Pennsylvania word search word list

15 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

• Amish
• Appalachian
• Cheesesteak
• Gettysburg
• Grouse
• Harrisburg
• Hemlock
• Independence
• Keystone
• Laurel
• Liberty
• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Poconos
• Steel

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.

• Amish — Traditional Christian community known for horse-drawn buggies and plain dress
• Appalachian — Ancient mountain range running through the eastern United States
• Cheesesteak — Philadelphia sandwich of sliced beef and a melted topping on a long roll
• Gettysburg — Pennsylvania town, site of a pivotal Civil War battle
• Grouse — Moorland game bird, or to complain
• Harrisburg — Capital city of Pennsylvania
• Hemlock — Evergreen conifer tree, official symbol of several U.S. states
• Independence — Freedom from control, declared famously in Philadelphia in 1776
• Keystone — Pennsylvania's nickname, the central wedge-shaped block of an arch
• Laurel — Pink-blooming evergreen shrub, Pennsylvania's official state flower
• Liberty — Freedom symbol — New York's harbor statue or Philadelphia's cracked bell
• Philadelphia — Pennsylvania's largest city, birthplace of American independence
• Pittsburgh — Western Pennsylvania city once known as the Steel City
• Poconos — Pennsylvania mountain resort region popular for skiing
• Steel — Strong metal alloy of iron and carbon, historically tied to Pittsburgh

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.