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
- TUMBLEWEED
- Tumbleweed is actually a Russian thistle (Salsola tragus) introduced to the American plains in the 1870s, a newcomer that became the symbol of the lonesome West.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SAGEBRUSH
- The sharp, silvery scent of sagebrush after a desert rain is one of the most distinctive smells on the frontier landscape, and a near-universal trigger of range nostalgia.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MESA
- Mesa is the Spanish word for table, and the name fits perfectly, these flat-topped formations were carved by millions of years of wind and water erosion across the Colorado Plateau.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LASSO
- The word lasso comes from the Spanish lazo, meaning snare or knot, and the skill of throwing one from horseback was essential to working cowboys on every cattle drive.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Open Range word search
The Open Range: a free large-print word search
The Open Range word search, free and large-print. Roam big sky country: mesa, canyon, campfire, and the long cattle drive home.
About The Open Range
Out on the open range, the land does the talking. A mesa rises flat-topped and rust-red against a sky so wide it seems to curve at the edges, while a distant canyon cuts the earth like an old scar. At the end of a long cattle drive, the campfire crackles low, the coffeepot sits in the coals, and the horses stand quietly at the picket line, the whole prairie holding its breath before the stars come out.
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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