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
- SPARKLER
- The wire sparkler gets its signature shower of sparks from a coating of metal powders, iron or steel filings, that burn at intense heat while the wire itself stays cool enough to hold.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CRACKER
- The firecracker traces its roots to ancient China, where bamboo thrown into fire produced a sharp crack thought to ward off evil spirits, long before paper tubes and black powder refined the effect.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FUSE
- The slow-burning safety fuse was developed in the 1830s by Cornish miner William Bickford, giving pyrotechnicians a reliable, timed way to ignite a charge from a safe distance.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SIZZLE
- That unmistakable sizzle is the sound of a sparkler's metal coating reacting with oxygen, a miniature combustion so fast it produces visible light and a faint hiss all at once.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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About Sparklers
Long after the parade ends and the sun finally drops, the real magic moves into the backyard. A lit sparkler traces bright arcs in the dark, that satisfying sizzle, the shower of white-hot embers, and the faint curl of smoke rising into the warm July air. From the sharp crack and bang of firecrackers on the sidewalk to the slow, golden gleam of a fuse burning down, the after-dark hours of the Fourth have a texture all their own.
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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