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Candy Cane Word Search
11 words · 12×12 grid
How to play: click (or tap) the first letter, drag to the last letter, then release. Words go in any direction, including backwards. Or download the PDF to solve on paper.
Find these words
The HOOK came first and the STRIPES came later. Straight white SUGAR sticks were sold in the 1600s, the bend shows up in the 1800s, and the red stripe and PEPPERMINT FLAVOR are not documented until around 1900. Roughly two billion are made each year, most of them in the five weeks before Christmas. This word puzzle adds the WRAPPER, the TWIST, and the CRUNCH of one CRUSHED over hot cocoa.
Frequently asked questions
Why is a candy cane shaped like a hook?
The popular story says a choirmaster bent them to look like a SHEPHERD staff. There is no record of that; the likelier reason is that a hook hangs on a tree branch.
Is this candy cane word search suitable for kindergarten?
The words are short, HOOK and TWIST and WHITE, but PEPPERMINT is ten letters. Read the list aloud first and it works for five year olds with a helper.
