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The Stopwatch

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A few of the words

FURLONG
One furlong is exactly one-eighth of a mile, 220 yards. Most American dirt races are measured in furlongs, and clockers record a horse's time at each one.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HANDICAP
In a handicap race, the racing secretary assigns different weight allowances to horses based on their past performance, giving every runner a fighting chance at the wire.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PHOTO
The photo finish camera was first used at a major American race at Pimlico in 1940, settling results that the naked eye simply could not.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DEAD
A dead heat, two horses crossing the wire in the exact same recorded time, is one of the rarest outcomes in racing, and the purse is divided equally between them.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Stopwatch word search

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The Stopwatch word search, free and printable, built around splits, margins, and the photo finish at the wire.

About The Stopwatch

At the track, time is everything. A clocker's stopwatch clicks the moment the gates spring open, and every furlong split is called out as the field rounds the far turn. The official time posted on the board after a race can stand as a track record for decades, a number etched into the sport's memory the way a great horse's name never fades.

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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