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
- JUGGLER
- Juggling as formal stage entertainment flourished in the 19th-century music halls of Britain and America, where three-ball routines gave way to torches, knives, and spinning plates before the final bow.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- OVATION
- A standing ovation signals more than approval, theater lore holds that audiences at the old Palace Theater on Broadway would rise as one only when an act had truly earned it, a tradition that stretched back to the 1910s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- REVUE
- The word revue entered American show business by way of French theatrical tradition, describing a fast-moving program of sketches, songs, and specialty acts stitched together without a single plot.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FANFARE
- A short, brassy fanfare has announced headline acts for centuries, the term traces to the Spanish word fanfarria, itself echoing the bright blare of trumpets calling an audience to attention.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Headline Act word search
The Headline Act: a free large-print word search
The Headline Act word search, free and large-print, steps into the footlights with singers, jugglers, comics, and one unforgettable encore.
About The Headline Act
Variety entertainment has always lived on surprise, the magician who follows the soprano, the comic who turns a stumble into a punchline, the dancer who leaves the audience breathless for a beat before the applause breaks loose. From vaudeville houses to television stages, performers built acts that could stop a show cold in ninety seconds flat. The encore wasn't just a courtesy; it was the crowd's way of saying the night wasn't ready to end.
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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