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
- LENS
- The Fresnel lens, developed in the 1820s by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, revolutionized lighthouse optics, its concentric glass rings could throw a beam visible more than 20 miles out to sea.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FOGHORN
- Before electric foghorns, keepers hand-cranked steam-powered horns or struck bells by hand to warn ships in zero-visibility fog, a round-the-clock task that could last for days.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CAPE
- Some of America's most storied lighthouses stand on capes, Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, built in 1870, rises 198 feet and remains the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- KEEPER
- Lighthouse keeping was a federal job in the U.S. from 1789, when Congress placed the lights under Treasury Department oversight, and women served as official keepers too, often taking over after a husband's death.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Lighthouses word search, free and large-print, salt air, turning lamp, rocky point, the keeper's endless watch over dark water.
About Lighthouses
Before GPS and radio, a lighthouse was the last word between a ship and the rocks, its beam sweeping out across miles of open water, marking a cape, a reef, or the mouth of a harbor. Inside, a keeper tended the flame through every storm and fog-thick night, climbing the spiral stair again and again to keep the light burning. That slow, steady rhythm of the turning lantern, one flash, then darkness, then another flash, was the language sailors strained to read from the deck of a pitching vessel.
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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