Ames Word Search
This Ames word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: CYCLONE, HILTONCOLISEUM, REIMANGARDENS, CAMPUSTOWN, LINCOLNWAY, SKUNKRIVER, OAKES, AMES, IOWASTATE, MAINSTREET, SWEETCORN, VEISHEA.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Ames word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- CYCLONE /ˈsaɪkloʊn/ · noun
- A large-scale rotating storm system with low pressure at its center and inward-spiraling winds; in some regions the term refers specifically to a severe tropical storm equivalent to a hurricane or typhoon. Related: storm, hurricane, typhoon, tempest.
- AMES /eɪmz/ · proper noun
- A surname of English origin; also the name of a city in central Iowa, home to Iowa State University.
- MAINSTREET /ˌmeɪn ˈstriːt/ · noun
- The principal or central street of a town, especially its main commercial thoroughfare. By extension, it refers to ordinary businesses, consumers, and the mainstream of commercial life. Related: high street, downtown, town centre, city centre.
- SWEETCORN British /ˈswiːtkɔːn/; US /ˈswiːtkɔːrn/ · noun
- A variety of maize with sweet, tender kernels, eaten as a vegetable. The term can refer to the kernels or to an ear of the plant. Related: sweet corn, corn, maize.
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