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
- DIVIDE
- The Continental Divide runs along the Rockies' highest ridgelines, rain falling on its west side drains to the Pacific, while rain on the east side finds its way to the Gulf of Mexico or Hudson Bay.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CIRQUE
- A cirque is a natural amphitheater carved into a mountainside by a glacier. Many of the Rockies' most dramatic bowls and high lakes sit inside ancient cirques scraped out during the last ice age.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LODGEPOLE
- Lodgepole pines take their name from the long, straight trunks that Plains tribes used to build their lodges. They blanket the middle elevations of the Rockies in dense, cathedral-like stands.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MARMOT
- The yellow-bellied marmot, a sturdy alpine ground squirrel, is a familiar sight on rocky slopes above 6,000 feet, often heard before it's seen, letting out a sharp whistle to warn its neighbors.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Rocky Mountains word search, free, large-print. Above treeline the peaks gleam and the Divide splits every raindrop's journey to sea.
About The Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains stretch more than three thousand miles from northern British Columbia down into New Mexico, a spine of granite and glacier that shapes the weather, the rivers, and the wildlife of an entire continent. Above the treeline, summer arrives in weeks and the meadows explode with wildflowers before the first September snow. Elk bugle through the spruce forests in autumn, their calls rolling across basins that haven't changed much since the first mountain men crossed the passes on horseback.
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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