Maize Word Search
Play free online Maize word search puzzles in your browser. Find hidden words themed around Maize — 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: BASTA, AFTER, BETED, WADER, ALALIA, TRAPED, FRIZZER, FLYSHEET, TRADE, RIVER, HUMAN, LEAFY, WORLD, MODEL, GRAIN, SWEET.
Maize word list, defined
- BASTA /ˈbɑːstɑː/ · interjection
- An exclamation meaning 'enough!' or 'stop!', used to call a halt to an activity, speech, or behavior. Borrowed from Italian and Spanish, it carries a tone of finality and often impatience or authority. Related: enough, stop, cease, desist.
- AFTER /ˈæf.tər/ · preposition
- Later in time than; following or next in order to. Also used to indicate pursuit, imitation, or the object of a search.
- BETED /ˈbiːtɪd/ · verb
- "Beted" is a rare, nonstandard past-tense form of the verb "bet" (to risk money on the outcome of an event or to assert with confidence). The standard past tense of "bet" is unchanged — "bet" — so "beted" appears only in dialectal use, older texts, or as an error. Related: wagered, staked, gamble (present), risked.
- WADER /ˈweɪdər/ · noun
- A long-legged bird that wades in shallow water, such as a heron, egret, or stork. The plural “waders” also denotes waterproof boots, usually extending to the knee or higher. Related: wading bird, shore bird, long-legged water bird.
- TRAPED /treɪpt/ · verb
- Traped is the simple past tense and past participle of trap, meaning caught, ensnared, or confined in a position from which escape is prevented. It is chiefly a literary or archaic variant of trapped. Related: trapped, caught, ensnared, snared.
- TRADE /treɪd/ · noun, verb
- Trade is the activity of buying and selling goods or services, especially between different people, countries, or markets. It can also refer to a particular line of business or the people and activities connected with commerce. Related: commerce, exchange, barter, business.
- RIVER /ˈrɪvər/ · noun and verb
- A river is a large natural stream of water flowing through a defined channel toward a sea, lake, or another body of water. The word can also describe a continuous flow or abundance of something. Related: stream, watercourse, waterway, brook.
- HUMAN /ˈhjuːmən/ · adjective & noun
- Relating to or characteristic of people, especially as opposed to animals or machines. As a noun, a person or member of the human species. Related: person, mortal, earthly, humane.
- LEAFY /ˈliːfi/ · adjective
- Having many leaves; characterized by abundant foliage. It can also describe an area that is green, leafy, or pleasantly shaded by trees. Related: verdant, green, foliated, luxuriant.
- 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.
- MODEL /ˈmɒdəl/ (British English); /ˈmɑːdəl/ (American English) · noun, verb, adjective
- As a noun, a model is an example or representation of something, a person who poses for an artist or advertiser, a standard according which something is judged, or a simplified version of a more complex system. As a verb, to model means to imitate the form or behaviour of something, or to represent it mathematically or digitally. Related: exemplar, representation, version, pattern.
- GRAIN /ɡreɪn/ · noun and verb
- Grain is an edible seed, especially one of the cereal grains such as wheat, barley, oats, rice, or maize; it can also refer to a small particle, a natural texture or pattern, or a minute unit of weight. As a verb, grain means to make something granular or grainy; informally, it can mean to irritate or annoy someone. Related: seed, cereal, kernel, particle.
- SWEET /swiːt/ · adjective, noun, adverb
- Having a pleasant taste or smell, especially one that is not salty, sour, bitter, or spicy. In extended senses, “sweet” describes something pleasing, kind, attractive, or melodious. Related: sugary, pleasant, lovely, kind.
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