Oklahoma 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.

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

• Cherokee
• Chickasaw
• Dustbowl
• Landrun
• Mistletoe
• Oilderrick
• Oklahomacity
• Redbud
• Rodeo
• Scissortail
• Sooner
• Tulsa

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.

• Cherokee — Native nation for which this state's official rose is named
• Chickasaw — Native American nation headquartered in south-central Oklahoma
• Dustbowl — 1930s drought and severe soil erosion that devastated Oklahoma farmland
• Landrun — 1889 event where settlers rushed to claim Oklahoma territory at a starting gunshot
• Mistletoe — Kiss beneath it
• Oilderrick — Tall steel tower structure used to drill for petroleum
• Oklahomacity — State capital and largest metro area, sitting at the crossroads of two interstate highways
• Redbud — Small tree covered in pink-purple blossoms each spring, Oklahoma's state tree
• Rodeo — Competition featuring bull riding and roping
• Scissortail — Long-tailed flycatcher, the official state bird of Oklahoma
• Sooner — Nickname for settlers who staked land claims before the official opening time
• Tulsa — Oklahoma's second-largest city, once known as the oil capital of the world

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.