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wordsearch

wordsearch is the alternative form of word search.

Meaning of word search

Noun

word search (plural word searches)

  1. A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.
    • These word association lists can also be used in pedagogical materials, such as mind-maps, word-searches, weekly spelling lists, etc.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary...
    Synonyms:
    Wonderword

Forms of wordsearch

pluralwordsearches

Questions about wordsearch

What is wordsearch the alternative form of?
Wordsearch is the alternative form of word search.

Words near wordsearch in the dictionary

  1. words to the wise
  2. words up
  3. words-as-words distinction
  4. wordscape
  5. wordscapes
  6. wordsearch
  7. wordsearches
  8. wordshape
  9. wordshapes
  10. wordshaping
  11. wordship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wordsearch (page history and authors); word search (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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