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The Match

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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

LOVE
Tennis has used 'love' to mean zero since at least the late 19th century, one theory traces it to the French 'l'oeuf,' meaning 'the egg,' a shape that suggests an empty score.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DEUCE
When both players reach forty-all, the score is called deuce, a player must then win two consecutive points to take the game, making it one of tennis's most tension-filled moments.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TIEBREAK
The tiebreak was introduced to professional tennis in the early 1970s, putting an end to the marathon final sets that could stretch a match well beyond two hours on their own.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ACE
A serve so clean the returner never touches it, an ace counts as an outright winner, and the record for aces in a single match at Wimbledon stands above 100.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About The Match

Tennis has its own language, spare, precise, and oddly poetic. A score of zero is called LOVE, a tied game at forty-all becomes DEUCE, and a single clean winner down the line can shift everything. The match unfolds in layers: points build into games, games stack into sets, and the whole arc can hinge on one second-serve at a critical moment. Whether it's a clay-court marathon or a crisp afternoon on grass, the shape of the contest is always the same, hold your serve, break theirs, and find a way through.

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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    Choose 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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