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
- SAWGRASS
- Sawgrass isn't a true grass, it's a sedge, and its serrated leaf edges are sharp enough to cut skin. It once covered nearly four million acres of South Florida.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ANHINGA
- The anhinga lacks the waterproofing oils of most water birds, so after diving for fish it spreads its wings wide in the sun to dry, a pose so striking it earned the nickname "snakebird."Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SLOUGH
- Pronounced "slew" in the Everglades, a slough is a deeper channel winding through the marsh where water flows south toward Florida Bay, carrying life with it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MANATEE
- West Indian manatees, which can weigh more than 1,000 pounds, graze on underwater grasses in the warm coastal waters around the park and are a federally protected species.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Everglades word search, free and large-print, drift through sawgrass, mangrove, and the slow, wide river of grass.
About The Everglades
The Everglades stretch across the southern tip of Florida in a slow, shallow sheet of water barely inches deep, what the Seminole called Pahayokee, the "grassy waters." Sawgrass prairies ripple in the breeze, cypress domes rise like cathedrals from the dark water, and a great blue heron stands motionless at the edge of a slough, watching. It is one of the largest subtropical wilderness areas in the United States, and a place unlike anywhere else on Earth.
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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