North Carolina Word Search
North Carolina runs from the Atlantic beaches to the Appalachian Mountains, and it leads the nation in sweet potato growing. The first powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk in 1903.
North Carolina word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- airplane
- barbecue
- beach
- blue ridge
- charlotte
- dogwood
- lighthouse
- outer banks
- pine tree
- raleigh
North Carolina word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- airplane
- barbecue
- beach
- blue ridge
- cardinal
- charlotte
- dogwood
- great smoky
- kitty hawk
- lighthouse
- outer banks
- pine tree
- raleigh
- sweet potato
- tobacco
North Carolina word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- airplane
- asheville
- barbecue
- beach
- blue ridge
- cape hatteras
- cardinal
- charlotte
- dogwood
- furniture
- great smoky
- honeybee
- kitty hawk
- lighthouse
- outer banks
- peanut
- pine tree
- raleigh
- sweet potato
- tobacco
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Words in the North Carolina word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- beach
- Sandy shore along the state's long Atlantic coast
- pine tree
- The state tree group, covering wide stretches of forest
- barbecue
- Slow-cooked pork, a North Carolina tradition
- dogwood
- The state flower, a spring tree with white blooms
- raleigh
- The capital city of North Carolina
- charlotte
- The state's largest city and a banking center
- lighthouse
- A tower that warns ships off the dangerous coast
- airplane
- The Wright brothers flew the first one here in 1903
- blue ridge
- A mountain range in the western part of the state
- outer banks
- A chain of narrow sandy islands off the coast
- sweet potato
- An orange root crop; the state grows the most
- cardinal
- The state bird, bright red with a crest
- tobacco
- A leaf crop long central to the state's farming
- kitty hawk
- The coastal village near the first airplane flight
- great smoky
- Mountains shared with Tennessee, holding a national park
- peanut
- A ground-grown legume harvested in the east
- asheville
- A mountain city known for the Biltmore Estate
- honeybee
- The state insect, kept in hives for honey and pollination
- furniture
- Wooden chairs and tables long made in state factories
- cape hatteras
- A point on the Outer Banks with a tall striped lighthouse
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