Louisiana Word Search
Baton Rouge is the state capital and New Orleans the best known city. Louisiana divides its land into parishes instead of counties, the only state that does so, and its food, music and wetlands run through the list.
Louisiana word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bayou
- crawfish
- gumbo
- jazz
- mask
- parade
- pelican
- river
- shrimp
- swamp
Louisiana word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- alligator
- baton rouge
- bayou
- crawfish
- french quarter
- gumbo
- jazz
- mardi gras
- mask
- new orleans
- parade
- pelican
- river
- shrimp
- swamp
Louisiana word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- alligator
- baton rouge
- bayou
- brass band
- crawfish
- creole
- cypress
- french quarter
- gumbo
- jazz
- magnolia
- mardi gras
- mask
- new orleans
- parade
- pelican
- pelican state
- river
- shrimp
- swamp
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Words in the Louisiana word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- swamp
- Wet forested land that covers much of southern Louisiana
- jazz
- A music style that grew up in New Orleans around 1900
- gumbo
- A thick Louisiana stew of meat or seafood over rice
- bayou
- A slow moving creek or channel in low wet country
- pelican
- The brown pelican is Louisiana's state bird
- crawfish
- A small freshwater shellfish boiled and eaten in Louisiana
- parade
- Parades with floats and marching bands fill Mardi Gras season
- mask
- Masks are worn by parade riders during Mardi Gras
- river
- The Mississippi River flows through Louisiana to the Gulf
- shrimp
- Louisiana boats catch shrimp in the Gulf and coastal marshes
- new orleans
- Louisiana's largest city, founded by the French in 1718
- baton rouge
- The capital of Louisiana, on the Mississippi River
- mardi gras
- A carnival celebrated the day before Lent begins
- french quarter
- The oldest neighborhood in New Orleans, with iron balconies
- alligator
- A large reptile living in Louisiana swamps and bayous
- magnolia
- The magnolia blossom is the Louisiana state flower
- cypress
- The bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, grows in standing water
- brass band
- A group of horn and drum players common in New Orleans
- pelican state
- Louisiana's nickname, taken from its state bird
- creole
- A Louisiana culture and cooking style with French and African roots
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