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Large print puzzles for seniors: a free printable activity pack

A free large-print puzzle pack for seniors, activity rooms and anyone who likes bigger type: 3 word searches, 2 sudoku and 4 cryptograms on 7 printed pages, plus answers. No sign-up.

Made for a group. Everything prints in Atkinson Hyperlegible, a typeface designed for low vision readers, on US Letter. Word searches run across and down only, the sudoku are easy, and each cryptogram gives three letters to start. Copy as many as your group needs.

A way to run it. Start with a word search so everyone is working within a minute. Do the first cryptogram together on a whiteboard: call out guesses and see who gets the saying first. Hand out sudoku to those who want a quieter puzzle, and keep the answers for the end.

Printing tip. Print at 100% (“actual size”), not “fit to page”, so the letters stay as large as possible.

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Large Print Word Search: Card and Board Games

Find 12 words. Words run across and down only.

LRFJCJSRGCVACPAICTOYGHMSHLSGKPLNDEAFEJWSHIIBOSRCCSDALNTWMSBTKKAWEOASIWLRELRMGCIRNJEIRKTGLHRBORSVSCSAGLEIEUAIYJHABEDNSMJAOCRIBBAGEMOBIYRSYSYOEYMS
  • BINGO
  • CHECKERS
  • CHESS
  • CRIBBAGE
  • DARTS
  • DOMINOES
  • JIGSAW
  • MARBLES
  • PINOCHLE
  • RUMMY
  • SOLITAIRE
  • TRIVIA
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Large Print Word Search: Picnic

Find 12 words. Words run across and down only.

CBLANKETGVLKECOOLERPEPVRLCYILRNFTKRWEHEFNAPKINSSMESHADENVJEAOEWATERMELONNSMNVPBCHUGDAEGSPRAGVJRWDPAFAHSHTWAIESCNRLKYUWPCVPICKLESIIEHUNGLBGTWUESU
  • BASKET
  • BLANKET
  • CHEESE
  • COOLER
  • GRAPES
  • LEMONADE
  • NAPKINS
  • PARK
  • PICKLES
  • SANDWICH
  • SHADE
  • WATERMELON
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Large Print Word Search: Sewing Box

Find 12 words. Words run across and down only.

GYETMBOBBINLKHOGTPDFAPCUSCISSORSCJDJOEMDNLPWMUHZNIFABRICNDNIREACTHIMBLEPIPATTERNUSEPBYJQHLSDTDDEBWJURNWNTHLROFWIEWIFOEEBNSCLASCFNMIFHCNTDBSPKGMN
  • BOBBIN
  • BUTTON
  • FABRIC
  • HEM
  • NEEDLE
  • PATTERN
  • QUILT
  • RIBBON
  • SCISSORS
  • THIMBLE
  • THREAD
  • ZIPPER
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Large Print Sudoku #1

40 numbers given. Fill each row, column and box with 1 to 9.

3148415725948631625813697114328812487536
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Large Print Sudoku #2

40 numbers given. Fill each row, column and box with 1 to 9.

6782691765839152597845635847562819394367
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Large Print Cryptogram #1

Given: U = N, O = E, S = L.

EOGEOPDELSNQLITXTXWLSGEOPLSWNUWNUH.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOEPQRSLTUNVWXYZ

Large Print Cryptogram #2

Given: L = E, O = A, K = D.

AOGJEELYDKEYYELELDKEHAOGJEELYDKEYDKELELDK.
ABCDEFGHIJKDLEMNOAPQRSTUVWXYZ
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Large Print Cryptogram #3

Given: K = H, W = O, G = L.

ZHKDTDYIVOWULGFSDLGYODHKOWQD.
ABCDEFGLHIJKHLMNOPQRSTUVWOXYZ

Large Print Cryptogram #4

Given: J = S, F = L, O = A.

SJZSLFLFMAOZGKSJKDYTGGL.
ABCDEFLGHIJSKLMNOAPQRSTUVWXYZ

Answers

Card and Board Games — answer key

LRFJCJSRGCVACPAICTOYGHMSHLSGKPLNDEAFEJWSHIIBOSRCCSDALNTWMSBTKKAWEOASIWLRELRMGCIRNJEIRKTGLHRBORSVSCSAGLEIEUAIYJHABEDNSMJAOCRIBBAGEMOBIYRSYSYOEYMS

Picnic — answer key

CBLANKETGVLKECOOLERPEPVRLCYILRNFTKRWEHEFNAPKINSSMESHADENVJEAOEWATERMELONNSMNVPBCHUGDAEGSPRAGVJRWDPAFAHSHTWAIESCNRLKYUWPCVPICKLESIIEHUNGLBGTWUESU

Sewing Box — answer key

GYETMBOBBINLKHOGTPDFAPCUSCISSORSCJDJOEMDNLPWMUHZNIFABRICNDNIREACTHIMBLEPIPATTERNUSEPBYJQHLSDTDDEBWJURNWNTHLROFWIEWIFOEEBNSCLASCFNMIFHCNTDBSPKGMN

Sudoku #1 — solution

673581942984236157251794863169427538327158694845369721716943285538612479492875316

Sudoku #2 — solution

695813274834527619172649358467391582529768431381452967213975846756284193948136725

Cryptograms — answers

  1. EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING.
  2. A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.
  3. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
  4. STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.

✓ Checked: every word appears exactly once, every sudoku has exactly one solution, every code decodes back to its proverb.

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