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 takes its name from the vaudeville performer Harry Fox, who introduced a trotting two-step to New York audiences around 1914.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- WALTZ
- Considered scandalously intimate when it arrived in European ballrooms in the late 18th century, the waltz became the defining couples' dance of the 19th century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TAP
- Tap dance blends African rhythmic footwork with Irish and English clog traditions, a uniquely American art form that found its grandest stage in Hollywood musicals.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPOTLIGHT
- Stage spotlights were originally fed by burning lime, hence the phrase 'in the limelight', before electric arc lights took over in the late 1800s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Dancing Stars: a free large-print word search
Dancing Stars, a free, large-print word search celebrating the shimmer of movie ballrooms, gliding partners, and the magic of a perfectly timed routine.
About Dancing Stars
Few things on the silver screen are as purely joyful as a great dance number, the click of tap shoes on a polished stage floor, a couple finding their foxtrot in a flood of warm light, every step drilled through long hours of practice until it looks effortless. Hollywood's golden-age choreographers built entire worlds around the body in motion, making grace and rhythm feel like a kind of conversation. From the spinning waltz of a grand ballroom to a loose-limbed swing number in a rain-soaked street, those moments have a way of staying with us long after the curtain falls.
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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