Fun and educational word search puzzle for kids, featuring school-themed vocabulary and cute illustrations.

To solve this word search puzzle, we need to find all the words listed below the grid inside the letter box. The words can be hidden horizontally (left to right or right to left), vertically (up to down or down to up), or diagonally.

Here is the step-by-step location for each word:

1. MADE: Found in Row 1, starting at column 3 (M-A-D-E).
2. FUNNY: Found in Row 2, starting at column 3 (F-U-N-N-Y).
3. LARGE: Found in Row 3, starting at column 4 (L-A-R-G-E).
4. CHILDREN: Found in Row 4, starting at column 3 (C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N).
5. SCHOOL: Found in Row 5, starting at column 4 (S-C-H-O-O-L).
6. NONE: Found in Row 6, starting at column 4 (N-O-N-E).
7. SHORT: Found in Row 7, starting at column 1 (S-H-O-R-T).
8. LONG: Found in Row 7, starting at column 6 (L-O-N-G).
9. SLEEP: Found in Row 8, starting at column 3 (S-L-E-E-P).
10. BOTH: Found in Row 8, starting at column 6 (B-O-T-H).
11. MAN: Found vertically in Column 1, Rows 1-3 (M is actually not there... let's re-check). Ah, looking at Column 1: F, R, I, D, A, Y, S, V. Wait, let's look for MAN.
* Let's check vertical columns.
* Column 1: F, R, I, D, A, Y, S, V. No MAN.
* Column 2: C, O, L, D, E, R, H, N. No.
* Column 3: P, U, R, P, L, E, O, S. No.
* Let's look horizontally again.
* Row 1: F C P M A D E Q M M B B. (Found MADE).
* Let's look for MAN. It might be diagonal or vertical.
* Check Column 10 (second to last): B, R, O, N, G, F, G, H. No.
* Check Column 11 (last): B, R, O, W, N, H, P, A. No.
* Let's look at FRIDAY. Row 6 starts with Y, R, E, Y... no.
* Let's look at Column 1 again: F, R, I, D, A, Y. That spells FRIDAY vertically downwards from Row 1 to Row 6! So FRIDAY is found in Column 1, Rows 1-6.
* Now back to MAN. Look at Column 9 (third from right): M, A, S, E, L, F, N, T. No.
* Look at Column 8: M, Y, N, N, O, G, O, O. No.
* Look at Column 7: Q, N, G, D, H, E, B, B. No.
* Look at Column 6: E, N, E, L, O, N, B, E. No.
* Look at Column 5: A, U, A, I, C, O, T, E. No.
* Look at Column 4: D, F, R, C, H, N, T, L. No.
* Look at Column 3: P, U, R, P, L, E, O, S. No.
* Look at Column 2: C, O, L, D, E, R, H, N. No.
* Look at Column 1: F, R, I, D, A, Y, S, V. No.
* Let's check diagonals or backwards.
* Maybe MAN is part of another word? No, it's a separate word.
* Let's re-scan Row 1: F C P M A D E Q M M B B. There is an M at col 8 and 9. Is there an A and N nearby?
* Row 2: R O U F U N N Y A Y S R.
* Row 3: I L R L A R G E N S I O.
* Let's look at Column 9 again: M (Row 1), A (Row 2?? No, Row 2 Col 9 is S).
* Let's look at Column 10: B (Row 1), R (Row 2), O (Row 3), N (Row 4), G (Row 5), F (Row 6), G (Row 7), H (Row 8).
* Let's look at Column 11: B, R, O, W, N, H, P, A.
* Let's look for BROWN. Column 11, Rows 1-5: B-R-O-W-N. Yes! BROWN is vertical in the last column.
* Let's look for MYSELF.
* Row 6: Y R E Y N O N E G F F H.
* Row 5: A E L T S C H O O L G N.
* Let's check diagonal.
* Let's check PURPLE. Column 3, Rows 1-6: P-U-R-P-L-E. Yes! PURPLE is vertical in Column 3.
* Let's check COLD. Column 2, Rows 1-4: C-O-L-D. Yes! COLD is vertical in Column 2.
* Let's check SING.
* Let's check PRETTY.
* Let's check BROTHER.
* Let's check FIRST.
* Let's check MYSELF.
* Let's check NONE. We found it in Row 6.
* Let's check LARGE. We found it in Row 3.
* Let's check CHILDREN. We found it in Row 4.
* Let's check SCHOOL. We found it in Row 5.
* Let's check SHORT. We found it in Row 7.
* Let's check LONG. We found it in Row 7.
* Let's check SLEEP. We found it in Row 8.
* Let's check BOTH. We found it in Row 8.
* Let's check FUNNY. We found it in Row 2.
* Let's check MADE. We found it in Row 1.
* Let's check FRIDAY. We found it in Column 1.
* Let's check BROWN. We found it in Column 11.
* Let's check PURPLE. We found it in Column 3.
* Let's check COLD. We found it in Column 2.

Remaining words to find: MAN, LONG (found), SLEEP (found), FUNNY (found), CHILDREN (found), BROWN (found), SHORT (found), PURPLE (found), SCHOOL (found), BOTH (found), MYSELF, MADE (found), SING, COLD (found), FRIDAY (found), LARGE (found), NONE (found), BROTHER, PRETTY, FIRST.

Let's find MYSELF.
Look at Row 6: Y R E Y N O N E G F F H.
Look at Column 9: M (Row 1), S (Row 2), S (Row 3), E (Row 4), L (Row 5), F (Row 6)... wait.
Column 9 letters:
Row 1: M
Row 2: S
Row 3: S
Row 4: E
Row 5: L
Row 6: F
Row 7: G
Row 8: T
This spells MSSELF? No.
Let's look at Column 10:
Row 1: M
Row 2: Y
Row 3: I
Row 4: N
Row 5: G
Row 6: F
Row 7: O
Row 8: H
This spells MYINGF... No.

Let's look for MYSELF diagonally or elsewhere.
How about Row 6, columns 8-13? No, only 11 cols.
Let's look at Column 8:
Row 1: M
Row 2: Y
Row 3: N
Row 4: N
Row 5: O
Row 6: G
Row 7: O
Row 8: O

Let's look at Column 9 again carefully.
Row 1: M
Row 2: S (from FUNNY? No, FUNNY is cols 3-7. Col 8 is Y, Col 9 is S, Col 10 is R? No.
Let's map Row 2 properly:
Col 1: R
Col 2: O
Col 3: U
Col 4: F
Col 5: U
Col 6: N
Col 7: N
Col 8: Y
Col 9: A
Col 10: Y
Col 11: S
Col 12: R? Wait, the grid has 11 columns.
Let's count columns in the image:
1:F, 2:C, 3:P, 4:M, 5:A, 6:D, 7:E, 8:Q, 9:M, 10:M, 11:B, 12:B?
Let's recount Row 1: F C P M A D E Q M M B B. That is 12 letters.
Let's recount Row 2: R O U F U N N Y A Y S R. That is 12 letters.
Okay, the grid is 8 rows by 12 columns.

Let's restart the coordinate mapping with 12 columns.

Row 1: F C P M A D E Q M M B B
Row 2: R O U F U N N Y A Y S R
Row 3: I L R L A R G E N S I O
Row 4: D D P C H I L D R E N W
Row 5: A E L T S C H O O L G N
Row 6: Y R E Y N O N E G F F H
Row 7: S H O R T B B L O N G P
Row 8: V N S L E E P B O T H A

Words Found So Far:
1. MADE: Row 1, Cols 4-7 (M-A-D-E).
2. FUNNY: Row 2, Cols 4-8 (F-U-N-N-Y).
3. LARGE: Row 3, Cols 4-8 (L-A-R-G-E).
4. CHILDREN: Row 4, Cols 4-11 (C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N).
5. SCHOOL: Row 5, Cols 5-10 (S-C-H-O-O-L).
6. NONE: Row 6, Cols 5-8 (N-O-N-E).
7. SHORT: Row 7, Cols 1-5 (S-H-O-R-T).
8. LONG: Row 7, Cols 8-11 (L-O-N-G).
9. SLEEP: Row 8, Cols 4-8 (S-L-E-E-P).
10. BOTH: Row 8, Cols 8-11 (B-O-T-H).
11. FRIDAY: Col 1, Rows 1-6 (F-R-I-D-A-Y).
12. BROWN: Col 11, Rows 1-5 (B-S-I-N-G... wait).
Let's check Col 11:
R1: B
R2: S
R3: I
R4: N
R5: G
R6: F
R7: G
R8: H
This doesn't spell BROWN.
Let's check Col 12:
R1: B
R2: R
R3: O
R4: W
R5: N
R6: H
R7: P
R8: A
Yes! BROWN is in Col 12, Rows 1-5 (B-R-O-W-N).
13. PURPLE: Col 3, Rows 1-6.
R1: P
R2: U
R3: R
R4: P
R5: L
R6: E
Yes! PURPLE is in Col 3, Rows 1-6.
14. COLD: Col 2, Rows 1-4.
R1: C
R2: O
R3: L
R4: D
Yes! COLD is in Col 2, Rows 1-4.

Remaining Words:
MAN, MYSELF, SING, BROTHER, PRETTY, FIRST.

Let's find MYSELF.
Look at Col 9:
R1: M
R2: A
R3: N
R4: R
R5: O
R6: G
R7: O
R8: O
No.
Look at Col 10:
R1: M
R2: Y
R3: S
R4: E
R5: L
R6: F
R7: N
R8: T
Rows 1-6 in Col 10: M-Y-S-E-L-F.
Yes! MYSELF is in Col 10, Rows 1-6.

Let's find SING.
Look at Col 11:
R1: B
R2: S
R3: I
R4: N
R5: G
Rows 2-5 in Col 11: S-I-N-G.
Yes! SING is in Col 11, Rows 2-5.

Let's find MAN.
Look at Col 9 again:
R1: M
R2: A
R3: N
Rows 1-3 in Col 9: M-A-N.
Yes! MAN is in Col 9, Rows 1-3.

Let's find BROTHER.
Look at Col 12? No, used for BROWN.
Look at diagonals?
Or maybe vertical in another column?
Col 4: M, F, L, C, T, Y, R, L. No.
Col 5: A, U, A, H, S, N, T, E. No.
Col 6: D, N, R, I, C, O, B, E. No.
Col 7: E, N, G, L, H, N, B, P. No.
Col 8: Q, Y, E, D, O, E, L, B. No.

Let's check horizontal remaining spots.
Row 3: I L R LARGE N S I O. Leftover: I, L, R at start, N, S, I, O at end.
Row 4: D D P CHILDREN W. Leftover: D, D, P at start, W at end.
Row 5: A E L T SCHOOL G N. Leftover: A, E, L, T at start, G, N at end.
Row 6: Y R E Y NONE G F F H. Leftover: Y, R, E, Y at start, G, F, F, H at end.
Row 8: V N S SLEEP BOTH A. Leftover: V, N, S at start, A at end.

Let's check vertical remaining spots in Col 4-8 that weren't fully used.
We found FRIDAY (Col 1), COLD (Col 2), PURPLE (Col 3).
We found MAN (Col 9), MYSELF (Col 10), SING (Col 11), BROWN (Col 12).

So all vertical simple words are found.
Remaining words: BROTHER, PRETTY, FIRST.
These must be diagonal or horizontal/vertical in tricky spots.

Let's look for FIRST.
Diagonal?
Start at Row 3, Col 1: I.
Start at Row 4, Col 1: D.
Start at Row 5, Col 1: A.
Start at Row 6, Col 1: Y.
Start at Row 7, Col 1: S.
Start at Row 8, Col 1: V.

Let's check Diagonal from Top-Left to Bottom-Right.
(1,1) F, (2,2) O, (3,3) R, (4,4) C... FORC? No.
(1,2) C, (2,3) U... No.

Let's check Diagonal from Top-Right to Bottom-Left.
(1,12) B, (2,11) S... No.
(1,11) B, (2,10) Y... No.
(1,10) M, (2,9) A, (3,8) E... MAE? No.
(1,9) M, (2,8) Y, (3,7) G... MYG? No.
(1,8) Q, (2,7) N... No.

Let's look closely at the leftover letters in the grid.
Row 3 ends with ...N S I O.
Row 4 ends with ...W.
Row 5 ends with ...G N.
Row 6 ends with ...G F F H.

Let's look for PRETTY.
P-R-E-T-T-Y.
Is it in Row 6? Y R E Y... No.
Is it vertical?
Col 1: F,R,I,D,A,Y,S,V.
Col 2: C,O,L,D,E,R,H,N.
Col 3: P,U,R,P,L,E,S,S. (Wait, R8C3 is S).
Col 4: M,F,L,C,T,Y,R,L.
Col 5: A,U,A,H,S,N,T,E.
Col 6: D,N,R,I,C,O,B,E.
Col 7: E,N,G,L,H,N,B,P.
Col 8: Q,Y,E,D,O,E,L,B.
Col 9: M,A,N,R,O,G,O,O.
Col 10: M,Y,S,E,L,F,N,T.
Col 11: B,S,I,N,G,F,G,H.
Col 12: B,R,O,W,N,H,P,A.

Let's re-read Col 7:
R1: E
R2: N
R3: G
R4: L
R5: H
R6: N
R7: B
R8: P
No PRETTY.

Let's look for BROTHER.
B-R-O-T-H-E-R.

Let's look for FIRST.
F-I-R-S-T.

Let's check diagonals again more carefully.

Diagonal 1 (Top-Left to Bottom-Right):
Start (1,1): F
(2,2): O
(3,3): R
(4,4): C
(5,5): S
(6,6): O
(7,7): B
(8,8): B
Word: FORCSOBB? No.

Start (1,2): C
(2,3): U
(3,4): L
(4,5): H
(5,6): C
(6,7): N
(7,8): L
(8,9): O
Word: CULHCNLO? No.

Start (1,3): P
(2,4): F
(3,5): A
(4,6): I
(5,7): H
(6,8): E
(7,9): O
(8,10): T
Word: PFAIHEOT? No.

Start (1,4): M
(2,5): U
(3,6): R
(4,7): L
(5,8): O
(6,9): G
(7,10): N
(8,11): H
Word: MURLOGNG? No.

Start (1,5): A
(2,6): N
(3,7): G
(4,8): D
(5,9): O
(6,10): F
(7,11): G
(8,12): A
Word: ANGDOGFA? No.

Start (1,6): D
(2,7): N
(3,8): E
(4,9): R
(5,10): L
(6,11): F
(7,12): P
Word: DNERLFP? No.

Start (1,7): E
(2,8): Y
(3,9): N
(4,10): E
(5,11): G
(6,12): H
Word: EYNEGH? No.

Start (1,8): Q
(2,9): A
(3,10): S
(4,11): N
(5,12): N
Word: QASNN? No.

Start (1,9): M
(2,10): Y
(3,11): I
(4,12): W
Word: MYIW? No.

Start (1,10): M
(2,11): S
(3,12): O
Word: MSO? No.

Start (1,11): B
(2,12): R
Word: BR? No.

Diagonal 2 (Top-Right to Bottom-Left):
Start (1,12): B
(2,11): S
(3,10): S
(4,9): R
(5,8): O
(6,7): N
(7,6): B
(8,5): E
Word: BSSRONBE? No.

Start (1,11): B
(2,10): Y
(3,9): N
(4,8): D
(5,7): H
(6,6): O
(7,5): T
(8,4): L
Word: BYNDHOTL? No.

Start (1,10): M
(2,9): A
(3,8): E
(4,7): L
(5,6): C
(6,5): N
(7,4): R
(8,3): S
Word: MAELCNRS? No.

Start (1,9): M
(2,8): Y
(3,7): G
(4,6): I
(5,5): S
(6,4): Y
(7,3): O
(8,2): N
Word: MYGISYON? No.

Start (1,8): Q
(2,7): N
(3,6): R
(4,5): H
(5,4): T
(6,3): E
(7,2): H
(8,1): V
Word: QNRHTHEV? No.

Start (1,7): E
(2,6): N
(3,5): A
(4,4): C
(5,3): L
(6,2): R
(7,1): S
Word: ENACLR S? No.

Start (1,6): D
(2,5): U
(3,4): L
(4,3): P
(5,2): E
(6,1): Y
Word: DULPEY? No.

Start (1,5): A
(2,4): F
(3,3): R
(4,2): D
(5,1): A
Word: AFRDA? No.

Start (1,4): M
(2,3): U
(3,2): L
(4,1): D
Word: MULD? No.

Start (1,3): P
(2,2): O
(3,1): I
Word: POI? No.

Start (1,2): C
(2,1): R
Word: CR? No.

Did I miss a horizontal or vertical word?
Let's re-examine the unused letters.

Unused Horizontal Segments:
Row 3: Cols 1-3 (I L R), Cols 9-12 (N S I O).
Row 4: Cols 1-3 (D D P), Col 12 (W).
Row 5: Cols 1-4 (A E L T), Cols 11-12 (G N).
Row 6: Cols 1-4 (Y R E Y), Cols 9-12 (G F F H).
Row 8: Cols 1-3 (V N S), Col 12 (A).

Unused Vertical Segments (intersections with found words might block them, but let's see if words fit in gaps):
Col 4: Rows 1-8 used by MADE, FUNNY, LARGE, CHILDREN, SCHOOL, NONE, SHORT, SLEEP. All occupied.
Col 5: Used by MADE, FUNNY, LARGE, CHILDREN, SCHOOL, NONE, SHORT, SLEEP. All occupied.
Col 6: Used by MADE, FUNNY, LARGE, CHILDREN, SCHOOL, NONE, SHORT, SLEEP. All occupied.
Col 7: Used by MADE, FUNNY, LARGE, CHILDREN, SCHOOL, NONE, SHORT, SLEEP. All occupied.
Col 8: Used by FUNNY (Y), LARGE (E), CHILDREN (N), SCHOOL (O), NONE (E), SHORT (T is col 5? No SHORT is 1-5. Col 8 is empty in Row 7?
Row 7: S H O R T B B L O N G P
Cols: 1:S, 2:H, 3:O, 4:R, 5:T, 6:B, 7:B, 8:L, 9:O, 10:N, 11:G, 12:P.
So Col 8 Row 7 is L.
Col 8 Row 8 is B (from BOTH? BOTH is 8-11. B-O-T-H. Col 8 is B).

Let's check Col 8 vertically:
R1: Q
R2: Y
R3: E
R4: D
R5: O
R6: E
R7: L
R8: B
Word: QYEDOELB? No.

Col 9:
R1: M (MAN)
R2: A (MAN)
R3: N (MAN)
R4: R (CHILDREN ends at 11. R is part of CHILDREN? C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N. C=4, H=5, I=6, L=7, D=8, R=9, E=10, N=11. Yes, R4C9 is R from CHILDREN).
R5: O (SCHOOL ends at 10. S=5, C=6, H=7, O=8, O=9, L=10. Yes, R5C9 is O from SCHOOL).
R6: G (NONE ends at 8. N=5, O=6, N=7, E=8. R6C9 is G. It is unused horizontally).
R7: O (LONG starts at 8. L=8, O=9, N=10, G=11. Yes, R7C9 is O from LONG).
R8: O (BOTH starts at 8. B=8, O=9, T=10, H=11. Yes, R8C9 is O from BOTH).
So Col 9 is mostly used.

Col 10:
R1: M (MYSELF)
R2: Y (MYSELF)
R3: S (Unused? Row 3: I L R L A R G E N S I O. N=9, S=10, I=11, O=12. Yes, S is unused).
R4: E (CHILDREN)
R5: L (SCHOOL)
R6: F (MYSELF)
R7: N (LONG)
R8: T (BOTH)

Col 11:
R1: B (BROWN)
R2: S (SING)
R3: I (Unused? Row 3 Col 11 is I).
R4: N (SING)
R5: G (Unused? Row 5 Col 11 is G).
R6: F (Unused? Row 6 Col 11 is F).
R7: G (LONG)
R8: H (BOTH)

Col 12:
R1: B (BROWN)
R2: R (BROWN)
R3: O (BROWN)
R4: W (BROWN)
R5: N (BROWN)
R6: H (Unused? Row 6 Col 12 is H).
R7: P (Unused? Row 7 Col 12 is P).
R8: A (Unused? Row 8 Col 12 is A).

Let's look at the unused letters again:
Row 3: I L R (1-3), N S I O (9-12).
Row 4: D D P (1-3), W (12).
Row 5: A E L T (1-4), G N (11-12).
Row 6: Y R E Y (1-4), G F F H (9-12).
Row 8: V N S (1-3), A (12).

And vertical fragments:
Col 11: I (R3), G (R5), F (R6).
Col 12: H (R6), P (R7), A (R8).

Let's look for PRETTY.
P-R-E-T-T-Y.
Do we have these letters?
P is at R3C3? No, R3C3 is R.
P is at R4C3? Yes.
P is at R7C12? Yes.
P is at R8C7? No, P is at R8C7? Row 8: V N S L E E P B O T H A. P is at Col 7. But Col 7 is part of SLEEP? S-L-E-E-P. S=4, L=5, E=6, E=7, P=8?
Let's re-verify SLEEP.
Row 8: V(1) N(2) S(3) L(4) E(5) E(6) P(7) B(8) O(9) T(10) H(11) A(12).
So SLEEP is Cols 3-7? S(3)-L(4)-E(5)-E(6)-P(7).
Earlier I said SLEEP is 4-8. Let's check Row 8 again.
Image: V N S L E E P B O T H A
Indices:
1: V
2: N
3: S
4: L
5: E
6: E
7: P
8: B
9: O
10: T
11: H
12: A
So SLEEP is at Cols 3-7 (S-L-E-E-P).
And BOTH is at Cols 8-11 (B-O-T-H).

This changes things!
If SLEEP is 3-7, then Col 3 Row 8 is S.
Col 4 Row 8 is L.
Col 5 Row 8 is E.
Col 6 Row 8 is E.
Col 7 Row 8 is P.

Let's re-evaluate vertical words with this correction.
Col 3:
R1: P
R2: U
R3: R
R4: P
R5: L
R6: E
R7: O (Row 7: S H O R T B B L O N G P. Col 3 is O).
R8: S
Word: PURPLEOS? No, PURPLE is R1-R6. Correct.

Col 7:
R1: E
R2: N
R3: G
R4: L
R5: H
R6: N
R7: B (Row 7 Col 7 is B).
R8: P
Word: ENGLHNBP? No.

Okay, back to finding PRETTY, BROTHER, FIRST.

Look at Row 3: I L R L A R G E N S I O
Look at Row 4: D D P C H I L D R E N W
Look at Row 5: A E L T S C H O O L G N
Look at Row 6: Y R E Y N O N E G F F H

Is FIRST hidden in Col 1?
F (R1), R (R2), I (R3), S (R7? No, R4 is D, R5 is A, R6 is Y).
Wait, Col 1 is F-R-I-D-A-Y-S-V.
F-R-I is there. Then D. So not FIRST.

Is FIRST diagonal?
Start R1C1: F.
R2C2: O.
No.
Start R1C7: E.
Start R1C6: D.
Start R1C5: A.
Start R1C4: M.
Start R1C3: P.
Start R1C2: C.
Start R1C1: F.

Let's check diagonal starting at R4C1 (D)? No.
Let's check diagonal starting at R7C1 (S)?
S (7,1), ? (8,2)=N. No.

Let's check diagonal starting at R1C1 going DOWN-RIGHT: F-O-R-C-S-O-B-B.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C2 going DOWN-RIGHT: C-U-L-H-C-N-L-O.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C3 going DOWN-RIGHT: P-F-A-I-H-E-O-S.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C4 going DOWN-RIGHT: M-U-R-L-O-G-N-H.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C5 going DOWN-RIGHT: A-N-G-D-O-F-G-A.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C6 going DOWN-RIGHT: D-N-E-R-L-F-P.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C7 going DOWN-RIGHT: E-Y-N-E-G-H.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C8 going DOWN-RIGHT: Q-A-S-N-N.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C9 going DOWN-RIGHT: M-Y-I-W.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C10 going DOWN-RIGHT: M-S-O.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C11 going DOWN-RIGHT: B-R.
Let's check diagonal starting at R1C12 going DOWN-RIGHT: B.

Let's check diagonal starting at R8C1 going UP-RIGHT:
V (8,1), H (7,2)? No, R7C2 is H.
V-H... No.
S (8,3), B (7,4)? R7C4 is R.
S-R... No.
L (8,4), L (7,5)? R7C5 is T.
L-T... No.
E (8,5), B (7,6)? R7C6 is B.
E-B... No.
E (8,6), B (7,7)? R7C7 is B.
E-B... No.
P (8,7), L (7,8)? R7C8 is L.
P-L... No.
B (8,8), O (7,9)? R7C9 is O.
B-O... No.
O (8,9), N (7,10)? R7C10 is N.
O-N... No.
T (8,10), G (7,11)? R7C11 is G.
T-G... No.
H (8,11), P (7,12)? R7C12 is P.
H-P... No.

Let's check diagonal starting at R8C12 going UP-LEFT:
A (8,12), P (7,11)=G? No.
A-G... No.

Let's look at BROTHER.
B-R-O-T-H-E-R.
Is it in Row 7? S H O R T B B L O N G P.
No.
Is it in Col 12? B-R-O-W-N-H-P-A.
B-R-O... then W. No.

Let's look at PRETTY.
P-R-E-T-T-Y.
Is it in Col 7? E-N-G-L-H-N-B-P. No.

Let's look at FIRST.
F-I-R-S-T.

Wait, did I miss ONE? No, word is NONE.
Did I miss BIG? No.

Let's look at the letters in Row 6: Y R E Y N O N E G F F H.
Letters in Row 5: A E L T S C H O O L G N.
Letters in Row 4: D D P C H I L D R E N W.
Letters in Row 3: I L R L A R G E N S I O.

Could PRETTY be diagonal?
Start R3C3 (R)? No.
Start R4C3 (P)?
P (4,3)
R (5,4)? R5C4 is T. No.
R (5,2)? R5C2 is E. No.
R (3,4)? R3C4 is L. No.
R (3,2)? R3C2 is L. No.

Start R7C12 (P)?
P (7,12)
R (6,11)? R6C11 is F. No.
R (6,13)? No.

Start R8C7 (P)?
P (8,7)
R (7,6)? R7C6 is B. No.
R (7,8)? R7C8 is L. No.

Start R4C3 (P)?
P (4,3)
R (3,4)? L. No.
R (5,4)? T. No.
R (3,2)? L. No.
R (5,2)? E. No.

Maybe PRETTY is vertical?
Col 12: B,R,O,W,N,H,P,A.
Col 11: B,S,I,N,G,F,G,H.
Col