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The Buzzer

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A few of the words

OVERTIME
NBA overtime periods are five minutes each, teams can play multiple overtimes in a single game, with the 1976 Finals Game 5 famously going to three overtimes.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HEAVE
A half-court or full-court heave at the buzzer is one of basketball's most theatrical moments, low-percentage but unforgettable when it falls.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SCOREBOARD
The first electric scoreboards in major arenas began appearing in the 1930s; before that, scores were updated by hand on chalkboards courtside.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
COMEBACK
The NBA record for the largest comeback win is 36 points, set by the Utah Jazz against the Denver Nuggets in 1996.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Buzzer, a free, large-print word search for the final seconds: overtime, the comeback, the scoreboard, and that desperate heave at the horn.

About The Buzzer

Nothing in basketball is quite like the last possession of a tied game, the arena hushed, the clock bleeding down to single digits, a player rising above outstretched arms with the horn still echoing. Buzzer-beaters have ended dynasties and launched underdogs into legend: a desperate heave that banks in, a stolen inbound pass converted in a single dribble, overtime forced by a miracle foul shot with no time left. The scoreboard freezes the moment the buzzer sounds, but the memory of those final seconds plays on forever.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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