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Backyard Water Fun

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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 Seasonal

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

  1. 1
    Find 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.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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