Tennessee Word Search
Tennessee became the sixteenth state in 1796 and borders eight other states. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the eastern edge, draws more visitors than any other national park.
Tennessee word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- banjo
- blues
- cave
- guitar
- knoxville
- memphis
- nashville
- raccoon
- river
- volunteer
Tennessee word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- banjo
- beale street
- blues
- cave
- chattanooga
- country music
- grand ole opry
- guitar
- knoxville
- memphis
- mockingbird
- nashville
- raccoon
- river
- volunteer
Tennessee word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- banjo
- beale street
- bluegrass
- blues
- cave
- chattanooga
- country music
- graceland
- grand ole opry
- guitar
- iris
- knoxville
- memphis
- mockingbird
- nashville
- raccoon
- river
- smoky mountains
- volunteer
- whiskey
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Words in the Tennessee word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- nashville
- Capital of Tennessee and a center of country music
- memphis
- Large city on the Mississippi River in the state's southwest
- guitar
- Stringed instrument central to Tennessee music traditions
- country music
- Song style built on storytelling, fiddle and guitar
- smoky mountains
- Misty forested range along the North Carolina border
- blues
- Music style rooted in Black communities of the Mississippi Delta
- river
- The Tennessee River loops through the state twice
- banjo
- Round stringed instrument used in old-time and bluegrass music
- knoxville
- East Tennessee city near the Great Smoky Mountains
- cave
- Tennessee has thousands of limestone caves underground
- mockingbird
- Gray songbird that copies other birds, the state bird
- grand ole opry
- Long-running Nashville radio show of live country music
- beale street
- Memphis street famous for its blues clubs
- chattanooga
- City on the Tennessee River below Lookout Mountain
- volunteer
- State nickname, from soldiers who served in early wars
- raccoon
- Masked night animal common in Tennessee woods
- whiskey
- Corn liquor aged in barrels, distilled in several counties
- graceland
- Memphis home of Elvis Presley, now open to visitors
- bluegrass
- Fast acoustic music style shaped by Bill Monroe
- iris
- Purple garden flower named the state cultivated flower
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