almost effortless. The hum of a motor, the glow of a heating coil, the satisfying click of a switch, these small sounds became the soundtrack of modern domestic life.
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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