Minnesota word search word list

14 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 14 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

• Gopher
• Ironrange
• Ladyslipper
• Loon
• Lutefisk
• Mallofamerica
• Minneapolis
• Northstar
• Pine
• Stpaul
• Superior
• Twins
• Vikings
• Walleye

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.

• Gopher — Minnesota nickname and University of Minnesota mascot, a burrowing prairie rodent
• Ironrange — Mining region in northern Minnesota, once a major source of the nation's ore
• Ladyslipper — Minnesota's official state flower, a rare pink-and-white orchid found in bogs
• Loon — Minnesota's state bird, a diving waterbird known for its haunting call
• Lutefisk — Traditional Scandinavian dish of dried whitefish soaked in lye, a Minnesota holiday staple
• Mallofamerica — Minnesota's giant Bloomington shopping complex, among the nation's largest
• Minneapolis — Minnesota's largest city, known together with its twin as the Twin Cities
• Northstar — Minnesota's nickname, since it was once the northernmost U.S. state in the lower 48
• Pine — Evergreen with needles
• Stpaul — State capital of Minnesota, twin city to Minneapolis across the Mississippi River
• Superior — Great Lake bordering Minnesota's northeastern shore, the largest and deepest of the five
• Twins — Minnesota's Major League Baseball team, playing home games in Minneapolis
• Vikings — Minnesota's NFL football team, named for Scandinavian seafaring warriors
• Walleye — Glassy-eyed lake fish

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.

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All free the same way. The theme picker is checkboxes — tick more than one and the generator draws from the combined list.

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