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Arkansas Word Search

Arkansas is the only state where the public can dig for diamonds and keep what they find. It joined the United States in 1836, and rice fields, hot springs and the Ozark hills cover much of the rest.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • bauxite
  • bear
  • catfish
  • cotton
  • delta
  • diamond
  • duck
  • honeybee
  • ozarks
  • pine
  • quartz
  • razorback
  • rice
  • river
  • soybean

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Words in the Arkansas word search

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

river
The Arkansas River crosses the state and joins the Mississippi.
rice
Arkansas grows more rice than any other US state.
duck
Flooded Arkansas timber draws wintering mallards and many duck hunters.
pine
Southern Arkansas holds wide pine forests cut for lumber.
bear
Black bears live in the Ozark and Ouachita forests.
cotton
A row crop grown on the flat farmland of eastern Arkansas.
delta
The flat, fertile lowland along eastern Arkansas near the river.
catfish
A bottom-feeding fish raised in ponds and caught in rivers.
diamond
Visitors can dig for real diamonds at an Arkansas state park.
quartz
Clear six-sided crystals mined in the Ouachita Mountains.
ozarks
A hilly, forested highland covering much of northern Arkansas.
soybean
A bean crop grown widely on eastern Arkansas farms.
bauxite
An aluminum ore once mined heavily in central Arkansas.
honeybee
Arkansas's state insect, kept in hives for honey and pollination.
razorback
A lean wild hog, and the state university's team name.
little rock
Arkansas's capital and largest city, on the Arkansas River.
hot springs
A town where warm mineral water rises from the ground.
fort smith
A city on the Oklahoma border, once a frontier army post.
white river
An Ozark river known for clear water and trout fishing.
mockingbird
Arkansas's state bird, a gray singer that copies other calls.

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