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A few of the words
- MILLER
- Glenn Miller's orchestra was the best-selling recording act of the early 1940s, and his 'Moonlight Serenade' became one of the era's most enduring signatures.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ELLINGTON
- Duke Ellington led his orchestra at Harlem's Cotton Club and went on to perform for Allied troops during the Second World War, taking swing to audiences across the globe.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LINDY
- The Lindy Hop — named after Charles Lindbergh's 1927 Atlantic flight — was the exuberant partner dance that swing music was practically built around.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DORSEY
- Brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey both led celebrated orchestras; Tommy's warm trombone tone backed a young Frank Sinatra on some of his earliest hit recordings.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Big Band & Swing: a free large-print word search
Big band swing word search — free and large-print — evoking brass, rhythm and the dance halls that dared the world to keep moving.
About Nostalgia & Eras
On both sides of the Atlantic, the big band sound was the heartbeat of the 1940s. Glenn Miller's smoky trombone arrangements drifted from wireless sets and packed ballrooms, lifting spirits through blackouts and uncertainty. Bandleaders like Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Artie Shaw made swing not just music but a kind of defiant joy — couples in their best clothes spinning through the Lindy Hop while the brass section soared.
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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