Tortoise Word Search
Play free online Tortoise word search puzzles in your browser. Find hidden words themed around Tortoise — no download or signup required. Choose Quick, Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty and track stars as you clear each pack.
This theme includes about 20 puzzles across difficulty levels.
Difficulty packs: Quick: 5 · Easy: 5 · Tough: 5 · Champ: 5.
Sample words: GRIDE, TELIA, USNEA, THOLE, LATTE, SLEWED, TOTTING, BOSSED, SHELL, TOOTH, WORLD, DWELL, WORMS, RINGS, BREAK, ORDER.
Tortoise word list, defined
- GRIDE /ɡraɪd/ · verb; noun
- Gride is an archaic verb meaning to grind or gnash the teeth, especially in anger, pain, or frustration; it can also mean to make a harsh grinding sound. As a noun, it denotes such a grinding or gnashing noise. Related: gnash, grind, grate, clench.
- THOLE /θoʊl/; British English verb variant /θəʊl/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a thole is a peg or pin fixed in a boat's side to hold an oar in place, or a hole in the gunwale where the oar is set. As a verb, it means to endure or put up with something and is now chiefly archaic or literary. Related: rowlock, peg, pin, endure.
- LATTE /ˈlɑːteɪ/ · noun
- A coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk, often topped with a thin layer of foam. In Italian restaurant terminology, the word also means “milk.”
- SLEWED /sluːd/ · verb
- Slewed is the past tense and past participle of slew, meaning to turn or rotate sharply, especially a ship or other vessel. Related: turned, swung, rotated, veered.
- TOTTING /ˈtɒtɪŋ/ · verb and noun
- To carry a small child or another person on one's arm. As a noun, totting means the act of carrying a child or person in this way. Related: carrying, toting, holding.
- BOSSED /bɒst/ (British), /bɔːst/ (US) · verb (past tense and past participle of 'boss')
- Past tense and past participle of the verb 'boss', meaning to give orders to someone in a domineering or authoritative way. Also used as an adjective describing something decorated with raised ornamental knobs or bosses. Related: ordered, commanded, dominated, dictated.
- SHELL /ʃɛl/ · noun, verb
- A shell is a hard or rigid outer covering, especially that of a mollusc, egg, seed, or animal. As a verb, to shell can mean to remove something from its shell, or to fire shells from a weapon or bomb a place with shells. Related: casing, hull, husk, covering.
- TOOTH /tuːθ/ · noun and verb
- A tooth is one of the hard structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing; by extension, the word can refer to a tooth-like projection on a comb, saw, or gear. As a verb, it means to form teeth or projections, or to engage with the teeth. Related: fang, tusk, denticle, cusp.
- WORLD /wɜːld/ (British English); /wɜːrld/ (American and other rhotic accents) · noun
- The Earth and all its land, oceans, atmosphere, and inhabitants considered as a whole. By extension, it means humanity collectively or a particular sphere of human activity, experience, or knowledge. Related: earth, globe, society, humanity.
- DWELL /dwɛl/ · verb
- To live in or at a specified place; to reside there. In extended use, to dwell on or upon something means to keep thinking or talking about it, especially at excessive length. Related: reside, live, inhabit, abide.
- WORMS /wɜːrmz/ (US); /wɜːmz/ (UK) · noun (plural)
- The plural form of worm, referring to more than one worm, especially earthworms or other elongated, soft-bodied invertebrates. Figuratively, it can refer contemptibly to people or, in established expressions such as "can of worms," to a tangled or troublesome situation. Related: earthworms, annelids, grubs, maggots.
- RINGS /rɪŋz/ · noun (plural) and verb (third-person singular present)
- Rings is the plural form of the noun ring and the third-person singular present form of the verb ring. Depending on context, it refers to circular objects, the sounds made by bells or other resonant objects, or the act of making a bell or telephone sound. Related: circles, peals, sounds, chimes.
- BREAK /breɪk/ · verb
- To separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain; more broadly, to fail to observe a law, agreement, or promise, or to interrupt the continuity of something such as silence, a record, or a routine. Related: shatter, smash, fracture, violate.
- ORDER /ˈɔːrdər/ (US); /ˈɔːdə(r)/ (British) · noun and verb
- Order is the arrangement of things in a particular sequence or a structured system, hierarchy, or condition. As a verb, it means to command someone, arrange things, or request something from a seller or institution. Related: arrangement, sequence, command, request.
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