Hatchet Word Search
Play a Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1987) word search free online. We built the 12-word list around characters, settings, and objects from the book, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Written by Gary Paulsen · First published 1987 · Adventure.
Words to find: BRIAN, ROBESON, HATCHET, CESSNA, PILOT, CRASH, LAKE, WILDERNESS, CANADA, MOOSE, PORCUPINE, SURVIVAL.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Hatchet word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- HATCHET /ˈhætʃɪt/ · noun and verb
- A small, short-handled axe used for chopping and carving. By extension, the word denotes abrupt, severe reductions or eliminations, especially in budgets, programs, or staffing. Related: axe, tomahawk, cleaver.
- PILOT /ˈpaɪlət/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A pilot is a person who flies an aircraft or guides a ship or other vehicle; by extension, it can mean a person who leads an undertaking. As a verb, to pilot means to guide or steer, while pilot as an adjective means preliminary or experimental. Related: aviator, guide, navigator, steersman.
- CRASH /kræʃ/ · noun, verb
- A violent collision, typically involving a vehicle or aircraft, or a sudden loud noise; as a verb, to collide violently with something or to fail abruptly (as a computer system, business, or market). Related: collision, smash, wreck, pile-up.
- LAKE /leɪk/ · noun
- A large area of water surrounded by land. A lake is typically freshwater, although some lakes may be salty. Related: body of water, loch, tarn, mere.
- WILDERNESS /ˈwɪldərnəs/ · noun
- An uncultivated or largely uninhabited area of land, especially one characterized by natural vegetation and few or no human alterations. In figurative use, it refers to a place or condition perceived as disorderly, morally unregulated, or intellectually barren. Related: wilds, waste, desolation, backcountry.
- CANADA /ˈkæn.ə.də/ · noun
- Canada is a proper noun referring to the country in northern North America, the second-largest country in the world by land area, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and north into the Arctic.
- MOOSE /muːs/ · noun
- A large, long-legged, broad-bodied deer with a heavy muzzle and, in males, broad palmate antlers. The moose is native to northern and western North America and is the largest living species of deer. Related: elk, wapiti.
- PORCUPINE /ˈpɔːrkəpɪn/ · noun
- A large rodent covered with sharp, stiff quills that are raised as a defense when threatened. Porcupines occur in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, though the American species are very different from their Old World relatives.
- SURVIVAL /səˈvaɪvəl/ · noun
- The state or fact of continuing to live, especially after facing danger, illness, hardship, or other serious threats. It can also refer to something that persists despite difficulties. Related: living, existence, persistence, continuance.
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