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The Fifty States

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ADMITTED
A state officially joins the Union when Congress passes an Admission Act and the President signs it. Hawaii, admitted on August 21, 1959, was the fiftieth and most recent state.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MOTTO
Every state has an official motto. New Hampshire's reads 'Live Free or Die,' adopted in 1945, while Alaska's 'North to the Future' was chosen in 1967.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
STRIPE
The thirteen stripes on the U.S. flag represent the original thirteen colonies that declared independence in 1776 — seven red and six white, alternating top to bottom.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PACIFIC
Five U.S. states border the Pacific Ocean: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii — spanning more than 7,000 miles of coastline in total.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Fifty States word search — free and large-print. From the Atlantic shore to the Pacific, explore the capitals, borders, flags, and map of the nation.

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The United States stretches across six time zones, from the rocky coasts of Maine to the volcanic shores of Hawaii, and from the sun-baked deserts of the Southwest to the boreal forests of Alaska. Every state carries its own capital city, its own flag, its own seal, and its own motto — a mosaic of history, landscape, and identity stitched together on a single map. The arrangement of fifty stars on the national flag has been updated twenty-seven times as new states were admitted to the Union, with Hawaii's admission in 1959 producing the flag Americans know today.

How to play

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
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    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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