Arizona Word Search
Arizona became the forty-eighth state in 1912, and most of it does not change clocks for daylight saving time. Saguaro cactus, canyon country and desert wildlife fill much of the map.
Arizona word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- adobe
- cactus
- canyon
- copper
- coyote
- desert
- lizard
- mesa
- sand
- sun
Arizona word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- adobe
- cactus
- canyon
- copper
- coyote
- desert
- lizard
- mesa
- phoenix
- rattlesnake
- roadrunner
- saguaro
- sand
- sun
- tucson
Arizona word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- adobe
- cactus
- canyon
- copper
- coyote
- desert
- flagstaff
- grand canyon
- hoover dam
- lizard
- mesa
- phoenix
- rattlesnake
- roadrunner
- saguaro
- sand
- sedona
- sun
- tucson
- turquoise
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Words in the Arizona word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- sun
- Phoenix records more sunny days than almost any other US city.
- sand
- Loose ground-up rock that covers parts of Arizona's dry basins.
- desert
- Dry land with little rain; four deserts reach into Arizona.
- cactus
- A spiny plant that stores water inside a thick stem.
- canyon
- A deep valley cut through rock by a flowing river.
- lizard
- A scaly reptile that suns itself on warm desert rocks.
- coyote
- A wild dog that hunts at dusk and calls at night.
- mesa
- A flat-topped hill with steep sides, common across Arizona.
- adobe
- Sun-dried mud brick used for walls in the Southwest.
- copper
- Arizona mines more copper than any other US state.
- saguaro
- A tall branching cactus that grows only in the Sonoran Desert.
- phoenix
- Arizona's capital and largest city, set in a desert valley.
- tucson
- A southern Arizona city ringed by mountains and saguaro cactus.
- roadrunner
- A fast ground bird that runs rather than flying far.
- rattlesnake
- A venomous snake that buzzes its tail as a warning.
- grand canyon
- A mile-deep canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona.
- flagstaff
- A cool pine-forest city below the San Francisco Peaks.
- sedona
- A town known for tall red sandstone rocks and cliffs.
- turquoise
- A blue-green stone long used in Southwest jewelry making.
- hoover dam
- A concrete dam on the Colorado River at Arizona's border.
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