Washington Word Search
Washington became the forty-second state in 1889 and grows more apples than any other. Mount Rainier, its highest peak, is an active volcano under a cap of glaciers.
Washington word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- apple
- coffee
- ferry
- forest
- mountain
- orca
- rain
- salmon
- seattle
- volcano
Washington word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- apple
- cherry
- coffee
- evergreen
- ferry
- forest
- mount rainier
- mountain
- olympia
- orca
- puget sound
- rain
- salmon
- seattle
- volcano
Washington word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- apple
- cascades
- cherry
- coffee
- columbia
- evergreen
- ferry
- forest
- hiking
- mount rainier
- mountain
- olympia
- orca
- puget sound
- rain
- rain forest
- salmon
- seattle
- spokane
- volcano
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Words in the Washington word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- apple
- Orchard fruit grown in huge amounts in eastern Washington
- rain
- Frequent damp weather west of the Cascade Mountains
- seattle
- Largest city in Washington, set on Puget Sound
- coffee
- Drink tied to Seattle's roasting and cafe culture
- salmon
- Fish that returns from the ocean to spawn in rivers
- forest
- Dense evergreen woods covering much of the state
- mountain
- Two major ranges rise across Washington
- ferry
- Boat carrying cars and people across Puget Sound
- volcano
- Cascade peaks including Mount St. Helens are volcanoes
- orca
- Black and white whale living in Washington coastal waters
- evergreen
- Tree that keeps its needles, and the state nickname
- olympia
- Capital of Washington, at the south end of Puget Sound
- mount rainier
- Tallest peak in the state, a glacier-covered volcano
- puget sound
- Network of saltwater inlets reaching deep inland
- cherry
- Stone fruit grown in the state's central valleys
- hiking
- Walking trails through mountains, forest and coastline
- rain forest
- Wet mossy forest on the western Olympic Peninsula
- spokane
- Largest city in eastern Washington, beside its river falls
- columbia
- Big river crossing the state and forming its southern border
- cascades
- Mountain range splitting the wet west from the dry east
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