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
- DISCMAN
- Sony's portable CD player launched in 1984, but it was the anti-skip protection models of the mid-1990s that finally made jogging with one a realistic option.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- JEWEL
- The hard plastic jewel case — still the standard CD housing today — was designed to protect the disc and fold open to reveal the liner notes tucked inside.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CHROME
- Chrome-dioxide tape (Type II) was the cassette fan's upgrade, delivering noticeably crisper highs than standard ferric tape for home recordings.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPINDLE
- The spindle is the center hub of a CD player that grips the disc and spins it at speeds between 200 and 500 RPM depending on where the laser is reading.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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From Cassette to CD: a free large-print word search
From Cassette to CD — a free, large-print puzzle tracing the decade when the mixtape gave way to the shiny disc and the jewel case ruled the shelf.
About From Cassette to CD
In the 1990s, two formats shared the same bedroom shelf — the humble cassette, wound tight on its little plastic spools, and the compact disc catching the light like a small rainbow. You could still press Record on a boombox and capture a favorite song from the radio, but a burned CD with a hand-lettered liner was becoming the new love letter. The Walkman and the bulkier Discman rode in the same jacket pocket generation, a decade when analog warmth and digital clarity briefly walked side by side.
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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