Kentucky Word Search
Mammoth Cave runs longer than any other known cave system in the world, with more than four hundred mapped miles under Kentucky. Frankfort is the state capital, while Louisville is the largest city, and horses and music run through both.
Kentucky word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- barn
- bluegrass
- cave
- coal
- derby
- farm
- fence
- fiddle
- horse
- river
Kentucky word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- barn
- bluegrass
- cave
- coal
- derby
- farm
- fence
- fiddle
- frankfort
- horse
- lexington
- louisville
- mammoth cave
- ohio river
- river
Kentucky word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- barn
- bluegrass
- bluegrass state
- cardinal
- cave
- churchill downs
- coal
- derby
- farm
- fence
- fiddle
- frankfort
- goldenrod
- horse
- lexington
- louisville
- mammoth cave
- ohio river
- river
- tulip tree
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Words in the Kentucky word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- horse
- Kentucky is known for breeding and racing fine horses
- cave
- Kentucky's soft limestone holds thousands of caves
- bluegrass
- A kind of grass and a style of string band music
- coal
- Coal has been mined in eastern and western Kentucky for generations
- derby
- The Kentucky Derby is a horse race run every May
- farm
- Horse and cattle farms cover much of central Kentucky
- river
- The Ohio River runs along Kentucky's whole northern edge
- fence
- White plank fences line the pastures of horse farms
- barn
- Tall barns shelter horses and dry tobacco leaves
- fiddle
- A violin played in bluegrass and old time Kentucky music
- louisville
- Kentucky's largest city, on the Ohio River
- lexington
- A central Kentucky city called the horse capital
- frankfort
- The capital city of Kentucky, on the Kentucky River
- mammoth cave
- The longest known cave system on Earth, in central Kentucky
- churchill downs
- The Louisville racetrack where the Derby is held
- bluegrass state
- Kentucky's nickname, from the grass in its pastures
- ohio river
- Forms the northern boundary of Kentucky
- cardinal
- The northern cardinal is Kentucky's state bird
- tulip tree
- The tulip poplar is the state tree of Kentucky
- goldenrod
- The yellow goldenrod is Kentucky's state flower
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