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
- STADIUM
- Two iconic stadiums hosted the event on July 13, 1985: Wembley in London held around 72,000 fans, while JFK Stadium in Philadelphia packed in roughly 100,000 more.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BROADCAST
- The Live Aid broadcast was carried by satellite to an estimated 150 countries — one of the largest live television audiences the world had ever seen at that time.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CHARITY
- Every dollar raised went toward famine relief in Ethiopia; the event is credited with bringing global attention to a crisis that had been largely out of the headlines.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ENCORE
- With sets running as short as 17 minutes, artists had little room for an encore — making every second on that stage count all the more.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Live Aid Rocks the World: a free large-print word search
Live Aid word search — free and large-print — celebrating the day a single concert shook two continents and united a world in song.
About Live Aid Rocks the World
On July 13, 1985, two stages lit up at once — one at Wembley Stadium in London, one at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia — and an estimated 1.9 billion television viewers across roughly 150 countries watched together. The music ran for nearly sixteen hours, filling the air with anthems, guitar solos, and the kind of crowd roar that rattles the chest from half a mile away. It was a day when the sheer power of live performance became something larger than entertainment — a worldwide act of charity carried on sound waves and satellite signals.
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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