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
- EARWORM
- The German word 'Ohrwurm', literally 'ear worm', gave English this vivid term for a tune that loops unbidden in the mind, and researchers at the University of London have found that songs with simple, rising melodic intervals are the most likely culprits.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- DITTY
- A ditty is a short, simple song, and the word has been traced in English as far back as the 14th century, long before anyone thought to use one to sell soap.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- REFRAIN
- In songwriting, the refrain is the line or phrase that returns again and again, and clever jingle writers knew that repetition was the fastest road from a stranger's ears straight to their memory.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- HOOK
- Music producers call it the hook, the irresistible few seconds that make a listener stop and listen again. The best advertising jingles were almost nothing but hook, start to finish.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Catchy Jingle: a free large-print word search
Advertising jingle word search, free and large-print. Eight notes, one hook, and suddenly it's living rent-free in your head all afternoon.
About The Catchy Jingle
Before the skip button existed, the jingle was the art form that quietly ruled American life. A few bars hummed over a radio spot could make a brand feel like an old friend, part of the furniture, woven into the rhythm of ordinary days. From the cereal aisle to the Saturday-morning cartoon break, those little melodies did something no billboard ever could: they got inside you and stayed.
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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