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Honky-Tonk

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A few of the words

STEEL
The pedal steel guitar's sliding, weeping tone is so tied to country heartache that musicians sometimes call it the crying steel — a sound that defines the genre.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
JUKEBOX
The word 'jukebox' traces back to the Gullah word 'juke,' meaning rowdy or disorderly — a fitting origin for a machine built for dance halls and roadhouses.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TWOSTEP
The Texas Two-Step is a traveling dance that moves counter-clockwise around the floor — a convention so universal that experienced dancers follow it without a word.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SAWDUST
Sawdust was spread across honky-tonk floors for practical reasons: it soaked up spills, cushioned boots, and kept the old plank boards from getting too slick for dancing.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Honky-tonk word search — free and large-print. Neon lights, sawdust floors, a jukebox glowing in the corner, and boots finding the two-step.

About Music & Film

Saturday night in a honky-tonk has its own particular grammar: the low hum of a steel guitar bending a note until it aches, couples turning slow circles under a single bare bulb, and the jukebox earning every quarter. These roadside dance halls — plank floors worn smooth by a thousand shuffles, bar stools scuffed at the rung — became the living room of working America, where lonesome feelings got a backbeat and something to lean on. From the Texas dance halls of the 1940s to the neon-lit strips of Nashville, the honky-tonk gave country music its grit, its humor, and its heart.

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.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
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