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
- QUIP
- The lightning-fast exchange of clever quips was the engine of every screwball plot, directors sometimes ran rehearsals like sparring matches to sharpen the rhythm.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HEIRESS
- The runaway heiress was a screwball staple, memorably sent up in 1934's It Happened One Night, which swept all five major Academy Awards that year.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SLAPSTICK
- Physical comedy was never far away: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn spent much of Bringing Up Baby (1938) tripping over each other and a missing dinosaur bone.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DISGUISE
- Swapped clothes and borrowed identities drove countless plots, a disguise could transform a mild-mannered hero into someone bold enough to finally say what he meant.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Screwball Comedies: a free large-print word search
Screwball comedies word search, free and large-print. Here's the fast talk, comic chaos, mistaken identities, and that inevitable kiss.
About Screwball Comedies
In the 1930s and 1940s, screwball comedy lit up Hollywood with a particular kind of magic: two strong-willed people trading barbs at breakneck speed until, somehow, they fell helplessly in love. The genre thrived on disguise and mix-up, a runaway heiress, a wisecracking reporter, a case of mistaken identity, all hurtling toward a happy ending. It was cinema at its most alive, crackling with wit and warmth in equal measure.
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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