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
- PONG
- Atari's Pong, released in 1972, is widely credited as the game that brought video gaming into the living room for the very first time.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPIROGRAPH
- Spirograph was invented by British engineer Denys Fisher, who first exhibited it at the 1965 Nuremberg Toy Fair before it conquered playrooms worldwide through the 1970s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CLACKERS
- Clackers, two hard acrylic balls on a string swung until they cracked together, were so enthusiastically hazardous that several countries moved to ban them during the 1970s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MASTERMIND
- The code-breaking board game Mastermind was invented in 1970 by Israeli postmaster Mordecai Meirowitz and sold over 50 million copies in its first decade.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Seventies Toys & Games: a free large-print word search
Seventies toys & games word search, free and large-print. Bounce back to space hoppers, Pong, Clackers, and the joyful clutter of a 1970s playroom.
About Seventies Toys & Games
The 1970s playroom had a particular kind of magic, the rubbery tang of a space hopper, the satisfying clack of plastic beads, the glow of the very first home video game flickering on a television set. Toy shops were treasure caves of bright injection-moulded plastic, balsa-wood gliders, and die-cast metal, all promising impossible adventures before teatime. Whether you were spinning a Spirograph into perfect hypnotic circles or plotting your next move in Mastermind, the decade gave children a playtime unlike any before or since.
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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