Hard nostalgia word search
The gramophone, the test pattern and a drawer full of Canadian Tire money: twenty-eight words from the old days in an eighteen by eighteen grid. Some go backwards or on the slant, so pour a cup of tea and take your time.
- Answering machine
- Barrel organ
- Betamax
- Canadian Tire money
- Fax machine
- Floppy disk
- Fountain pen
- Gramophone
- Grocer
- Inkwell
- Kerosene lamp
- Milk bottle
- Pager
- Party line
- Pea shooter
- Pinball
- Ration book
- Reel to reel
- Slide projector
- Slide rule
- Stamp album
- Tamagotchi
- Test pattern
- Transistor radio
- Turntable
- Video recorder
- Washboard
- Wood stove
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, extra hard
Name
| C | P | H | T | I | M | U | B | L | A | P | M | A | T | S | C | T | R |
| Y | I | O | W | O | O | D | S | T | O | V | E | S | E | P | L | I | E |
| E | N | I | H | C | A | M | G | N | I | R | E | W | S | N | A | S | C |
| N | B | D | M | I | L | K | B | O | T | T | L | E | R | L | P | I | O |
| O | A | A | N | E | P | N | I | A | T | N | U | O | F | C | N | E | R |
| M | L | R | O | T | C | E | J | O | R | P | E | D | I | L | S | N | G |
| E | L | R | P | S | I | M | E | L | U | R | E | D | I | L | S | I | R |
| R | R | O | S | M | S | X | A | M | A | T | E | B | R | M | G | H | A |
| I | E | T | D | R | A | O | B | H | S | A | W | L | T | N | A | C | M |
| T | E | S | E | N | I | L | Y | T | R | A | P | P | O | H | I | A | O |
| N | L | I | A | N | L | L | E | W | K | N | I | T | N | R | S | M | P |
| A | T | S | I | K | O | O | B | N | O | I | T | A | R | I | G | X | H |
| I | O | N | R | E | D | R | O | C | E | R | O | E | D | I | V | A | O |
| D | R | A | M | R | E | T | O | O | H | S | A | E | P | T | I | F | N |
| A | E | R | O | K | S | I | D | Y | P | P | O | L | F | A | R | I | E |
| N | E | T | T | E | S | T | P | A | T | T | E | R | N | X | G | I | C |
| A | L | A | C | S | T | U | R | N | T | A | B | L | E | A | O | E | Y |
| C | R | A | I | H | C | T | O | G | A | M | A | T | I | K | R | M | R |
Find these words
- Answering machine
- Barrel organ
- Betamax
- Canadian Tire money
- Fax machine
- Floppy disk
- Fountain pen
- Gramophone
- Grocer
- Inkwell
- Kerosene lamp
- Milk bottle
- Pager
- Party line
- Pea shooter
- Pinball
- Ration book
- Reel to reel
- Slide projector
- Slide rule
- Stamp album
- Tamagotchi
- Test pattern
- Transistor radio
- Turntable
- Video recorder
- Washboard
- Wood stove
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Nostalgia, extra hard
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About this word search
Canadian Tire money has been handed out since 1958, and many households still keep a stack in a kitchen drawer. Ration book recalls the Second World War, when Canadians used coupons for sugar, butter and other goods, and Party line brings back the shared rural telephone where neighbours could listen in.
All eight directions are used on this big sheet, back to front as well. CANADIANTIREMONEY is the longest run and easy to pick out once you spot it. Pager and Grocer are short, and REELTOREEL repeats its letters, which makes it oddly hard.
In a retirement home, read each word aloud first and invite the group to say who remembers it.
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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