Louisiana 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
- Batonrouge
- Bayou
- Crawfish
- Creole
- Cypress
- Frenchquarter
- Gumbo
- Jazz
- Magnolia
- Mardigras
- Neworleans
- Pelican
- Zydeco
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.
- Batonrouge — Capital of Louisiana, French for 'red stick'
- Bayou — Slow-moving Louisiana waterway often lined with cypress trees, common in wetland areas
- Crawfish — Louisiana crustacean central to Cajun cooking, boiled whole with spicy seasoning
- Creole — Louisiana culture and cuisine blending French, African, Spanish, and Caribbean influences
- Cypress — Wetland tree with knobby above-ground roots, common in Southern swamps and bayous
- Frenchquarter — New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, known for colonial architecture and jazz clubs
- Gumbo — Louisiana stew thickened with okra or roux, a Cajun and Creole culinary staple
- Jazz — Improvised music born in New Orleans
- Magnolia — Tree with big waxy blooms
- Mardigras — Pre-Lenten carnival with parades and beads, first held in America in Mobile, Alabama
- Neworleans — Louisiana's largest city, founded by the French in 1718 along the Mississippi River
- Pelican — Sea bird with a pouch under its beak
- Zydeco — Louisiana Creole music blending blues, R&B, and folk, played with accordion and washboard
A puzzle made from it
- BATONROUGE
- BAYOU
- CRAWFISH
- CREOLE
- CYPRESS
- FRENCHQUARTER
- GUMBO
- JAZZ
- MAGNOLIA
- MARDIGRAS
- NEWORLEANS
- PELICAN
- ZYDECO
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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