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
- FOXTROT
- The foxtrot is named, according to popular legend, after vaudeville performer Harry Fox, whose trotting steps caught on around 1914 and never really left the ballroom floor.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- RHUMBA
- The rhumba drifted north from Cuba in the 1930s, bringing a hip-swaying rhythm that dance-hall instructors scrambled to teach before the next Saturday night.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CORSAGE
- A wrist corsage became the standard dance-night token in mid-20th-century America, chosen over the pin-on style so a gown's fabric stayed smooth through every spin.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BANDSTAND
- The raised bandstand kept the musicians visible above the crowd, and kept the sound traveling cleanly across a full ballroom without a microphone in sight.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Dance Hall word search, free and large-print. Swing onto the floor where velvet gowns, brass horns, and two-steps fill the room.
About The Dance Hall
A great dance hall had its own grammar: the hushed moment before the band struck up, the creak of a waxed floor under a hundred shuffling feet, the bloom of a corsage pinned carefully at the wrist. Brass sections swelled from a raised bandstand while couples moved through foxtrots and waltzes as naturally as breathing. The night ended not with a clock but with a last slow number and the gradual dimming of the spotlight.
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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