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
- POTBELLY
- The cast-iron potbelly stove got its name from its rounded, barrel-shaped midsection, and on a cold morning, a circle of chairs around one was about as good as life got.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- WHITTLING
- A pocketknife and a scrap of wood kept hands busy during long conversations. Whittling was so tied to store-porch culture that a skilled whittler was often its most reliable regular.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CHECKER
- A painted checkerboard on a barrel head or a nail keg was standard store furniture across the rural South and Midwest, a standing invitation that rarely went unanswered.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LOAFER
- In the 19th century, a "loafer" wasn't an insult, it was a familiar, almost affectionate name for the regulars who gave the general store its warm, unhurried character.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Cracker Barrel: a free large-print word search
Free large-print cracker barrel word search, pull up a chair by the potbelly stove and find the words that built an afternoon.
About The Cracker Barrel
Long before the telephone, the country store was where news traveled. Men pulled chairs to the potbelly stove in winter or drifted onto the porch when the weather turned warm, swapping stories over a checkerboard or a handful of crackers from the open barrel. The talk was slow, the silences were comfortable, and nobody was in any particular hurry to leave.
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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