Massachusetts word search word list
22 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 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
- Baystater
- Boston
- Chickadee
- Cod
- Cornmuffin
- Cranberry
- Ducklings
- Elm
- Ladybug
- Lighthouse
- Lobster
- Mayflower
- Minuteman
- Navybean
- Plymouthrock
- Puddingstone
- Rhodonite
- Rightwhale
- Seuss
- Squaredance
- Tabbycat
- Wildturkey
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.
- Baystater — Official name for a resident of Massachusetts
- Boston — Capital and largest city of Massachusetts
- Chickadee — Small bird named for its call
- Cod — Fish for which a famous Massachusetts cape is named
- Cornmuffin — Official Massachusetts quick bread, baked from cornmeal
- Cranberry — Tart red fruit served as a sauce with the turkey
- Ducklings — Make Way for ___, the Massachusetts state children's book
- Elm — Tall shade tree, official state tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota
- Ladybug — Red beetle with black spots
- Lighthouse — Tower that warns ships
- Lobster — Clawed shellfish served with butter
- Mayflower — Ship that brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620
- Minuteman — Revolutionary War militia soldier ready at a moment's notice
- Navybean — Small white legume, baked, the official Massachusetts legume
- Plymouthrock — Traditional landing place of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620
- Puddingstone — Roxbury ___, the Massachusetts state rock
- Rhodonite — Pink gemstone, the Massachusetts state gem
- Rightwhale — Endangered baleen giant of the Atlantic, the Massachusetts state marine mammal
- Seuss — Dr. ___, Springfield-born children's author honoured by Massachusetts
- Squaredance — Hoedown for four couples with a caller, a Massachusetts state symbol
- Tabbycat — Striped house pet, the official Massachusetts feline
- Wildturkey — The Massachusetts state game bird
A puzzle made from it
- BOSTON
- CHICKADEE
- COD
- CORNMUFFIN
- CRANBERRY
- DUCKLINGS
- ELM
- LADYBUG
- LOBSTER
- MAYFLOWER
- NAVYBEAN
- PLYMOUTHROCK
- RHODONITE
- RIGHTWHALE
- TABBYCAT
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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