Virginia Cavaliers Word Search
Free Virginia Cavaliers (NCAA) word search. We picked 12 themed words — nicknames, arena or stadium names, and rivalry terms — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Plays in the NCAA · Based in Charlottesville.
Words to find: ARENA, BARRACKS, BLUE, CAVALIER, CARRIER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, COURTYARD, DUKES, HOOS, HOKIES, HORSESHOE, JOHNPAULJONES.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Virginia Cavaliers word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- ARENA /əˈriːnə/ · noun
- A level area surrounded by seating for spectators, used for sports, performances, or public events; more broadly, any sphere of activity or competition. Related: stadium, venue, bowl, coliseum.
- BARRACKS /ˈbærəks/ · noun
- A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers, or occasionally other uniformed personnel such as police. The word is almost always treated as a plural noun, even when referring to a single structure. Related: quarters, lodgings, accommodation, billets.
- BLUE /bluː/ · adjective, noun, verb
- Of the colour intermediate between green and violet in the visible spectrum, like that of a clear daytime sky. As a noun, the colour itself; as a verb (informal, chiefly British), to squander money. Related: azure, cobalt, sapphire, navy.
- CAVALIER /ˌkævəˈlɪər/ · noun, adjective
- A cavalier is a horseman or knight, especially historically a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War. As an adjective, cavalier describes a dismissive or offhand attitude that shows a lack of proper concern for something serious. Related: offhand, dismissive, nonchalant, careless.
- CARRIER /ˈkæriər/ · noun
- A person or thing that carries something, such as a company that transports goods or passengers, or an organism that transmits a disease without necessarily showing symptoms itself. Related: transporter, conveyor, courier, bearer.
- COURTYARD /ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/ · noun
- An open area of ground, typically paved or enclosed by walls or buildings, adjacent to or surrounded by a house, castle, or other structure. Related: yard, quad, quadrangle, cloister garth.
- DUKES /duːks/ (US), /djuːks/ (UK) · noun
- The standard plural of "duke," referring to multiple men of the highest rank of nobility below a monarch. In informal American English, "the dukes" also means fists, as in the phrase "put up your dukes." Related: fists, hands, knuckles.
- HORSESHOE /ˈhɔːrʃuː/ (US); /ˈhɔːʃuː/ (UK) · noun
- A removable metal shoe fitted to a horse's hoof to protect it from wear and injury. By extension, the word can denote a U-shaped implement used in the game of horseshoes or an object or space shaped like a horseshoe.
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