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A few of the words
- MAYFIELD
- Curtis Mayfield's 1972 soundtrack to *Superfly* is one of the great concept albums of the era — political, lush, and absolutely drenched in soul.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- STAX
- Stax Records in Memphis had its own in-house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, who played on hundreds of landmark recordings throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CLAVINET
- The Hohner Clavinet — a keyboard with strings struck by rubber pads — gave Stevie Wonder the unmistakable choked, funky attack heard all over the 1970s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HAYES
- Isaac Hayes won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1972 for *Shaft*, becoming one of the first Black composers to win the honour.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Soul & Funk: a free large-print word search
Soul & funk word search — free and large-print — ride the groove where horns blaze, bass locks deep, and every riff demands a moved foot.
About Nostalgia & Eras
Long before the mirror ball took the credit, it was the funk bands — tight rhythm sections, screaming brass, and a preacher's urgency at the microphone — that made the floor move. Labels like Stax and Motown were finishing schools for musicians who treated every two-minute single like a masterclass in feel. The clavinet, the wah-wah pedal, and a bass guitar set just so were the real architects of the decade's heat.
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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