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Indiana Word Search

Indianapolis is the state capital and home to the Indianapolis 500 auto race. People from Indiana are called Hoosiers, though nobody is certain where the word came from.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • basketball
  • cardinal
  • corn
  • dune
  • farm
  • fort wayne
  • hoosier
  • indianapolis
  • lake michigan
  • limestone
  • peony
  • popcorn
  • race car
  • river
  • steel

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Words in the Indiana word search

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

corn
Indiana's leading crop, planted on millions of acres
race car
Race cars circle the Indianapolis Motor Speedway each May
basketball
A longtime passion in Indiana, played in gyms in every town
farm
Farms use about two thirds of Indiana's land
limestone
Indiana limestone built the Empire State Building and many capitols
dune
Tall sand dunes line Indiana's Lake Michigan shore
river
The Wabash and Ohio rivers help form Indiana's borders
popcorn
Indiana grows more popcorn than almost any other state
hoosier
The nickname for a person from Indiana
steel
Steel mills along Lake Michigan once employed tens of thousands
indianapolis
Indiana's capital and largest city, in the middle of the state
fort wayne
Indiana's second largest city, in the northeast
lake michigan
The Great Lake touching Indiana's northwest corner
cardinal
The northern cardinal is Indiana's state bird
peony
The peony has been Indiana's state flower since 1957
tulip tree
The tall tulip tree is the state tree of Indiana
wabash
Indiana's official state river, flowing across the state
speedway
The oval track where the Indianapolis 500 is run
south bend
A northern Indiana city on the St. Joseph River
gary
A steel city on Indiana's Lake Michigan shore

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