Picture the noise of a barnyard at sunrise: a ROOSTER crowing, a COW lowing for the milking parlor, and a DUCK already paddling the pond. This puzzle rounds up twelve animals you'd meet on a working farm, from the woolly SHEEP that gives us yarn to the sure-footed GOAT that will climb almost anything and the GOOSE that often guards the flock better than a dog. Hunt the hidden words forward, backward, and across the slants of the grid, and don't be surprised when a short one like PIG hides in plain sight. Solve it with finger taps on a screen or print a sheet for the kitchen table, the answer key waiting on the side. Each letter you select is checked on your own device and kept entirely private. Petting-zoo trips, county-fair weekends, and toddler farm units all pair well with it.
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FAQ
A rooster is an adult male chicken, while the word CHICKEN here stands in for the general bird or a hen. Both appear as separate answers, so you'll search for each one independently.
Yes, because a lamb is simply a young sheep, and the puzzle includes the baby version on purpose. Finding LAMB and SHEEP separately is a nice way to talk about animal life stages with kids.
It's one of the gentler grids, since many words like COW, PIG, and DUCK are only three or four letters. An adult can read the list aloud while a little one points to the letters.
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