Travel & Places word search word list

62 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.

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

• Adventure
• Airport
• Backpack
• Beach
• Boarding
• Bridge
• Cabin
• Camping
• Canyon
• Castle
• Coast
• Compass
• Cruise
• Customs
• Desert
• Embassy
• Explore
• Ferry
• Forest
• Glacier
• Harbor
• Highway
• Hostel
• Hotel
• Island
• Itinerary
• Journey
• Jungle
• Lagoon
• Landmark
• Luggage
• Market
• Meadow
• Monument
• Mountain
• Museum
• Ocean
• Passport
• Pilgrim
• Plaza
• Postcard
• Railway
• Resort
• River
• Safari
• Souvenir
• Station
• Suitcase
• Summit
• Sunset
• Temple
• Ticket
• Tourist
• Trail
• Train
• Tunnel
• Valley
• Village
• Visa
• Volcano
• Voyage
• Waterfall

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.

• Adventure — Exciting, risky undertaking
• Airport — Where flights depart
• Backpack — Bag carried on the shoulders
• Beach — Sandy shore
• Boarding — Getting on the plane
• Bridge — Structure that spans a river
• Cabin — Small wooden house, or the inside of a car
• Camping — Sleeping in a tent
• Canyon — Deep gorge cut by a river
• Castle — Fortified home of a king; also a chess move
• Coast — Where the land meets the sea
• Compass — Needle that points north
• Cruise — Holiday aboard a ship
• Customs — Border checkpoint for luggage
• Desert — Dry, sandy region
• Embassy — A country's office abroad
• Explore — Travel to discover
• Ferry — Boat that carries people across water
• Forest — Large area of trees
• Glacier — Slow river of ice
• Harbor — Sheltered place for ships
• Highway — Major road between cities
• Hostel — Cheap lodging with shared rooms
• Hotel — Place with rooms to rent by the night
• Island — Ground surrounded by water
• Itinerary — Planned route of a journey
• Journey — Travel from one place to another
• Jungle — Dense tropical forest
• Lagoon — Shallow water cut off by a reef
• Landmark — Famous, recognisable feature
• Luggage — Bags you travel with
• Market — Place of stalls and traders
• Meadow — Field of grass and wildflowers
• Monument — Statue or building that commemorates
• Mountain — Very high peak
• Museum — Building where treasures are displayed
• Ocean — Vast body of salt water
• Passport — Booklet needed to cross borders
• Pilgrim — Traveller to a holy place
• Plaza — Public square
• Postcard — Picture mailed from a holiday, wish you were here
• Railway — Track for trains
• Resort — Holiday complex by the sea or snow
• River — Flowing fresh water
• Safari — Trip to see wild animals
• Souvenir — Keepsake from a trip
• Station — Where trains stop
• Suitcase — Hard-sided luggage with a handle
• Summit — Top of a mountain
• Sunset — Evening sky show
• Temple — Place of worship
• Ticket — Proof you paid for the ride
• Tourist — Sightseeing visitor
• Trail — Marked path for walkers
• Train — Carriages pulled along rails
• Tunnel — Passage through a hill
• Valley — Low land between hills
• Village — Small rural settlement
• Visa — Stamp permitting entry to a country
• Volcano — Mountain that erupts
• Voyage — Long journey by sea
• Waterfall — River dropping over a cliff

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.