American States word search word list

37 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell. One thing to know if you build grids by hand: KANSAS sits inside ARKANSAS — never put both in the same puzzle, or the shorter one is found twice. The generator keeps them apart automatically.

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

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

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.

• Alabama — Heart of Dixie, Montgomery's state
• Alaska — Largest and coldest state
• Arizona — Grand Canyon state
• Arkansas — Little Rock's state
• California — Golden State
• Colorado — Rocky Mountain state, Denver
• Delaware — First state
• Florida — Sunshine State
• Georgia — Peach State
• Hawaii — Island state
• Idaho — Potato state
• Illinois — Chicago's state
• Indiana — Hoosier State
• Iowa — Corn state with Des Moines
• Kansas — Sunflower State, Dorothy's home
• Kentucky — Bluegrass State
• Louisiana — New Orleans' state
• Maine — Pine Tree State, far north-east
• Maryland — State around Chesapeake Bay
• Michigan — Great Lakes state shaped like a mitten
• Minnesota — Land of 10,000 lakes
• Mississippi — Magnolia State on the great river
• Missouri — Show-Me State
• Montana — Big Sky Country
• Nebraska — Cornhusker State
• Nevada — Silver State with Las Vegas
• Ohio — Buckeye State
• Oklahoma — Sooner State
• Oregon — Beaver State on the Pacific
• Tennessee — Volunteer State, home of Nashville
• Texas — Lone Star State
• Utah — Beehive State
• Vermont — Green Mountain State
• Virginia — Old Dominion
• Washington — Evergreen State, Seattle's home
• Wisconsin — Badger State, famous for cheese
• Wyoming — Least populous state, Yellowstone

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.