Garden & Nature word search word list

68 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell. One thing to know if you build grids by hand: MOSS sits inside BLOSSOM, ROSE sits inside PRIMROSE — never put both in the same puzzle, or the shorter one is found twice. The generator keeps them apart automatically.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Acorn
• Azalea
• Bamboo
• Bark
• Beetle
• Blossom
• Bluebell
• Branch
• Breeze
• Bulb
• Butterfly
• Cactus
• Clover
• Compost
• Daffodil
• Dahlia
• Daisy
• Dandelion
• Fern
• Fertilizer
• Foxglove
• Geranium
• Greenhouse
• Harvest
• Hedge
• Hibiscus
• Hollyhock
• Honeysuckle
• Hyacinth
• Iris
• Ivy
• Jasmine
• Ladybug
• Lavender
• Lawn
• Lilac
• Lily
• Magnolia
• Marigold
• Meadow
• Moss
• Mulch
• Nectar
• Orchid
• Pansy
• Peony
• Petal
• Petunia
• Pollen
• Poppy
• Primrose
• Pruning
• Rake
• Rose
• Seedling
• Shovel
• Snapdragon
• Sprout
• Sunflower
• Thistle
• Trellis
• Trowel
• Tulip
• Violet
• Watering
• Wheelbarrow
• Wisteria
• Zinnia

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.

• Acorn — Oak tree's nut
• Azalea — Showy shrub with spring blooms
• Bamboo — Fast-growing giant grass
• Bark — Outer covering of a tree
• Beetle — Insect with hard wing cases
• Blossom — Flowers on a fruit tree
• Bluebell — Woodland flower carpeting spring
• Branch — Limb of a tree
• Breeze — Gentle wind
• Bulb — Underground store a tulip grows from
• Butterfly — Insect with colourful wings
• Cactus — Spiny desert plant
• Clover — Three-leaf plant, lucky with four
• Compost — Rotted scraps that feed the soil
• Daffodil — Yellow trumpet of early spring
• Dahlia — Showy late-summer bloom
• Daisy — White petals round a yellow centre
• Dandelion — Weed with a puffball of seeds
• Fern — Frond-bearing plant of shady spots
• Fertilizer — Feed for plants
• Foxglove — Tall spike of thimble-shaped flowers
• Geranium — Bright window-box favourite
• Greenhouse — Glass building for tender plants
• Harvest — Gathering in the crops
• Hedge — Row of shrubs as a fence
• Hibiscus — Tropical bloom with a long stamen
• Hollyhock — Tall cottage-garden spire
• Honeysuckle — Climber with sweet-scented flowers
• Hyacinth — Fragrant spring bulb
• Iris — Flower named for the rainbow goddess
• Ivy — Evergreen that climbs walls
• Jasmine — Star-shaped scented flower
• Ladybug — Red beetle with black spots
• Lavender — Purple herb with a calming scent
• Lawn — Mown grass
• Lilac — Shrub with purple spring clusters
• Lily — Trumpet-shaped flower, often white
• Magnolia — Tree with big waxy blooms
• Marigold — Orange flower that deters pests
• Meadow — Field of grass and wildflowers
• Moss — Soft green carpet on damp stone
• Mulch — Bark layer spread over soil
• Nectar — Sweet liquid bees collect
• Orchid — Exotic bloom on a slender stem
• Pansy — Flower with a face
• Peony — Blowsy pink bloom of early summer
• Petal — One coloured part of a flower
• Petunia — Trailing summer bedding flower
• Pollen — Yellow dust that makes you sneeze
• Poppy — Red flower of remembrance
• Primrose — Pale yellow flower of early spring
• Pruning — Cutting back a shrub
• Rake — Tool for gathering leaves
• Rose — Thorny flower of love
• Seedling — Newly sprouted plant
• Shovel — Tool for digging
• Snapdragon — Flower that opens like a mouth when squeezed
• Sprout — To begin to grow
• Sunflower — Tall bloom that follows the sun
• Thistle — Prickly purple flower, emblem of Scotland
• Trellis — Lattice for climbing plants
• Trowel — Small hand spade
• Tulip — Cup-shaped bulb flower of Holland
• Violet — Small purple woodland flower
• Watering — Giving plants a drink
• Wheelbarrow — One-wheeled garden cart
• Wisteria — Climber dripping with purple clusters
• Zinnia — Bright daisy-like summer bloom

A puzzle made from it

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.