South Dakota Word Search
South Dakota sits in the northern plains, split by the Missouri River into an eastern farm belt and a drier western range country. Mount Rushmore draws about two million visitors a year to the granite faces carved into the Black Hills. A steady topic for anyone who enjoys American geography.
South Dakota word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- badlands
- bison
- corn
- coyote
- farm
- pierre
- prairie
- ranch
- rushmore
- wheat
South Dakota word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- badlands
- bison
- black hills
- corn
- coyote
- farm
- gold rush
- pheasant
- pierre
- prairie
- ranch
- rushmore
- sioux falls
- sunflower
- wheat
South Dakota word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- badlands
- bison
- black hills
- blizzard
- cattle
- corn
- coyote
- deadwood
- farm
- gold rush
- homestead
- missouri river
- pheasant
- pierre
- prairie
- ranch
- rushmore
- sioux falls
- sunflower
- wheat
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Words in the South Dakota word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- prairie
- Wide flat grassland covering much of the state
- bison
- Large shaggy plains animal, also called buffalo
- corn
- Leading crop grown across the eastern farmland
- farm
- Land worked to raise crops or livestock
- badlands
- Eroded rock formations forming a national park
- pierre
- Small capital city on the Missouri River
- rushmore
- Mountain carved with four presidential faces
- ranch
- Large spread where cattle and horses are raised
- wheat
- Grain crop harvested for flour and bread
- coyote
- Wild dog of the plains and the state animal
- sioux falls
- Largest city, named for waterfalls on the Big Sioux
- black hills
- Forested mountain range in the state's southwest
- pheasant
- Ring-necked bird that is the official state bird
- sunflower
- Tall yellow-flowered crop grown for seeds and oil
- gold rush
- 1870s stampede of miners into the Black Hills
- deadwood
- Old mining town known for its Wild West past
- missouri river
- Long river cutting the state into east and west
- homestead
- Free government land claimed by settling families
- blizzard
- Severe snowstorm with strong wind and low visibility
- cattle
- Beef herds grazing the western rangelands
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