Virginia word search word list

20 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

• Bigearedbat
• Cardinal
• Chesapeake
• Chincoteague
• Deadrise
• Dogwood
• Dominion
• Foxhound
• Gartersnake
• Jamestown
• Lovers
• Milk
• Nelsonite
• Oyster
• Peanut
• Pentagon
• Richmond
• Shenandoah
• Tobacco
• Williamsburg

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.

• Bigearedbat — Virginia's state bat, named for its outsized listening organs
• Cardinal — Bright red crested songbird
• Chesapeake — Large bay bordering the coasts of Virginia and Maryland
• Chincoteague — Virginia island famed for its wild ponies
• Deadrise — Chesapeake Bay workboat, Virginia's state boat
• Dogwood — Flowering tree with white or pink spring blossoms, common in the South
• Dominion — Virginia's nickname, as in 'Old ___'
• Foxhound — American ___, Virginia's state dog
• Gartersnake — Common striped serpent, a Virginia state symbol
• Jamestown — First permanent English settlement in America, founded 1607
• Lovers — Virginia is for ___ (state slogan)
• Milk — White splash added to the cup
• Nelsonite — Rare titanium-bearing rock, Virginia's state rock
• Oyster — Shellfish that may hold a pearl
• Peanut — Legume roasted as a snack
• Pentagon — Five-sided U.S. military headquarters in Arlington
• Richmond — Capital city of Virginia
• Shenandoah — Virginia valley and national park along the Blue Ridge
• Tobacco — Leaf crop dried and cured for smoking, historically grown in the South
• Williamsburg — Colonial-era Virginia city, restored as a living history museum

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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