Jobs & Careers word search word list

54 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.

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

• Accountant
• Architect
• Astronaut
• Attorney
• Baker
• Banker
• Barber
• Biologist
• Builder
• Butcher
• Captain
• Carpenter
• Cashier
• Chemist
• Conductor
• Curator
• Dentist
• Designer
• Detective
• Dietitian
• Editor
• Electrician
• Engineer
• Farmer
• Firefighter
• Florist
• Geologist
• Historian
• Instructor
• Janitor
• Jeweler
• Journalist
• Judge
• Librarian
• Locksmith
• Machinist
• Mechanic
• Midwife
• Musician
• Nurse
• Optician
• Painter
• Paramedic
• Pharmacist
• Photographer
• Pilot
• Plumber
• Professor
• Surgeon
• Teacher
• Therapist
• Translator
• Veterinarian
• Welder

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.

• Accountant — Keeps the books
• Architect — Designs buildings
• Astronaut — Space traveller
• Attorney — Lawyer
• Baker — Makes bread and cakes
• Banker — Works with money and loans
• Barber — Cuts men's hair
• Biologist — Studies living things
• Builder — Constructs houses
• Butcher — Sells meat
• Captain — Commands a ship
• Carpenter — Works with wood
• Cashier — Takes payment at the till
• Chemist — Works with substances and reactions
• Conductor — Leader with a baton
• Curator — Looks after a museum's collection
• Dentist — Checks your teeth
• Designer — Plans how things look
• Detective — Solves crimes
• Dietitian — Advises on what to eat
• Editor — Prepares text for publication
• Electrician — Wires buildings
• Engineer — Designs machines and structures
• Farmer — One who works the land
• Firefighter — Puts out blazes
• Florist — Sells flowers
• Geologist — Studies rocks
• Historian — Studies the past
• Instructor — One who teaches a skill
• Janitor — Keeps a building clean
• Jeweler — Sells rings and watches
• Journalist — Reports the news
• Judge — Presides over a court
• Librarian — Keeps the books in order
• Locksmith — Tradesman who cuts keys
• Machinist — Operates metal-cutting machines
• Mechanic — Fixes cars
• Midwife — Helps deliver babies
• Musician — Plays an instrument for a living
• Nurse — Cares for patients
• Optician — Fits glasses
• Painter — Works with brushes and colour
• Paramedic — Emergency responder in the ambulance
• Pharmacist — Dispenses medicines
• Photographer — Takes the pictures
• Pilot — Flies the plane
• Plumber — Fixes pipes
• Professor — Senior university teacher
• Surgeon — Doctor who operates
• Teacher — Instructs a class
• Therapist — Helps people through talking
• Translator — Turns one language into another
• Veterinarian — Animal doctor
• Welder — Joins metal with heat

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.