How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Word Search
Play a How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss (1957) 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 Dr. Seuss · First published 1957 · Picture Book.
Words to find: GRINCH, CINDYLOU, WHOSVILLE, CRUMPIT, CLAUS, SANTA, CRITTERS, COCOA, COOKIES, MISTLETOE, JINGLEBELLS, SLEIGH.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- GRINCH /ɡrɪntʃ/ · noun
- A mean-spirited or joyless person, especially one who deliberately spoils other people's enjoyment. The capitalized form Grinch can also refer to the fictional character created for a 1957 American children's book. Related: spoil-sport, killjoy, curmudgeon, misanthrope.
- CRITTERS /ˈkrɪtərz/ · noun
- "Critters" is an informal, chiefly American term for creatures or animals, especially small wild ones, livestock, or pests. It is a folksy pronunciation-based variant of "creatures," popular in rural and Southern speech. Related: creatures, beasts, animals, varmints.
- COCOA /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ · noun
- A brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to make chocolate and to flavor drinks and desserts; also a hot drink made by mixing this powder with milk or water. Related: chocolate powder, drinking chocolate.
- COOKIES /ˈkʊkiz/ · noun
- Cookies are the plural of cookie: small, flat, sweet baked treats made from flour, sugar, butter, and often chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruit. In computing, cookies also refers to small pieces of data a website stores in a user's browser to remember information between visits. Related: biscuits, treats, snacks.
- MISTLETOE /ˈmɪsəltəʊ/ (British) /ˈmɪsəltoʊ/ (US) · noun
- Mistletoe is a hemiparasitic evergreen plant that grows on the branches of certain trees and bears white berries. The plant, or sprigs of it, is traditionally used as Christmas decoration and associated with kissing and celebration. Related: holly, evergreen, parasite.
- SLEIGH /sleɪ/ · noun, verb
- A vehicle designed to travel over snow or ice on runners, typically drawn by horses and used to carry passengers. Related: sledge, sled, bobsleigh, bobsled.
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