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History Word Searches
All items below are categorized by their difficulty level and target audience so you can pick the perfect level of fun and education. We put them in alphabetical order and show the words hidden in the grid so you can quickly page through the list and find one that meets your needs. The words can be in several directions or only forward and down if you need something for the youngsters. To view or print a History word search puzzle click on its title. Once you've clicked a title you see a link to separate answer grid page with hints for the teachers that show where the words start. Our most important instruction is that we want you to be sure to have fun while you learn!!!
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Puzzle Words |
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WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
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BUFFALO SONG, CHANCEY OF MAURY RIVER, ELEVEN, FORTY TWO MILES, FREEDOM TRAIN, MASTERPIECE, PLANTINGTHETREESOFKENYA, SIR LANCELOT THE GREAT, SWINDLE
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
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A DIFFICULT BOY, DIAMOND WILLOW, EVERY SOUL A STAR, ITCH, KEEP THE NIGHT WATCH, MILAGROS GIRL FROM AWAY, SAVVY, THE BOY WHO DARED, THE CABINET OF WONDERS, THE FLOATING CIRCUS, THE UNDERNEATH, WAITING FOR NORMAL
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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William Howard Taft
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AMERICA, APPEAL, APPOINTED, ATTORNEY, BAR, CHIEF, CIRCUIT, COMMISSION, CONSTITUTIONAL, COUNTY, COURT, GENERAL, HOWARD, JUDGE, JUSTICE, LAW, MARCH, PRACTICE, PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR, PROSECUTOR, ROOSEVELT, SECRETARY, SEPTEMBER, STATE, TAFT, UNITED, UNIVERSITY, WAR, WILLIAM
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Women in the War Effort
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AMBULANCE, ASSIGNMENT, BELLEBOYED, COPY, FRANCISCLALIN, FREEDOM, PASTE, RAILROAD, READING, SMALL, TRANSPORTATION, WAREFFORT
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Women of the Wild West
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BOOTS, BUFFALO, COVEREDWAGON, COWBOY, COWBOYHAT, FRONTIER, GOLDMINING, GUNS, HORSE, HUNTING, INDIANS, PIONEERS, RAILROAD, SPURS, TEPEE, TRADINGPOST, WAGONWHEEL, WOMEN
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Women of World War 1
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ADVENTURE, ANZAC, ATTACK, BATTLEFIELD, BOMBS, BRAVERY, CHILDREN, DAUGHTERS, DEATH, DEFENSE, DIARY, DISEASE, ENLIST, FAMILY, GALLIPOLI, HOSPITAL, HOUSEWIFE, INFECTION, INJURIES, INTERPRETERS, LETTERS, LOVE, MILITARY, MINERS, MOTHERS, NURSE, POEMS, PROTEST, RECRUITMENT, SISTERS, SOLDIERS, STARVATION, TRENCHES, TURKEY, UNIFORMS, WEAPONS
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Women's History Month
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ALTHEA GIBSON, AMELIA EARHART, AMY TAN, ARETHA FRANKLIN, BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS, BENAZIR BHUTTO, BETTY FRIEDAN, CELIA CRUZ, CHIEN SHIUNG WU, CLAUDETTE COLVIN, DOLORES HUERTA, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, ELLA FITZGERALD, FRIDA KAHLO, GRACE HOPPER, HARPER LEE, HARRIET TUBMAN, HEDY LAMARR, JANE ADDAMS, JANE AUSTEN, JANE GOODALL, JUNKO TABEI, LUCILLE BALL, MALALA YOUSAFZAI, MARIA TALLCHIEF, MARIE CURIE, MAYA ANGELOU, MERYL STREEP, MICHELLE KWAN, NAOMI PARKER, OPRAH WINFREY, PATSY MINK, RITA MORENO, ROSA PARKS, ROSALIND FRANKLIN, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SALLY RIDE, SONIA SOTOMAYER, SUSAN B ANTHONY, TONI MORRISON
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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WOODROW WILSON WORD SEARCH
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ARMISTICE DAY, BANNED ALCOHOL, DEMOCRAT, DENMARK, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EDITH BOLLING GALT, EUROPE, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, FEDERAL TRADE COMISSION, FOURTEEN POINTS, GERMANY, JANET WOODROW, JOSEPH RUGGLES WILSON, LEAGUE OF NATIONS, LUSITANIA, NEUTRALITY, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, PRESIDENT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, STAUNTON, STROKE, THE GREAT WAR, THOMAS MARSHALL, TREATY OF VERSAILLES, TWENTY EIGHTH, UNITED STATES, VIRGIN ISLANDS, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON DC, WORLD WAR I
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Words of the Twenties
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BEEF, BREEZER, CLAM, DOLL, DUCKY, FLAPPER, GANGSTER, JALOPY, JOE, JOINT, PUSHOVER, RITZY, SCRAM, SPORTS, WHOOPEE
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Big
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Forward and Backward
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World History
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS, ARTIFACTS, AUSTRALOPITHECUS, CALENDARS, CATAL HUYUK, COPPER AGE, CRO MAGNONS, CULTURAL DIFFUSION, CULTURE, DOMESTICATION, ECONOMY, HOMINIDS, HOMO ERECTUS, HOMO HABILIS, HOMO SAPIENS, ICE AGES, IRRIGATION, JERICHO, LASCAUX, LUCY, MESOLITHIC, MYTHS, NEANDERTHALS, NEOLITHIC, OTZI, PALEOLITHIC, PALEONTOLOGIST, PICTOGRAMS, PREHISTORY, RADIOCARBON DATING, STONE AGE, STONEHENGE, SUMERIANS, TECHNOLOGY, WRITING
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World History
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ANTHROPOLOGIST, ARCHAEOLOGIST, ARTIFACT, BISON, BOAR, BRONZE, CALCULATE, CIVILIZATION, CULTURE, DECAY, ELCLIPSE, EMBERS, GLOBAL, MONUMENT, NOMAD, OBSIDIAN, POTTERY, PREHISTORY, RADIOCARBON, SCHOLAR, SECONDARY, STONE, STONHENGE
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World History
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AGRICULTURE, CIVILIZATION, CULTURE, CUNEIFORM, DOMESTICATION, EMPIRE, HISTORIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, IRRIGATION, KINGDOM, NEOLITHIC, PALEOLITHIC, PICTOGRAPH, TECHNOLOGY, TRADE, ZIGGURAT
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World History
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AESOP, ARCHAEOLOGY, BABYLON, BEST, BUDDHA, CONFUCIOUS, CUNEIFORM, DIASPORA, DOAISM, EGYPT, FAVORITE, FERTILE, FOSSIL, GREEKS, HINDUISM, HISTORY, HUANGDI, KARMA, LEGALISM, MESOPOTAMIA, MIKE, MOSES, MYCENAEANS, OLIGARCHY, POVERTY, SCHOOL, SEPHARDIM, SHIJI, SSR, SUMERIANS, ZEUS
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World Leaders
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Cirle the word.
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AQUINO, ARAFAT, BELLA, BHUTTO, BREZHNEV, BROWN, BUSH, CARTER, CASTRO, CLINTON, DUBECK, ENLAI, FOX, GHANDI, GORBACHEV, GORDIMER, HO CHI MINH, INDRIA GHANDHI, JOHN KENNEDY, KENYATTA, KING, KLERK, KYI, MANDELA, MAO ZEDONG, MARCOS, MEIR, NAGY, NEHRU, NIXON, NKRUMAH, OBAMA, ORTEGA, PUTIN, REAGAN, ROBERT KENNEDY, SADAT, SARO WIWA, SEKO, SHARON, SUHARTO, TERESA, TRUMAN, VARGAS, WALSEA, XIAPING, YELSTIN, ZEMIN, ZIA
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War 1
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AFRICA, AIRPLANES, ALLIANCES, ALLIES, ARMISTICE, ASIA, ATLANTIC, AUSTRIAHUNGARY, BALKAN, BELLEAU WOOD, BLOCKADE, CENTRAL POWERS, CONFLICT, CONGRESS, DISTRUST, ENGLAND, EUROPE, FOURTEEN POINTS, FRANCE, GERMANY, IDEALISM, ISOLATIONISM, LIBERTY BONDS, LUSITANIA, MACHINE GUNS, MARNE RIVER, MILITARISM, NATIONALISM, NEUTRALITY, PACIFIC, PARIS, POISON GAS, PROPAGANDA, REPARATIONS, RESERVES, RUSSIA, SARAJEVO, SERBIAN, SHELLING, SLOGAN, STALEMATE, STATIONARY, SUBMARINE, TANK, TECHNOLOGY, TRENCH WARFARE, U BOAT, VICTORY GARDENS, WILSON, WITHDREW
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War 1
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AIRPLANES, ALLIANCE, AUSTRIA HUNGARY, BAYONET, BELGIUM, BLOCKADE, BORDEN, BULLET, CANADA, CHLORINE GAS, COMMANDER, CURRIE, DIVISION, DOGFIGHT, ENTENTE, FARM, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, HAIG, HUGHES, IMPERIALISM, ITALY, LICE, MACHINE GUNS, MILITARISM, MUNITIONS, NATIONALISM, NO MAN S LAND, OVER THE TOP, PASSCHENDAELE, REPARATIONS, ROSS RIFLE, SCHLIEFFEN PLAN, SOLDIER, SOMME, SPARK, SUBMARINE, TANKS, TRAINING, TREATY, TRENCHES, TRENCHFOOT, UBOAT, VERSAILLES, VIMY RIDGE, WEAPONS, WOMEN, YPRES
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World war 1
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AIRPLANES, ALLIANCE, AUSTRIA HUNGARY, BAYONET, BELGIUM, BLOCKADE, BORDEN, BULLET, CANADA, CHLORINE GAS, COMMANDER, CURRIE, DIVISION, DOGFIGHT, ENTENTE, FARM, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, HAIG, HUGHES, IMPERIALISM, ITALY, LICE, MACHINE GUNS, MILITARISM, MUNITIONS, NATIONALISM, NO MAN S LAND, OVER THE TOP, PASSCHENDAELE, REPARATIONS, ROSS RIFLE, SCHLIEFFEN PLAN, SOLDIER, SOMME, SPARK, SUBMARINE, TANKS, TRAINING, TREATY, TRENCHES, TRENCHFOOT, UBOAT, VERSAILLES, VIMY RIDGE, WEAPONS, WOMEN, YPRES
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War 2
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ADOLF HITLER, ANNE FRANK, AUSCHWITZ, BENITO MUSSOLINI, CHARLES DE GAULLE, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FRANCE, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, GERMANY, GESTAPO, GHETTO, GREAT BRITAIN, HOLOCAUST, ITALY, JEWISH, JOSEF STALIN, KRISTALLNACHT, NAZI, OSKAR SCHINDLER, PANZER, SECRET POLICE, SOVIET UNION, STORMTROOPERS, UNITED STATES, WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War 2
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ALLIES, BIG RED ONE, CHURCHILL, CORAL SEA, D DAY, FACISM, FDR, GENOCIDE, GERMAN, HITLER, HOLOCAUST, IKE, ITALY, IWO JIMA, KAMIKAZE, MIDWAY, NAZI, PATTON, PEARL HARBOR, STALIN, TRUMAN, V ROCKET, VICTORY GARDEN, WOLFPACK
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War I
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ARMISTICE, BALKANS, CALVINCOOLIDGE, CONTRABAND, CONVOYS, COSTOFLIVING, DEPORTED, ESPIONAGE, FOURTEENPOINTS, FRANZFERDINAND, JOHNPERSHING, LEAGUEOFNATIONS, MILITARISM, NATIONALISM, NOMANSLAND, PROPAGANDA, REDSCARE, REPARATIONS, SELECTIVESERVICE, STRIKE, SUSSEXPLEDGE, TANKS, TREATYOFVERSAILLES, TRENCHES, TRENCHFOOT, UBOAT, VICTORYGARDENS
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War I
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ALLIES, AUSTRIAHUNGARY, CENTRALPOWERS, DIE, FRANCE, GENERAL, GERMANY, GREATBRITAIN, RUSSIA, SOLDIER, TRENCHEWARFARE, TRIPLEALLIANCE, TRIPLEENTENTE, WORLDWARI
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Moderately Challenging
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Forward and Backward
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World War I
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circle the words on the list
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BATTLE, BOMB, BRITAIN, FIGHT, FRANCE, GERMANY, GUN, ITALY, RUSSIA, SHOOT, WAR
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Older Children
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Forward Only
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World War II
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APHILIPRANDOLPH, BATTLEOFMIDWAY, BATTLEOFTHEBULGE, BRADLEY, COLDWAR, CORE, DDAY, DOUGLASMACARTHUR, EISENHOWER, EXECUTIVEORDER, GEORGEMARSHALL, GEORGEPATTON, GIBILLOFRIGHTS, HARRYSTRUMAN, HIROSHIMA, HOMEFRONT, INTERMENT, JACL, JAMESFARMER, KAMIKAZE, MANHATTANPROJECT, NAGASAKI, NUREMBURGTRIALS, OPA, RACERIOTS, RATIONING, ROBERTOPPENHEIMER, SATELLITENATIONS, SONAR, VEDAY, WAAC, WARBONDS, WPB
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War II
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ANDREWCECERE, ARROGANT, ATOMICBOMB, BILLPARKER, BLITZKRIEG, BOBDOLE, BUFFERZONE, CHINESE, CHURCHHILL, COMMUNISTS, DEGAULLE, DEMOCRACY, EISENHOWER, FDR, GENEADAMS, GEORGEBUSH, GERMANY, HAROLDMCCONKEY, HIROSHIMA, HITLER, HOLOCAUST, IRONCURTAIN, JAPAN, JEEPS, JEWS, JIMMYCARTER, JOHNKENNEDY, KIMSIMONSIN, LENDLEASE, MANTOMAN, MATCHUPZONE, MCARTHUR, MONTGOMERY, MUSSOLINI, NAGASAKI, NATIONALISTS, NAZIS, PARTISANS, PATTON, POLITICS, POW, QUISLINGS, RICHARDNIXON, ROMMEL, STALIN, STUKAS, TANKS, TOJO, TRAITOR, TRUMAN
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War II and Britain
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ADOLF, ALLIES, ANDERSON, ANTISEMITISM, AXIS, BLITZ, CHURCHILL, COMMUNIST, CONCENTRATION, DUNKIRK, EVACUATE, FASCISM, FRANCE, GLOBAL, HITLER, HOLOCAUST, HOMEFRONT, HURRICANE, ITALY, JAPAN, JEWS, NORMADY, PERSECUTION, RATIONING, RUSSIA, SHELTER, SPITFIRE, SWASTIKA, TREATY, WINSTON
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War II and Its Aftermath
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AIRCRAFTCARRIER, ANSCHLUSS, APPEASEMENT, AXISPOWERS, BATAANDEATHMARCH, BLITZKRIEG, COLDWAR, CONCENTRATIONCAMPS, DDAY, DESERTFOX, DOUGLASMACARTHUR, DUNKIRK, DWIGHTEISENHOWER, ERWINROMMEL, FRANCISCOFRANCO, GHETTOS, HIROSHIMA, HOLOCAUST, ISLANDHOPPING, KAMIKAZE, LENDLEASEACT, LUFTWAFFE, MANHATTANPROJECT, MARSHALLPLAN, NAGASAKI, NATO, NAZISOVIETPACT, NEUTRALITYACTS, NUREMBERG, PACIFISM, PARACHUTE, ROSIETHERIVETER, SONAR, STALINGRAD, SUDETENLAND, TRUMANDOCTRINE, UNITEDNATIONS, VEDAY, VICHY, WARSAWPACT, YALTACONFERENCE
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War II: Great Britain
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Can you find all of the words?
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ALLIED POWERS, BATTLE OF BRITAIN, CHURCHILL, D DAY, DUNKIRK, EL ALAMEIN, GREAT BRITAIN, MONTGOMERY, ROYAL AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR LL
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War One
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Culture
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CABIRIA, CHRISTMAS TRUCE, CLOTHING, DRAFT, EMPLOYMENT RATES, ISOLATIONISM, MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS, MUSIC, NATIONALISM, PROPAGANDA, RAGTIME, RASPUTIN, REVOLUTION, TELEVISION, TRADE UNIONS
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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World War Two
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ANSCHLUSS, APPEASMENT, ATOMICBOMB, BATTLEOFBRITAIN, BLITZKRIEG, CHAMBERLAIN, CHURCHILL, DDAY, DELADIER, DUNKIRK, HIROSHIMA, HITLER, LIBERATED, MUSSOLINI, PEARLHARBOR, POLAND, TRIPARTATE
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Worls War 1
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AIRPLANE, ALLIANCE, AUSTRIA, BATTLE, BELGIUM, BIG BERTHA, BLOCKADE, BRAVE, BULLET, CANNONS, COMMANDER, DOGS, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, HUNGARY, JULY, MEDAL, SOLDIER, SUBMARINE, TANK, TRENCH, VICTORIA CROSS, WEAPONS
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Hard
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Forward and Backward
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WW II
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find these words
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ALLIED, ASIA, AXIS, BRITAIN, COUNTRY, DEADLIEST, DECLARING, ENDED, EUROPE, FIGHTING, FOUGHT, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT, HISTORY, HUMAN, INVADED, INVOLVED, ITALY, JAPAN, KILLED, MILLION, PACIFIC, PEOPLE, PLACE, POLAND, POWER, RESPONDED, SEPTEMBER, SOUTHEAST, SOVIET, SPREAD, STARTED, STATE, SURRENDER, UNION, UNITED, WAR, WORLD
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Big
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Forward and Backward
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WWI
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ALLIANCE, BOAT, BOND, CENTRAL, ENTENTE, FERDINAND, FRANZ, IMPERIALISM, LAND, LIBERTY, LUSITANIA, MAN, MILITARISM, NATIONALISM, POWER, PRESIDENT, SYSTEM, TRENCH, TRIPLE, WARFARE, WW
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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WWII
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HUGH SCAROROUGH
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ALLIES, ANNE FRANK, APPEASEMENT, ATOMIC BOMB, AXIS, BATTLE OF STALINGRAD, BENITO MUSSOLINI, BLITZKRIEG, COMMUNISM, D DAY, EMPEROR HIROHITO, EVACUATION, FD ROOSEVELT, GAS MASKS, GREAT DEPRESSION, HARRY TRUMAN, HIDEKI TOJO, HIROSHIMA, HITLER, HOLOCAUST, JAPANESE EXPANSION, JOSEPH STALIN, LEAGUE OF NATIONS, MANHATTAN PROJECT, MARSHALL PLAN, NAGASAKI, NAZI, NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, NIGHT RAIDS, NORMANDY, PEARL HARBOR, PRISONERS OF WAR, PROPAGANDA, RATIONS, STREET PARTIES, TREATY OF VERSAILLES, U BOATS, VE DAY, VJ DAY, WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Wyatt Earp
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ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, BAT, BESSIE, BIGNOSE, BILLY, BROSCHUS, BUFFALO, CARDS, CATTLE, CITY, CLANTON, COFFEE, CORRAL, COWBOYS, DEPUTY, DOC, DODGE, EARP, ED, GAMBLING, HOLIDAY, HORSES, HUNTER, IKE, JAIL, JAMES, JOSIE, JUDGE, KATE, LOU, MADDIE, MARSHAL, MASTERSON, MCLOWERY, MISSOURI, MORGAN, OK, PEACEMAKER, PISTOLS, RIFLE, RINGO, TEAMSTER, TOMBSTONE, TYPHOID, URRILLA, VIRGIL, WARREN, WHISKEY, WYATT
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Young Lincoln
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ABE, BAKE, BOOKCASE, BRICK, CAREFULLY, FARMER, GENERAL, HAVE, HERO, LENT, LOOK, MAKE, MAN, PRESIDENT, PUT, SHAKE, SHUCK, SSAKK, TAKE, WALL
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Zebulon Pike
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AMERICAN, ARKANSAS, ARMY, ATTEMPT, AUGUST, BATTLE, BOUNDARY, CAPTURE, CHIHUAHUA, CLIMB, COLORADO, DANGEROUS, EXPEDITION, EXPLORED, FRONTIER, GENERAL, GOLDEN, LEAD, LOUISIANA, MILITARY, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MOUNTAIN, OPPORTUNITY, PERILOUS, PIKES PEAK, PRISONER, RISKY, RIVER, SNOW, SOLDIER, SPANISH, SPY, SURVIVING, TERRITORY, UNCHARTED, WAR, WEST, ZEBULON
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Zeppelin
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AERONAUTICS, AIR STREAM, AIRBORNE, AIRSHIP, ALOFT, ATTACK, BATTLE, BUOYANCY, CANVAS COVERED, CLEARANCE, CRAFT, CREW, CYLINDER, DESIGN, ENGINEERING, FLIGHT, GLIDE, HANGER, HELIUM, HINDENBURG, HISTORIC, HOVER, HYDROGEN, INVENTOR, KNOWLEDGE, LANGUID, LAUNCH, MAJESTIC, MOTION, NAVIGATE, OXYGEN, PILOT, PIONEER, PIVOT, PROTOTYPE, RANGE, REVOLUTIONARY, SCIENTIFIC, SHAPE, STABILIZER, ULTRA LIGHT, VECTOR, VOYAGE, WIND, ZEPPELIN
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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