Maryland word search word list

12 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: CRAB sits inside CRABCAKE — 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 1 different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 1-puzzle book comes to 10 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Annapolis
• Baltimore
• Blackeyedsusan
• Chesapeake
• Crab
• Crabcake
• Jousting
• Lacrosse
• Navalacademy
• Oldline
• Oriole
• Whiteoak

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.

• Annapolis — Capital of Maryland, home to the U.S. Naval Academy
• Baltimore — Maryland's largest city, on the Chesapeake Bay
• Blackeyedsusan — Maryland's state flower, a yellow petaled bloom with a dark center
• Chesapeake — Large bay bordering the coasts of Virginia and Maryland
• Crab — Sideways-walking shellfish with claws
• Crabcake — Maryland specialty made from lump meat, breadcrumbs, and seasoning
• Jousting — Maryland's official individual sport, a medieval horseback contest
• Lacrosse — Game with netted sticks
• Navalacademy — U.S. military college for officers, located in Annapolis
• Oldline — Nickname for Maryland, from a Revolutionary War regiment's reputation
• Oriole — Orange-and-black songbird
• Whiteoak — Maryland's official state tree, a long-lived hardwood species

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.