--- title: "Large print word search for seniors | Once Books" description: "Make a large-print word search for seniors: words across and down only, roughly 26-point letters, one puzzle a page with a separate answer sheet. Free to try, or build a full book for KDP." source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/large-print-word-search" --- 1. [Home](https://www.oncebooks.com/) 2. [Tools](https://www.oncebooks.com/tools) 3. Large print word search Memory care # Large print word search for seniors Words across and down only, in the largest print, one puzzle a page with a separate answer sheet. It is the format dementia and senior activity books use. Make one free here, or build a whole book for Amazon KDP. PuzzleDesign Puzzle title Words (one per line, or comma separated)ROSE LEAF SEED BIRD TREE POND GATE BEE Format StandardMemory care (large print) Memory care sets a large-print, across-and-down puzzle for dementia and senior activity books. Across and down only, 8 words a grid, largest print. Grade and grid are set for you. Answers Loop wordsShade letters How the answer key marks each hidden word. Theme ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa **Customise colours** Letters Frame Found-word mark Page background Style StandardClean Clean drops the page-number footer. Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF Two pages: the puzzle and its answer key. Loop each hidden word or shade its letters, the answer page updates as you choose. ## Want the whole book? This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn your words into a full word search book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs. We carry your words straight into the studio. [Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/wordsearch/edit?from=wordsearch&v=2&s=eyJ0aXRsZSI6IkluIHRoZSBHYXJkZW4iLCJ3b3JkcyI6WyJST1NFIiwiTEVBRiIsIlNFRUQiLCJCSVJEIiwiVFJFRSIsIlBPTkQiLCJHQVRFIiwiQkVFIl0sImRpZmZpY3VsdHkiOiJNRURJVU0iLCJncmlkUHJlc2V0IjoiR1JJRF8xNVgxNSIsImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0) Free to build · pay once to export Preview The puzzle and its answer key, as they print. Hide the preview - In the Garden Medium TREE ROSE LEAF SEED GATE BEE BIRD POND 1 Puzzle - In the Garden Medium · Solution TREE ROSE LEAF SEED GATE BEE BIRD POND 2 Answer key Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF ## Prefer a finished book? Buy a large-print word search Large-print, relaxing themed word searches with answer keys. Paperback on Amazon. - ![Gardening Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Garden Lovers](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B0HK17D6W1.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) ### Gardening Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Garden Lovers Printed book 100 large-print, relaxing gardening word searches for garden lovers, with answer keys. [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK17D6W1?ref=oncebooks-site) - ![Bird Watching Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Bird Lovers](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B0HJWFRW91.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) ### Bird Watching Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Bird Lovers Printed book 100 large-print, relaxing bird-watching word searches for bird lovers, with answer keys. [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJWFRW91?ref=oncebooks-site) ## How to make a large print word search 1. Type short, familiar words. Eight short words a grid is the senior-activity-book standard. Everyday words like garden, kitchen and family are the easiest to find. 2. Keep the memory-care format. The tool opens on a 12 by 12 grid in the largest print, with words hidden across and down only, never on a diagonal and never backwards. Switch to Standard if you want the harder grades. 3. Print the puzzle and its answer sheet. Press Print for two pages: the puzzle, then its answer on its own sheet, so a carer or family helper can check it without turning the puzzle over. 4. Build a whole book for KDP. Publisher Studio lays out hundreds of these at any KDP trim as a print-ready 300 DPI PDF, with a matching answer section. ## Publishing a memory-care activity book? This tool makes one puzzle. To make a senior or memory-care word search book you can sell on Amazon KDP, Publisher Studio generates hundreds of across-and-down puzzles from an AI word bank, at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF. [See the KDP word-search maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-word-search-maker) ## Questions **What makes a word search large print?** This format uses the largest grid on an 8.25 by 11 page, so each letter prints at roughly 26 point. That is well above the 18 point the RNIB and the American Printing House call large print. **Why are the words only across and down?** Published dementia and senior activity books hide words horizontally and vertically, never on a diagonal and never reversed. A reader who scans left to right finds a backwards or diagonal word much harder, so this tool places words across and down only. **Do these puzzles help memory or treat dementia?** No, and we make no medical or therapeutic claim. What we make is the format that dementia and senior activity books use: large print, simple placement, one puzzle a page with a separate answer sheet. **Can I sell these as a senior or memory-care activity book?** Yes. Build the book in Publisher Studio, export a print-ready PDF, and publish it on Amazon KDP or print it yourself. The puzzles you make are yours to sell. **What size are the pages?** The free tool prints at 8.25 by 11 inches, the common large-print size. In Publisher Studio you can export the same book at any of 17 KDP trims, including A4, without regenerating. Want diagonals and five grades? Use the [standard word search generator](https://www.oncebooks.com/tools/word-search-generator), or browse [printable word searches by theme](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search).