Stanford Cardinal Word Search
Play a Stanford Cardinal (NCAA) word search free online. We built the 12-word list around nicknames, arena or stadium names, and rivalry terms, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Plays in the NCAA · Based in Stanford.
Words to find: STANFORD, CARDINAL, TREE, INDIGO, WHITE, MAPLEPAVILION, PALOALTO, SILICONVALLEY, HOOVER, MAINQUAD, MEMORIALCHURCH, CANTORARTS.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Stanford Cardinal word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- CARDINAL /ˈkɑːrdɪnəl/ · noun, adjective
- A cardinal is a high-ranking official of the Roman Catholic Church appointed by the Pope, or a North American songbird with brilliant red plumage and a pointed crest. As an adjective, it describes something of the greatest importance or serving as a basis on which other things depend. Related: prelate, primate, songbird, redbird.
- TREE /triː/ · noun, verb
- A tree is a tall, woody perennial plant with a trunk and branches. By extension, the word refers to branching structures, family lineages, and hierarchical arrangements in computing and other technical fields. Related: plant, sapling, arbor, shrub.
- INDIGO /ˈɪndɪɡoʊ/ · noun, adjective, verb
- Indigo is a deep blue color, especially a rich, slightly purplish blue. The word also refers to a natural blue dye made from plants and, in some contexts, to the plants that produce the dye. Related: navy blue, blue, indigo blue, woad.
- WHITE /waɪt/ · adjective
- Having the colour of milk, snow, or freshly bleached fabric; light in appearance and largely without hue. In social and political contexts, it can also designate people of European ancestry or people classified as belonging to a racial category identified as white. Related: pale, ivory, snow-white, pure.
- HOOVER British: /ˈhuːvə/; US: /ˈhuːvər/ · noun and verb
- As a verb, “hoover” means to clean a surface or space with a vacuum cleaner, or to vacuum up something. As a noun, it means a vacuum cleaner. Related: vacuum cleaner, vacuum, suck up.
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