Alabama 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.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make 1 different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 1-puzzle book comes to 10 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Auburn
• Birmingham
• Camellia
• Cotton
• Crimson
• Gulfshores
• Heartofdixie
• Huntsville
• Longleaf
• Mardigras
• Montgomery
• Rocketcity
• Selma
• Yellowhammer

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.

• Auburn — Alabama university and city, home of the Tigers athletic teams
• Birmingham — Alabama's largest metro area, once a major steel hub nicknamed the Magic City
• Camellia — Glossy shrub with rose-like winter blooms
• Cotton — Soft white fiber crop that once dominated the Deep South's agricultural economy
• Crimson — Color and nickname of the University of Alabama's football team, the Tide
• Gulfshores — Alabama beach town known for white-sand beaches and fishing along the coast
• Heartofdixie — Alabama's nickname, reflecting its identity as a Southern cultural crossroads
• Huntsville — Alabama's largest city, home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
• Longleaf — Alabama's state tree, a tall Southern pine known for its extra-length needles
• Mardigras — Pre-Lenten carnival with parades and beads, first held in America in Mobile, Alabama
• Montgomery — Capital of Alabama and starting point of the 1965 civil rights march to Selma
• Rocketcity — Huntsville's nickname, earned for its central role in America's space program
• Selma — Alabama city where a 1965 civil rights march to the capital began
• Yellowhammer — Alabama's state bird and nickname source, a woodpecker with golden-shafted feathers

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.