Pasta Word Search
Pasta shapes are not just for looks, since ridges and tubes hold thicker sauces better than smooth strands. That is why cooks match the shape to the sauce instead of grabbing whatever is in the cupboard.
Pasta word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- boil
- cheese
- lasagna
- macaroni
- meatball
- noodle
- penne
- sauce
- spaghetti
- tomato
Pasta word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- boil
- cheese
- fettuccine
- lasagna
- linguine
- macaroni
- meatball
- noodle
- penne
- ravioli
- rigatoni
- sauce
- spaghetti
- tomato
- ziti
Pasta word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- alfredo
- boil
- cheese
- farfalle
- fettuccine
- lasagna
- linguine
- macaroni
- marinara
- meatball
- noodle
- penne
- pesto
- ravioli
- rigatoni
- sauce
- spaghetti
- tomato
- tortellini
- ziti
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Words in the Pasta word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- noodle
- A strip or strand of dough boiled until tender
- spaghetti
- Long thin round strands, the best known pasta shape
- sauce
- The cooked liquid mixture tossed with drained pasta
- macaroni
- Short curved tubes often baked with cheese
- lasagna
- Wide flat sheets layered with sauce and cheese
- cheese
- Grated or melted dairy stirred into many pasta dishes
- boil
- To cook pasta in bubbling salted water
- tomato
- The fruit behind most classic red pasta sauces
- penne
- Short tubes cut at an angle at both ends
- meatball
- A ball of seasoned ground meat served with pasta
- ravioli
- Small pasta pockets sealed around a filling
- fettuccine
- Flat ribbons wider than spaghetti, good with cream
- linguine
- Narrow flat strands, often paired with seafood
- rigatoni
- Wide ridged tubes that grip heavy sauces
- ziti
- Smooth medium tubes often baked in casseroles
- alfredo
- A creamy sauce of butter and grated cheese
- marinara
- A simple tomato sauce with garlic and herbs
- pesto
- A green sauce ground from basil, oil, nuts and cheese
- farfalle
- Pinched squares shaped like small bow ties
- tortellini
- Ring shaped stuffed pasta folded around filling
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