Hard nostalgia word search
The gramophone, the test card 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 tea and take your time.
- Barrel organ
- Betamax
- Ceefax
- Coal fire
- Fax machine
- Floppy disk
- Fountain pen
- Gramophone
- Grocer
- Inkwell
- Milk bottle
- Pager
- Paraffin lamp
- Party line
- Pea shooter
- Pinball
- Ration book
- Reel to reel
- Slide projector
- Slide rule
- Stamp album
- Tamagotchi
- Test card
- 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
| D | R | A | C | T | S | E | T | K | S | I | D | Y | P | P | O | L | F |
| R | T | M | T | M | U | B | L | A | P | M | A | T | S | L | D | O | A |
| S | I | P | Y | R | E | T | O | O | H | S | A | E | P | L | E | I | I |
| T | T | K | A | P | A | R | T | Y | L | I | N | E | L | A | R | A | L |
| U | R | E | D | R | O | C | E | R | O | E | D | I | V | B | I | E | N |
| R | A | A | I | B | A | R | R | E | L | O | R | G | A | N | F | N | T |
| N | D | H | N | V | R | F | T | E | L | O | A | E | P | I | L | O | F |
| T | I | M | K | S | M | E | F | C | B | T | R | K | U | P | A | H | A |
| A | N | L | W | L | I | I | G | I | R | E | O | F | D | A | O | P | X |
| B | G | S | E | V | O | S | L | A | N | E | T | R | P | E | C | O | M |
| L | S | A | L | T | R | A | T | K | P | L | C | A | E | P | A | M | A |
| E | T | B | L | E | C | I | X | O | B | W | A | O | M | E | A | A | C |
| W | A | S | H | B | O | A | R | D | R | O | A | M | R | A | L | R | H |
| I | M | T | P | N | F | L | E | U | U | R | T | R | P | G | X | G | I |
| H | P | E | B | E | G | N | E | P | N | I | A | T | N | U | O | F | N |
| T | S | O | E | L | U | R | E | D | I | L | S | D | L | P | G | A | E |
| L | O | C | S | T | A | M | A | G | O | T | C | H | I | E | E | S | H |
| K | H | S | L | I | D | E | P | R | O | J | E | C | T | O | R | E | A |
Find these words
- Barrel organ
- Betamax
- Ceefax
- Coal fire
- Fax machine
- Floppy disk
- Fountain pen
- Gramophone
- Grocer
- Inkwell
- Milk bottle
- Pager
- Paraffin lamp
- Party line
- Pea shooter
- Pinball
- Ration book
- Reel to reel
- Slide projector
- Slide rule
- Stamp album
- Tamagotchi
- Test card
- Trading stamps
- Transistor radio
- Turntable
- Video recorder
- Washboard
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Nostalgia, extra hard
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About this word search
Ceefax brought news, weather and football scores to the television screen from 1974 until 2012, one page at a time. The Test card filled the hours when nothing was being broadcast, and a Party line meant sharing a telephone line with the neighbours.
Further back still are the Ration book, which stayed in British kitchens until 1954, and Trading stamps, collected in little books and swapped for goods.
All eight directions are used, backwards included. TRANSISTORRADIO fills fifteen squares, and SLIDEPROJECTOR follows close behind with fourteen. Pager and Grocer are short and hide well, so keep them for the end.
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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