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
- STAMPED
- Before barcodes and digital systems, a hand-inked date stamp was the heartbeat of the checkout desk, the due date pressed in a single satisfying thud onto the card slipped into every book's back pocket.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LIBRARIAN
- The American Library Association was founded in 1876, the same year the first edition of Melvil Dewey's decimal classification system appeared, giving librarians everywhere a shared language for organizing the shelves.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ATLAS
- A good reference atlas was once the most-handled book in any small-town library, worn soft at the spine from readers tracing rivers, state lines, and the roads they dreamed of taking.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- OVERDUE
- The first recorded library fine in the United States dates to the late 1700s, when the Library Company of Philadelphia charged borrowers who kept books past their return date.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Town Library: a free large-print word search
Town library word search, free and large-print. Wander the stacks, find a quiet corner, and feel the hush of a small-town reading room.
About The Town Library
The little library on the square has always been more than a place to borrow books. It's the cool hush on a summer afternoon, the creak of the wooden floor between the stacks, and the faint smell of old paper that seems to belong to every room at once. A librarian who knew your name, a card pocket glued to the inside cover, and a date stamped in faded violet ink, that was the whole quiet ceremony of it.
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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