Kentucky word search word list
13 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 13 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
- Appalachian
- Bluegrass
- Bourbon
- Cardinal
- Colonel
- Derby
- Frankfort
- Goldenrod
- Lexington
- Louisville
- Mammothcave
- Thoroughbred
- Tulippoplar
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.
- Appalachian — Ancient mountain range running through the eastern United States
- Bluegrass — Nickname for Kentucky, tied to its rolling turf and old-time string music
- Bourbon — Kentucky's distinctive corn-based whiskey
- Cardinal — Bright red crested songbird
- Colonel — Honorary Kentucky title, famously used by the founder of a fried chicken chain
- Derby — Annual Kentucky horse race held the first Saturday in May
- Frankfort — Capital city of Kentucky
- Goldenrod — State flower of Kentucky and Nebraska, a plant with tall yellow blooms in fall
- Lexington — Kentucky city known as the horse capital of the world
- Louisville — Kentucky's largest city, on the Ohio River
- Mammothcave — Kentucky's underground national park, the longest known network of passages on Earth
- Thoroughbred — Prized racehorse breed known for speed, central to Kentucky's horse industry
- Tulippoplar — State tree of Tennessee and Kentucky, with bell-shaped greenish-yellow blooms
A puzzle made from it
- APPALACHIAN
- BLUEGRASS
- BOURBON
- CARDINAL
- COLONEL
- DERBY
- FRANKFORT
- GOLDENROD
- LEXINGTON
- LOUISVILLE
- MAMMOTHCAVE
- THOROUGHBRED
- TULIPPOPLAR
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.
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