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
- LANTERN
- Kerosene lanterns were a staple of the general store's hardware shelf well into the early 20th century, sold alongside the wicks and fuel to keep them burning.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BEESWAX
- Beeswax served double duty in the old store, sold as a wood and leather conditioner, it was also rubbed onto thread to make hand-stitching a sail or a harness far easier.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TONIC
- Patent tonics filled an entire section of the shelf, often bottled under fanciful names and sold by the general store as a reliable remedy for fatigue, digestion, and much else besides.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- AWLS
- A sharp steel awl, a simple pointed tool, was one of the most-reached-for items in any household's kit, used for piercing leather, starting holes in wood, and mending harness straps.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Hardware & Sundries: a free large-print word search
Hardware & Sundries, a free, large-print word search through everything a household once carried home from the general store.
About Hardware & Sundries
The old country store kept a little of everything: nails scooped from an open keg, rope coiled on a peg, seed packets arranged by season, and amber bottles of tonic promising relief from nearly any complaint. Tools hung from the rafters or leaned against a rough plank counter worn smooth by decades of elbows and coins. The smell of beeswax, sawdust, and harness leather mixed in the air, a scent as familiar to those households as the sound of the front screen door swinging shut behind them.
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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