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Route 66

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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

CHICAGO
Route 66 begins at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street in Chicago — the official eastern terminus since the road was established in 1926.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SAGEBRUSH
The silvery-green sagebrush plant perfumes the air across the Southwest, its sharp, clean scent one of the most distinctive smells of the high desert.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
NEON
Roadside neon signs boomed along American highways in the 1940s and 50s, their glow visible for miles across the flat desert dark — a beacon and a promise.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MESA
The flat-topped mesas of New Mexico and Arizona — formed by volcanic rock that resisted erosion — loom beside the road like natural monuments on the drive west.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Route 66: a free large-print word search

Route 66 word search — free and large-print. Chase neon, desert dust, and the long hum of asphalt across America's most storied road.

About Route 66

Route 66 stretches roughly 2,400 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica, threading through eight states and some of the most storied landscapes in America. Travelers on the Mother Road have always passed the same markers: the wink of a neon motel sign at dusk, a chrome-trimmed diner stool, a filling station rising out of the sage and red dirt. The road carries the feeling that somewhere ahead, past the mesa and the cactus, the horizon holds something worth driving toward.

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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The Drive-In MovieDusk, a big screen, and popcorn under the open stars.The Family Station WagonWood panels, roof rack, and the whole family packed in.The Filling StationFull service at the pump — the open road ahead.
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