Hard nostalgia word search
The gramophone, the test pattern and a book of trading stamps: 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 coffee and take your time.
- Answering machine
- Barrel organ
- Betamax
- Coal stove
- Fax machine
- Floppy disk
- Fountain pen
- Gramophone
- Inkwell
- Kerosene lamp
- Milk bottle
- Pager
- Party line
- Pea shooter
- Pinball
- Ration book
- Reel to reel
- Slide projector
- Slide rule
- Soda jerk
- Stamp album
- Tamagotchi
- Test pattern
- Trading stamps
- Transistor radio
- Turntable
- Video recorder
- Washboard
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
| O | E | L | N | P | A | R | T | Y | L | I | N | E | L | B | P | N | T |
| Y | K | O | O | B | N | O | I | T | A | R | F | P | L | S | E | B | R |
| E | H | A | C | E | V | O | T | S | L | A | O | C | A | E | A | E | A |
| F | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | P | E | N | F | H | B | S | S | T | D |
| G | I | H | C | T | O | G | A | M | A | T | D | L | N | S | H | A | I |
| O | D | R | E | D | R | O | C | E | R | O | E | D | I | V | O | M | N |
| E | A | E | N | K | R | E | J | A | D | O | S | K | P | E | O | A | G |
| L | R | E | I | N | A | G | R | O | L | E | R | R | A | B | T | X | S |
| U | R | L | H | R | P | M | A | L | E | N | E | S | O | R | E | K | T |
| R | O | T | C | E | J | O | R | P | E | D | I | L | S | A | R | I | A |
| E | T | O | A | R | G | L | L | S | T | A | M | P | A | L | B | U | M |
| D | S | R | M | I | L | K | B | O | T | T | L | E | N | R | E | I | P |
| I | I | E | X | Y | U | L | W | A | S | H | B | O | A | R | D | N | S |
| L | S | E | A | I | A | N | T | U | R | N | T | A | B | L | E | K | R |
| S | N | L | F | L | O | P | P | Y | D | I | S | K | I | R | N | W | E |
| P | A | N | S | W | E | R | I | N | G | M | A | C | H | I | N | E | G |
| F | R | H | U | G | R | A | M | O | P | H | O | N | E | G | A | L | A |
| A | T | G | G | P | N | R | E | T | T | A | P | T | S | E | T | L | P |
Find these words
- Answering machine
- Barrel organ
- Betamax
- Coal stove
- Fax machine
- Floppy disk
- Fountain pen
- Gramophone
- Inkwell
- Kerosene lamp
- Milk bottle
- Pager
- Party line
- Pea shooter
- Pinball
- Ration book
- Reel to reel
- Slide projector
- Slide rule
- Soda jerk
- Stamp album
- Tamagotchi
- Test pattern
- Trading stamps
- Transistor radio
- Turntable
- Video recorder
- Washboard
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Nostalgia, extra hard
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About this word search
This list reaches back several generations. A Party line was a shared telephone line where neighbors could listen in, and Trading stamps were collected in booklets and exchanged for household goods. Betamax lost the format war to VHS, and the Soda jerk worked behind the counter at the drugstore.
Words appear in all eight directions, reversed ones included. Answering machine and Transistor radio are the longest, written without spaces. Short ones like Pager and Inkwell take longer to track down.
For a reminiscence group or a family afternoon, ask everyone which of these they remember using, and which ones they only know from their grandparents' stories.
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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