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A few of the words
- BALL
- The Times Square ball made its debut on December 31, 1907 — a 700-pound iron-and-wood sphere lit by 100 incandescent bulbs.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- AULD
- "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish phrase meaning roughly "old long since" — or times gone by — and Robert Burns published his version of the song in 1788.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CONFETTI
- After each Times Square celebration, the cleanup crew collects nearly 3,000 pounds of confetti from the surrounding streets.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TWELVE
- The stroke of twelve has marked the new year since ancient Rome, when the calendar day was reckoned to turn at midnight.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Midnight Countdown: a free large-print word search
New Year countdown word search — free and large-print. Ten… nine… eight… the ball drops, the glasses clink, and a fresh year begins.
About Seasonal
For one electric minute every December 31st, the whole crowd leans in together — eyes on the clock, breath held, voices rising from ten all the way down to one. The Times Square ball has been dropping since 1907, descending exactly 70 feet in 60 seconds while a million people crane their necks upward into the cold. When midnight finally strikes, the horns blow, the confetti falls, and strangers cheer each other like old friends.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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