Party Games - Free Printable

Let me carefully examine the image to understand the task.

The image shows a word search puzzle titled "Mystery Word: Winter". The directions say:
- Try to find as many words as possible in the board below.
- Letters need to touch each other to be counted, but diagonals are OK.
- Each letter can only be used once.
- Hint: Look for *winter* words!

The grid is:
```
S A T G E
N H L D C
C O W I D
V E L N E
```

Then there's a question at the bottom:
"Can you find the 6-letter mystery word that helps clear snow?"
With an answer line.

So I need to find a 6-letter word hidden in the grid that is related to winter and helps clear snow.

Let me look for common winter-related words that help clear snow — the most obvious one is "SNOWPLOW" (8 letters) or "SNOWPLow" — but we need exactly 6 letters.

Other possibilities: "SHOVEL" (6 letters), "BLOWER" (6 letters), "PLowER" — but let's check what letters are available.

Let me list all the letters in the grid:

Row 1: S, A, T, G, E
Row 2: N, H, L, D, C
Row 3: C, O, W, I, D
Row 4: V, E, L, N, E

So letters available:
A, C, C, D, D, E, E, E, G, H, I, L, L, N, N, O, S, T, V, W

Now, think of 6-letter winter words that help clear snow:
- SHOVEL → S, H, O, V, E, L — do we have these?
S: yes
H: yes (row 2, col 2)
O: yes (row 3, col 2)
V: yes (row 4, col 1)
E: yes (multiple)
L: yes (row 2, col 3 and row 4, col 3)

Can they be connected orthogon’tally or diagonally, using each letter once?

Let’s try to trace "SHOVEL":

S is at (1,1) [row 1, col 1]
H is at (2,2) — diagonal from S → OK
O is at (3,2) — directly below H → OK
V is at (4,1) — diagonal down-left from O → OK
E is at (4,2) — right of V, or (1,5), (4,5) — (4,2) is adjacent to V (right) → OK
L is at (4,3) — right of E (4,2) → OK

So path:
(1,1) S → (2,2) H → (3,2) O → (4,1) V → (4,2) E → (4,3) L
Check adjacency:
- S(1,1) to H(2,2): diagonal → allowed
- H(2,2) to O(3,2): down → allowed
- O(3,2) to V(4,1): down-left diagonal → allowed
- V(4,1) to E(4,2): right → allowed
- E(4,2) to L(4,3): right → allowed

All letters used once. That works!

Also, "SHOVEL" is a tool used to clear snow — fits the clue perfectly.

Is there any other 6-letter candidate?
"BLOWER": B? No B in grid.
"PLowER": P? No P.
"SNOWED"? Not for clearing snow.
"ICEBOX"? Doesn’t clear snow.
"WINTRY"? Not a tool.

So the mystery word is SHOVEL.

Final Answer: SHOVEL