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
- FUGITIVE
- A wanted man on the run was legally a fugitive, the term comes from the Latin 'fugere,' meaning to flee, and appears in U.S. law as far back as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MARSHAL
- The U.S. Marshals Service, established in 1789, is the nation's oldest federal law enforcement agency, making the marshal's star a genuine symbol of frontier authority long before Hollywood touched it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LASSO
- The word 'lasso' entered American English from the Spanish 'lazo,' carried north by vaqueros whose roping traditions shaped the cowboy skills celebrated in every Western chase scene.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BOUNTY
- Bounty hunting as a legal practice in the United States traces to an 1872 Supreme Court ruling in Taylor v. Taintor, which gave bail bondsmen, and their hired trackers, broad authority to pursue a fugitive across state lines.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Forming a Posse: a free large-print word search
Forming a Posse, a free, large-print word search riding the dusty trail of outlaws, bounties, and hard frontier justice.
About Forming a Posse
When the sheriff pinned on his badge and called for a posse, ordinary townsfolk became riders with a purpose, saddling up at dawn, reading a wanted poster by lantern light, and tracking hoofprints across sun-baked canyon floors. TV Westerns brought that chase to life week after week: the thunder of a gallop, the glint of a deputy's rifle, the moment the marshal finally closed in. It was frontier justice at its most dramatic, equal parts grit, duty, and the wide-open American sky.
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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