Meanings
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- gamesA 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 subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 109Synonyms: Wonderword
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.
Translations
Catalan sopa de lletres
- sopa de lletresa word game
Chinese Mandarin 找詞遊戲 /找词游戏
- 找詞遊戲 /找词游戏 (zhǎocí yóuxì)a word game
Czech osmisměrka
- osmisměrkaa word game
Dutch woordzoeker
- woordzoekera word game
Finnish sanalaatikko
- sanalaatikkoa word game
French mot caché
- mot cachéa word game
German Wörtersuchspiel
- Wörtersuchspiela word game
Italian parole intrecciate
- parole intrecciatea word game
Polish wykreślanka
- wykreślankaa word game
Portuguese caça-palavras, sopa de letras
- caça-palavrasa word game
- sopa de letrasa word game
Russian филво́рд
- филво́рд (filvórd)a word game
Spanish sopa de letras, buscapalabras
- sopa de letrasa word game
- buscapalabrasa word game
Swedish sökord
- sökorda word game
Welsh chwilair
- chwilaira word game
Cite this entry
word search. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20search
“word search.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20search. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word search,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20search.
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