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The Harvest

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A few of the words

PUMPKIN
Pumpkins are native to North America and have been cultivated here for thousands of years — long before the first Thanksgiving gatherings.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MAIZE
Maize — what we now simply call corn — was a gift of Indigenous farming to the world, and it was central to the harvest meals of early colonial New England.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CIDER
Fresh-pressed apple cider has been a staple of American harvest time since the 1600s, when apple orchards were among the first things settlers planted.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GOURD
Gourds have been grown in the Americas for at least 10,000 years, prized as much for their hard, dry shells as for their place on the harvest table.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Harvest word search — free and large-print. Corn, gourds, pumpkins, and the season's full, golden table.

About Seasonal

When autumn deepens, fields give up their last great weight — heavy pumpkins resting on dry vines, braided garlic hung in barn doorways, apples piled in wooden crates still cool from the morning air. The harvest season has anchored Thanksgiving since the earliest American celebrations, a time to count what the earth has given before the frost takes hold. A cornucopia overflowing with squash, corn, wheat, and pears is one of the oldest symbols of the season — abundance made visible, warmth stored against the cold.

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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