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
- CYLINDER
- The revolving cylinder that gives the six-shooter its name holds six rounds in a circle, a design Colt introduced to the mass market with its 1836 Paterson model.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- NOTCH
- The legend of carving a notch into a pistol grip for each victory in a duel is largely Hollywood myth, most real gunfighters considered the practice disrespectful to the weapon.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SCABBARD
- Before the word 'holster' became standard, a pistol's leather carrying sheath was often called a scabbard, the same term used for a sword's protective sleeve.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MARSHAL
- U.S. Marshals were among the first federal law-enforcement officers in the American West, established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, long before the frontier showdowns that made them famous.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Six-Shooter word search
The Six-Shooter: a free large-print word search
The Six-Shooter, a free, large-print word search where every word lives in the smoke and silence of a frontier gunfight.
About The Six-Shooter
In the golden age of TV Westerns, the gunfight was its own kind of theater, two figures in a dusty street, hands hovering, the whole town holding its breath. The six-shooter itself became an icon: its blued steel barrel, the soft click of the hammer drawing back, the spin of the cylinder before a duel. Whether it was the marshal pinning on his badge or the outlaw riding hard ahead of a posse, the pistol was always at the center of the story.
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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