Great Expectations Word Search
A free Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861) word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on characters, settings, and objects from the book, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Written by Charles Dickens · First published 1861 · Bildungsroman.
Words to find: PHITT, JAGERS, BIDDY, WICKFIELD, HURST, MARTHESTER, LONDON, ESTELLA, MAGGIE, JESSIE, BARDOLPH, DRAGNE.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Great Expectations word list, defined
- BIDDY /ˈbɪdi/ · noun
- An informal, often derogatory term for a fussy or meddlesome older woman. It can also mean a hen, especially a bantam. Related: crone, hag, hen, battler.
- HURST /hɜːrst/ (British); /hɝːrst/ (American) · noun
- A small wooded hill or wooded rise in the landscape. The word is now mainly literary or used in place names and descriptions of countryside. Related: wooded hill, wooded rise, forest hill, grove-covered hill.
- MAGGIE /ˈmæɡi/ · proper noun
- Maggie is an informal diminutive of Margaret, used especially in Britain, Ireland, and other English-speaking communities as a given name. In Scottish usage, it can also be an affectionate term of address. Related: Margaret, Meg, Marget, Peg.
- JESSIE /ˈdʒɛsi/ · proper noun
- Jessie is an English given name derived from Jesse. It is traditionally used for girls and women, though it is also used for boys and men.
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