State Capitals Word Search
State capitals are not always the biggest cities in their states; Albany, Sacramento and Springfield are all smaller than better known neighbors. Washington, D.C. is the national capital and belongs to no state.
State Capitals word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- albany
- atlanta
- austin
- boise
- boston
- denver
- dover
- helena
- juneau
- phoenix
State Capitals word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- albany
- atlanta
- austin
- boise
- boston
- columbus
- denver
- dover
- helena
- honolulu
- juneau
- lansing
- madison
- olympia
- phoenix
State Capitals word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- albany
- atlanta
- austin
- boise
- boston
- cheyenne
- columbus
- denver
- des moines
- dover
- helena
- honolulu
- juneau
- lansing
- madison
- nashville
- olympia
- phoenix
- richmond
- sacramento
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Words in the State Capitals word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- boise
- The capital of Idaho, in the southwest of the state
- denver
- Colorado's capital, sitting a mile above sea level
- austin
- The capital of Texas, on the Colorado River
- boston
- Massachusetts' capital and its largest city
- albany
- New York's capital, on the Hudson River
- dover
- The capital of Delaware, a small central city
- atlanta
- Georgia's capital and a major airline hub
- phoenix
- Arizona's capital, in the Sonoran Desert
- helena
- Montana's capital, founded during a gold rush
- juneau
- Alaska's capital, reachable only by boat or plane
- olympia
- Washington's capital, at the end of Puget Sound
- lansing
- Michigan's capital, in the middle of the lower peninsula
- madison
- Wisconsin's capital, built on a strip between lakes
- columbus
- Ohio's capital and largest city
- honolulu
- Hawaii's capital, on the island of Oahu
- nashville
- Tennessee's capital and a center of country music
- richmond
- Virginia's capital, on the James River
- cheyenne
- Wyoming's capital, in the state's southeast corner
- sacramento
- California's capital, in the Central Valley
- des moines
- Iowa's capital and largest city
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