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The Cattle Ranch

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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

BRANDING
A hot iron pressed to hide in seconds, the ranch's mark that settled ownership disputes across thousands of open-range acres.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BUNKHOUSE
The long, spare building where cowhands slept, swapped stories, and sharpened skills before another day in the saddle.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BRONCO
Spanish for 'rough' or 'wild', an unbroken horse that tested a wrangler's nerve from the first moment it left the corral gate.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LASSO
A well-thrown loop could drop a running steer at full gallop, a skill that took years of practice on the fence posts of a working ranch.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Cattle Ranch: a free large-print word search

Cattle ranch word search, free and large-print. Dust rising off the range, the creak of saddle leather, and the low bellow of a driven herd.

About The Cattle Ranch

The cattle ranch was the beating heart of the TV Western, wide acres of sun-baked grass, a weathered barn at the center, and cowhands who knew every steer by its brand. From the predawn quiet of the bunkhouse to the long push of an afternoon trail drive, life on the spread ran on hard work, rope skill, and the deep satisfaction of a well-tended herd. Audiences tuned in week after week to watch those dusty corrals and open pastures unfold, finding something honest and unhurried in the rhythm of ranch life.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose 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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