Alabama word search word list
14 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.
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The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws all 14 words into a single 15×15 puzzle. A list this size makes one puzzle, not a book — the theme picker is checkboxes, so tick a second list alongside this one and the generator will build as many different puzzles as the combined list allows.
The list
- Auburn
- Birmingham
- Camellia
- Cotton
- Crimson
- Gulfshores
- Heartofdixie
- Huntsville
- Longleaf
- Mardigras
- Montgomery
- Rocketcity
- Selma
- Yellowhammer
Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.
Crossword clues for every word
The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.
- Auburn — Alabama university and city, home of the Tigers athletic teams
- Birmingham — Alabama's largest metro area, once a major steel hub nicknamed the Magic City
- Camellia — Glossy shrub with rose-like winter blooms
- Cotton — Soft white fiber crop that once dominated the Deep South's agricultural economy
- Crimson — Color and nickname of the University of Alabama's football team, the Tide
- Gulfshores — Alabama beach town known for white-sand beaches and fishing along the coast
- Heartofdixie — Alabama's nickname, reflecting its identity as a Southern cultural crossroads
- Huntsville — Alabama's largest city, home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Longleaf — Alabama's state tree, a tall Southern pine known for its extra-length needles
- Mardigras — Pre-Lenten carnival with parades and beads, first held in America in Mobile, Alabama
- Montgomery — Capital of Alabama and starting point of the 1965 civil rights march to Selma
- Rocketcity — Huntsville's nickname, earned for its central role in America's space program
- Selma — Alabama city where a 1965 civil rights march to the capital began
- Yellowhammer — Alabama's state bird and nickname source, a woodpecker with golden-shafted feathers
A puzzle made from it
- AUBURN
- BIRMINGHAM
- CAMELLIA
- COTTON
- CRIMSON
- GULFSHORES
- HEARTOFDIXIE
- HUNTSVILLE
- LONGLEAF
- MARDIGRAS
- MONTGOMERY
- ROCKETCITY
- SELMA
- YELLOWHAMMER
Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.
Turn it into a book
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