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
- AUDREY
- Audrey Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her very first major Hollywood role, in Roman Holiday (1953).Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- VIVIEN
- Vivien Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar twice, for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PEARLS
- A single strand of pearls became one of Hollywood's most iconic accessories, worn on and off screen by stars from Grace Kelly to Audrey Hepburn.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPOTLIGHT
- Early Hollywood studios used carbon-arc spotlights so powerful they could be seen from miles away, a deliberate signal that something grand was happening inside.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Leading ladies word search, free and large-print, where velvet shimmers, pearls gleam, and the spotlight finds its star.
About Leading Ladies
Before a single line was spoken, the audience already knew, the way she moved across the screen, the drape of the velvet, the cool gleam of pearls at her throat. Hollywood's golden era built its mythology around these women: voices trained, gestures precise, each entrance choreographed like a slow breath held in the dark. The studio system may have shaped their images, but the stars themselves, Katharine's sharp wit, Ingrid's luminous calm, Audrey's effortless grace, were impossible to manufacture.
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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