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
- GAZEBO
- The word gazebo dates to 18th-century English garden design, likely a playful Latin coinage meaning 'I shall gaze.' On the Fourth, it's the natural heart of any town green, where the band sets up and the mayor says a few words.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BUNTING
- Patriotic bunting, the draped, gathered fabric in red, white, and blue, has decorated American storefronts and bandstands since at least the Civil War era, a tradition that still turns an ordinary porch into a piece of the celebration.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- WATERMELON
- Watermelon became a staple of summer gatherings in the American South long before it was a Fourth of July cliché. The fruit is about 92% water, which makes it one of the most genuinely refreshing things you can eat on a hot July afternoon.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FIREFLIES
- Fireflies, also called lightning bugs, are actually beetles, and their soft bioluminescent glow peaks in the warm evenings of June and July across much of the eastern United States, arriving just in time to close out a perfect summer day.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Fourth of July town picnic word search
The Town Picnic: a free large-print word search
Fourth of July town picnic word search, free and large-print. Lemonade in a sweating pitcher, bunting on the gazebo, watermelon in the shade.
About The Town Picnic
On the Fourth of July, every small town seems to exhale at once, blankets spread across the park grass, the gazebo draped in red, white, and blue bunting, and a brass band warming up in the afternoon heat. The lemonade pitcher makes its rounds, and someone is always first in line for the watermelon, seeds and all. As the evening softens, fireflies start their slow drift over the clover, and the whole day feels like it belongs to everyone.
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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