Massachusetts word search word list

10 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

• Boston
• Chickadee
• Cod
• Cranberry
• Elm
• Ladybug
• Lighthouse
• Lobster
• Mayflower
• Minuteman

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.

• Boston — Capital and largest city of Massachusetts
• Chickadee — Small bird named for its call
• Cod — Fish for which a famous Massachusetts cape is named
• Cranberry — Tart red fruit served as a sauce with the turkey
• Elm — Tall shade tree, Massachusetts' official state tree
• Ladybug — Red beetle with black spots
• Lighthouse — Tower that warns ships
• Lobster — Clawed shellfish served with butter
• Mayflower — Ship that brought the Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620
• Minuteman — Revolutionary War militia soldier ready at a moment's notice

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.