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
- OBSIDIAN
- A natural volcanic glass, obsidian forms when lava cools so rapidly that crystals have no time to grow. Ancient peoples across the Americas and beyond shaped it into razor-sharp blades and arrowheads.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PYRITE
- Known as fool's gold, pyrite fooled many an 1800s prospector with its bright, brassy gleam. Its name comes from the Greek word for fire, strike it against steel and it sparks.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- AMBER
- Amber is fossilized tree resin, sometimes millions of years old. Insects, feathers, and even tiny air bubbles from ancient atmospheres have been found perfectly preserved inside it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FELDSPAR
- Feldspar is the most abundant mineral group in Earth's crust, making up roughly 60% of its outermost rocky layer. The pink or creamy flecks you see in a piece of granite are almost always feldspar.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Rocks & Minerals: a free large-print word search
Rocks & minerals word search, free and large-print. Hunt for granite, quartz, crystals, fossils, and geodes hidden in the grid.
About Rocks & Minerals
Beneath every hillside and riverbed lies a slow, ancient story written in stone. Granite cooled deep inside the earth millions of years ago, while delicate quartz crystals grew in pockets of pressurized water and mineral-rich fluid. A geode looks plain on the outside, crack it open and you find a hollow lined with sparkling amethyst or calcite, a small wonder that has been forming, unseen, for tens of thousands of years.
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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