Nostalgia word search
The record player, the Walkman and the red phone box on the corner all turn up in this fourteen by fourteen grid of twenty words from years gone by. A lovely one to do together while the old stories come out.
- Arcade
- Cassette
- Corner store
- Disco
- Drive-in
- Jukebox
- Milk bar
- Milkman
- Mixtape
- Pen pal
- Phone box
- Polaroid
- Record player
- Rotary phone
- Tuckshop
- Typewriter
- VHS
- Video shop
- Vinyl
- Walkman
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionNostalgia
Name
| A | U | J | U | K | E | B | O | X | E | E | H | A | P |
| H | I | E | U | F | A | P | E | N | P | A | L | C | E |
| R | M | T | T | V | L | M | W | A | L | K | M | A | N |
| A | E | N | W | H | T | P | O | L | A | R | O | I | D |
| L | D | C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | I | E | P | M |
| A | V | R | O | T | A | R | Y | P | H | O | N | E | O |
| R | I | I | V | R | T | U | C | K | S | H | O | P | A |
| C | D | D | I | D | D | R | I | V | E | I | N | A | I |
| A | E | I | N | T | Y | P | E | W | R | I | T | E | R |
| D | O | S | Y | C | M | I | L | K | M | A | N | C | S |
| E | S | C | L | M | I | X | T | A | P | E | R | T | O |
| P | H | O | N | E | B | O | X | M | Y | E | H | Y | H |
| C | O | R | N | E | R | S | T | O | R | E | T | E | H |
| R | P | T | O | M | I | L | K | B | A | R | R | V | S |
Find these words
- Arcade
- Cassette
- Corner store
- Disco
- Drive-in
- Jukebox
- Milk bar
- Milkman
- Mixtape
- Pen pal
- Phone box
- Polaroid
- Record player
- Rotary phone
- Tuckshop
- Typewriter
- VHS
- Video shop
- Vinyl
- Walkman
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About this word search
The Milk bar on the corner was a fixture of Australian suburbs for decades, selling lollies, milkshakes and the paper. Many readers will also remember the Tuckshop at school and the Video shop on a Friday night.
Unlike a cassette, nothing here plays in reverse, though words do run across, down and diagonally. Record player, Rotary phone and Phone box are printed as single strings. VHS, just three letters, is the one most likely to hide until the end.
In aged care or at a family gathering, each found word can open a story. Ask who had a Pen pal and where in the world they lived.
Ways to use this word search
With your coffee
Print a sheet for a quiet moment at the kitchen table or in your armchair. Start with the regular version and save the hard one for when you really have time for it.
On the go
Slip a few printed sheets into your bag for the train, a waiting room or a weekend away. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Puzzle together
Bring the sheet to your book club, a night in with friends or a visit to your parents and see who finds every word first. Or play online and find out who is fastest.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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