Florida word search word list

16 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 16 different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 16-puzzle book comes to 26 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Alligator
• Canaveral
• Citrus
• Disneyworld
• Everglades
• Flamingo
• Hurricane
• Jacksonville
• Keywest
• Manatee
• Miami
• Mockingbird
• Orlando
• Palmetto
• Sunshine
• Tallahassee

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.

• Alligator — Toothy reptile of the Florida swamps
• Canaveral — Florida cape known as the launch site for NASA rockets
• Citrus — Fruit family including oranges and grapefruits, a Florida crop
• Disneyworld — Massive Orlando theme park resort, sister to the original in California
• Everglades — Vast Florida wetland home to airboats and wading birds
• Flamingo — Pink bird that stands on one leg
• Hurricane — Great Atlantic storm with a name
• Jacksonville — Florida's largest city by population
• Keywest — Southernmost island city in Florida's chain of coral islands
• Manatee — Gentle sea cow
• Miami — Southern Florida city known for its beaches and nightlife
• Mockingbird — Songster that copies others' tunes
• Orlando — Central Florida city famous for theme parks
• Palmetto — Fan-shaped tree species that is the official state tree of both Florida and South Carolina
• Sunshine — Direct light from the sun
• Tallahassee — Capital city of Florida

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.