Minnesota 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

• Gopher
• Ironrange
• Ladyslipper
• Loon
• Lutefisk
• Mallofamerica
• Minneapolis
• Northstar
• Pine
• Stpaul
• Superior
• Twins
• Vikings
• Walleye

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.

• Gopher — Minnesota nickname and University of Minnesota mascot, a burrowing prairie rodent
• Ironrange — Mining region in northern Minnesota, once a major source of the nation's ore
• Ladyslipper — Minnesota's official state flower, a rare pink-and-white orchid found in bogs
• Loon — Minnesota's state bird, a diving waterbird known for its haunting call
• Lutefisk — Traditional Scandinavian dish of dried whitefish soaked in lye, a Minnesota holiday staple
• Mallofamerica — Minnesota's giant Bloomington shopping complex, among the nation's largest
• Minneapolis — Minnesota's largest city, known together with its twin as the Twin Cities
• Northstar — Minnesota's nickname, since it was once the northernmost U.S. state in the lower 48
• Pine — Evergreen with needles
• Stpaul — State capital of Minnesota, twin city to Minneapolis across the Mississippi River
• Superior — Great Lake bordering Minnesota's northeastern shore, the largest and deepest of the five
• Twins — Minnesota's Major League Baseball team, playing home games in Minneapolis
• Vikings — Minnesota's NFL football team, named for Scandinavian seafaring warriors
• Walleye — Glassy-eyed lake fish

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.