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
- BRIDGE
- Contract bridge as we know it today was codified in 1925, when Harold Vanderbilt refined the rules aboard an ocean liner sailing through the Panama Canal.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- JOKER
- The Joker card was introduced by American euchre players in the early 1860s as a trump card called the 'best bower', making it one of the few playing-card innovations to originate in the United States.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPADE
- In a standard deck the spade suit ranks highest in many card games, and the Ace of Spades has long been the most decorated card in the pack, printers historically used it to display their maker's mark.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BLUFF
- Bluffing is so central to poker that 'calling someone's bluff' entered everyday American English long before Las Vegas made the game famous on television.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Card games word search, free and large-print, shuffles in aces, chips, bluffs, and the satisfying snap of a well-dealt hand.
About Card Games
A deck of cards has traveled to nearly every corner of the world, turning up on kitchen tables, front porches, and long train rides alike. Whether the game is a friendly hand of bridge, a tense round of poker, or a quick game of rummy, the ritual is the same, shuffle, cut, deal, and play. The soft riffle of the cards and the click of chips on the table are among the most comforting sounds a game night can offer.
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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