Hard Thanksgiving word search

CASSEROLE, CRANBERRY, DRUMSTICK, GRATITUDE, STUFFING, THANKFUL — the longer Thanksgiving words, sixteen of them in six directions. The set covers the table and the day around it: the parade, the harvest, and the word the whole holiday is named for.

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What is on this sheet

Grid
16 × 16
Words
16
Difficulty
Hard
Directions
Backwards as well

The words hidden in this grid

  • AUTUMN
  • BASKET
  • CASSEROLE
  • CRANBERRY
  • DRUMSTICK
  • FAMILY
  • GRATITUDE
  • HARVEST
  • NAPKIN
  • PARADE
  • PUMPKIN
  • SQUASH
  • STUFFING
  • TABLE
  • THANKFUL
  • TURKEY

About this puzzle

At the hard level words run in six of the eight directions, backwards and diagonally included, and up to three filler letters in four are drawn from the letters the words themselves use — so there is no unusual letter to anchor on. Every grid was read back after being built to make sure no word appears twice by accident, which on a hard grid is a real risk and not a formality.

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