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A few of the words

COLOSSAL
Colossal comes from the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — a statue so enormous that ships reportedly sailed between its legs, though that detail is almost certainly legend.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MAMMOTH
Mammoth entered English as a word for "enormous" because of the woolly mammoth, the Ice Age giant whose frozen remains were uncovered in Siberia and left early explorers searching for superlatives.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
IMMENSE
Immense traces back to the Latin "immensus" — literally "un-measured" — capturing the idea of something so large it defies any attempt to take its full measure.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GRAND
Grand has done double duty for centuries, describing both physical size and social importance — the Grand Canyon and a grand piano both borrow the same quiet confidence from Old French "grant."Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Big Words: a free large-print word search

Big words word search — free and large-print — celebrating every bold, sweeping synonym for large, from vast to colossal.

About Big Words

The English language has always had an appetite for scale. From the Old English "micel" giving way to "great," to the Latin-rooted "immense" and "colossal," writers and poets have reached for the grandest word available when ordinary size simply wouldn't do. Each synonym carries its own flavor — vast suggests open space, mighty implies force, and mammoth conjures something ancient and almost impossible to believe.

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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