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The Home Front

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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

ANDERSON
The Anderson shelter, named after Home Secretary Sir John Anderson, was issued free to households earning under £5 a week from 1939. More than 3.5 million were erected in back gardens across Britain.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BLACKOUT
From 1 September 1939, every window in Britain had to be covered so that no sliver of light could guide enemy aircraft. Air-raid wardens patrolled the streets, and the cry 'Put that light out!' became one of the sounds of the era.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
STIRRUP
The stirrup pump, a simple hand-operated device drawing water from a bucket, was the front-line tool for tackling incendiary bombs before they took hold. Thousands of households kept one at the ready throughout the Blitz.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ALLOTMENT
The 'Dig for Victory' campaign urged every family with a garden or allotment to grow their own food. By 1943, an estimated 1.4 million new allotment plots had been cultivated across the country.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Home Front word search, free and large-print. Explore the quiet courage of ration books, blacked-out windows and neighbours sharing whatever they had.

About The Home Front

On the 1940s home front, daily life was shaped by sacrifice and ingenuity. Ration books governed every scrap of butter and every yard of cloth; allotments sprang up in parks and back gardens; and the cry of an air-raid siren could empty a street in minutes. Yet there was warmth in it too, neighbours crowding into Anderson shelters with flasks of tea, the blackout lending the night sky a starlit clarity that city dwellers had rarely seen before.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose 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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