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
- MAPLE
- The red maple is one of the most widespread trees in eastern North America and one of the earliest to turn, its leaves can shift from green to brilliant scarlet in just a few days once temperatures drop.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- RUSSET
- Russet describes that warm reddish-brown that oak and beech leaves settle into before they fall, the same word once used for a coarse homespun cloth of the same earthy hue.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ACORN
- An acorn needs at least 20 years of growth before a red oak tree produces its first crop, and a single mature oak can drop tens of thousands of acorns in a single autumn.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CANOPY
- The forest canopy, the topmost layer of branches and leaves, can block up to 90 percent of sunlight in summer; by late October, that same overhead sky opens wide and bright.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Falling Leaves: a free large-print word search
Falling leaves word search, free and large-print. Out in the amber woods, maples blaze scarlet and every gust sends a fresh drift swirling down.
About Falling Leaves
When the days shorten and the first real chill settles in, the woods put on their finest show. Red maples ignite almost overnight, oaks deepen to russet and bronze, and birches go a cool, clean gold, the whole canopy alive with color before the branches let go. Then comes that unmistakable crunch underfoot, dry leaves piling along the path, carried by each passing gust into rustling drifts that smell of earth and cedar and something sweetly ripe about the season itself.
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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