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Alabama Word Search

Alabama joined the United States in 1819 and put its capital at Montgomery. Cotton fields, pine forests and a short stretch of Gulf coast shape the state, and the words here follow that ground.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • beach
  • birmingham
  • camellia
  • catfish
  • cotton
  • dogwood
  • gulf coast
  • huntsville
  • magnolia
  • mobile
  • montgomery
  • peanut
  • pecan
  • river
  • rocket

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Words in the Alabama word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

cotton
A leading Alabama crop for generations, spun into thread and cloth.
river
Alabama has more miles of navigable rivers than most states.
beach
White sand shores line Alabama's short stretch of Gulf coastline.
peanut
A ground-growing legume harvested across Alabama's southern farm counties.
pecan
A native nut from tall trees, used in pies and candy.
catfish
A whiskered fish raised in Alabama ponds and often served fried.
rocket
Rockets for NASA were designed and tested in Huntsville, Alabama.
mobile
A port city on Mobile Bay, Alabama's only saltwater harbor.
magnolia
A southern tree with thick leaves and large white blossoms.
dogwood
A small tree whose white spring flowers open before the leaves.
montgomery
The capital of Alabama, set beside the Alabama River.
birmingham
Alabama's largest city, built up around iron and steel.
huntsville
A north Alabama city known for rockets and space research.
camellia
Alabama's state flower, a winter-blooming shrub with waxy petals.
gulf coast
Alabama's shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico, about sixty miles long.
yellowhammer
A nickname for the yellow-shafted flicker, Alabama's state bird.
tuscaloosa
A city on the Black Warrior River with a large university.
okra
A green pod vegetable common in southern gardens and gumbo.
selma
An Alabama city central to the 1965 voting rights marches.
longleaf pine
Alabama's state tree, a tall pine with long needle bundles.

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