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Eighties Toys

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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

RUBIK
Ernő Rubik invented his famous cube in 1974, but the world didn't fall in love with it until it was licensed internationally in 1980, within two years, over 100 million had been sold.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SKELETOR
The skull-faced villain of Masters of the Universe was one of the most recognisable faces in toy shops throughout the early 1980s, forever scheming to seize Castle Grayskull.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CABBAGE
Cabbage Patch Kids sparked genuine shopping-aisle stampedes in late 1983, each doll came with its own unique name and a birth certificate, making no two quite the same.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPEAK
Speak & Spell, released by Texas Instruments in 1979, became a fixture of 1980s playrooms, and earned a memorable cameo in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1982.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Eighties toys word search

Eighties Toys: a free large-print word search

Eighties Toys, a free, large-print word search celebrating the plastic treasures that lit up living rooms in the 1980s.

About Eighties Toys

The 1980s toy box was a riot of primary colours and impossibly ambitious TV tie-ins. A child might spend a Saturday morning trying to crack the Rubik's Cube, then dash outside to swap Cabbage Patch Kids with a neighbour, then return to line up He-Man and Skeletor for one more battle on the bedroom carpet. The decade turned toys into events, unwrapping one wasn't just a gift, it was a cultural moment.

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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