Nostalgia word search
The record player, the Walkman and the phone booth 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
- Disco
- Drive-in
- Five and dime
- Jukebox
- Milkman
- Mixtape
- Pay phone
- Pen pal
- Phone booth
- Polaroid
- Record player
- Rotary phone
- Soda fountain
- Typewriter
- VHS
- Video store
- 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
| E | V | A | S | U | E | E | H | A | P | F | H | T | I |
| E | I | U | O | F | D | R | I | V | E | I | N | Y | A |
| R | D | C | D | E | V | I | N | Y | L | V | M | P | T |
| P | E | T | A | M | I | X | T | A | P | E | L | E | M |
| O | O | C | F | A | N | V | H | S | W | A | E | W | T |
| L | S | W | O | M | I | L | K | M | A | N | P | R | J |
| A | T | A | U | R | L | C | D | I | O | D | E | I | U |
| R | O | L | N | E | D | P | A | H | M | D | N | T | K |
| O | R | K | T | D | O | P | P | S | A | I | P | E | E |
| I | E | M | A | I | I | Y | L | C | S | M | A | R | B |
| D | A | A | I | D | A | S | R | A | A | E | L | I | O |
| C | C | N | N | P | S | A | C | R | Y | T | T | O | X |
| R | O | T | A | R | Y | P | H | O | N | E | M | T | E |
| P | H | O | N | E | B | O | O | T | H | H | R | Y | E |
Find these words
- Arcade
- Cassette
- Disco
- Drive-in
- Five and dime
- Jukebox
- Milkman
- Mixtape
- Pay phone
- Pen pal
- Phone booth
- Polaroid
- Record player
- Rotary phone
- Soda fountain
- Typewriter
- VHS
- Video store
- Vinyl
- Walkman
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Nostalgia
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About this word search
These twenty words come from a time before smartphones. The Rotary phone and the Pay phone were once part of daily life, the Video store was a Friday night ritual, and the Soda fountain served ice cream floats at the drugstore counter. A Five and dime sold goods for five or ten cents.
No word runs backwards, though diagonals are part of the search. Record player and Rotary phone are long and written without spaces. VHS is only three letters, so look for it last.
At a senior center or a family gathering, the words make good conversation starters. Ask who still has a Polaroid in a shoebox somewhere.
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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