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A few of the words
- DURAN
- Duran Duran took their name from a villain in the 1968 sci-fi film Barbarella — and spent much of the 80s living up to the glamour.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPANDAU
- Spandau Ballet formed in London in 1979 and became figureheads of the New Romantic movement, with 'Gold' becoming one of the decade's most enduring anthems.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DEPECHE
- Depeche Mode — 'depeche mode' is French for 'fast fashion' — built an empire of dark, danceable synth-pop from Basildon, Essex.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MTV
- MTV launched on 1 August 1981, and overnight the music video stopped being a bonus and became the main event.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Eighties Pop: a free large-print word search
Eighties pop word search — free and large-print. Synths, shoulder pads, and the electrifying chart-toppers that lit up the decade.
About Nostalgia & Eras
The 1980s pop scene was a world of sequencers humming in the small hours, mascara in the morning, and a new single dropping every Friday that could rearrange your whole weekend. New Romantic bands dressed like pirates and princes, while synth-pop duos filled arenas with nothing but two keyboards and an attitude. The radio was a portal — tune in at the right moment and a song could fix itself to a memory forever.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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