Texas word search word list

16 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 16 different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 16-puzzle book comes to 26 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Alamo
• Austin
• Barbecue
• Bluebonnet
• Cowboy
• Dallas
• Houston
• Lonestar
• Longhorn
• Mockingbird
• Oilfield
• Pecan
• Ranch
• Ranger
• Riogrande
• Rodeo

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.

• Alamo — Famous San Antonio mission and Texas Revolution battle site
• Austin — Capital city of Texas
• Barbecue — Slow-smoked meat, a Texas culinary tradition
• Bluebonnet — Texas' official state flower, with clustered indigo petals
• Cowboy — Ranch hand who herds cattle on horseback
• Dallas — Major Texas city, home to a famous NFL football team
• Houston — Largest city in Texas, home to a major space center
• Lonestar — Texas nickname referring to its flag's solitary emblem
• Longhorn — Breed of cattle with wide curved headgear, a Texas mascot
• Mockingbird — Songster that copies others' tunes
• Oilfield — Site where petroleum is pumped from underground
• Pecan — Nut in a Southern pie
• Ranch — Large farm for raising cattle or horses
• Ranger — Park warden
• Riogrande — River forming much of the Texas-Mexico border
• Rodeo — Competition featuring bull riding and roping

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.