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Encouragement 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
Fold one of these into a letter for someone having a hard month. It says more than a card does, and it asks nothing back, so they can sit with it for ten minutes and find COURAGE and HOPE and STRENGTH without anyone watching to see how they take it.
Word find. Word search. The grid above answers to both and hides 11 encouragement words.
Frequently asked questions
Will younger readers know words like EMPOWER?
The longer terms may need a quick explanation, though most of the list is everyday language.
Does this work for a support group?
It does: putting copies on the table gives people something to do with their hands while they wait to begin.