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
- SPRINKLER
- The oscillating lawn sprinkler, that slow, sweeping arc of water, became a backyard fixture across America in the postwar suburban boom of the 1950s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BALLOON
- Water balloons were invented accidentally: their creator was trying to make a waterproof sock in the 1950s, tossed the soggy latex prototype out a window, and a summer tradition was born.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPIGOT
- The outdoor spigot (sometimes called a hose bib) is the humble starting point for nearly every backyard water adventure, the first twist of its handle is practically a summer ritual.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BAREFOOT
- Running barefoot through a sprinkler on warm grass is a sensory classic, the cool water, the soft turf, and the almost electric contrast with the heat of the day.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Backyard Water Fun: a free large-print word search
Backyard water fun, free, large-print puzzle evoking cold hoses, flying balloons, and the shriek of a sprinkler on a blazing afternoon.
About Backyard Water Fun
When the thermometer climbs past the point of reason, the backyard becomes its own water park. Someone drags out the hose, screws on a nozzle, and suddenly the lawn is a battlefield of squirt guns and lobbed water balloons. The sprinkler arcs back and forth across the grass, and every kid, and more than a few adults, takes a barefoot run through it just to feel that cold shock on a skin-hot afternoon.
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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