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
- CROSSBAR
- The horizontal bar sits exactly 10 feet above the ground, the same height as an NBA basketball hoop, and a kick must clear it to count.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- UPRIGHT
- NFL goalposts stand 18 feet 6 inches wide, narrower than the college width of 23 feet 4 inches, making the pro kick that much more demanding.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SNAP
- On a field goal, the long snapper fires the ball roughly 7 to 8 yards back to the holder in well under a second, a timed exchange that sets the whole play in motion.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LACES
- Holders are trained to rotate the ball so the laces face away from the kicker at contact, laces turned in are said to be one cause of a kicked ball hooking off course.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Field goal word search, free and large-print, ride the snap, the hold, and the kick splitting the crossbar for three.
About The Field Goal
The field goal is one of football's most precise, pressure-packed plays, a split-second sequence of snap, hold, and swing that turns a stalled drive into points on the board. The kicker takes exactly one step, plants, and sends the ball tumbling end-over-end toward the uprights, hoping the laces sit forward and the trajectory bisects that yellow crossbar with room to spare. From a chip shot inside twenty yards to a booming boot at the edge of range, every attempt carries the weight of the game on a single swinging leg.
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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