Our Mutual Friend Word Search
A free Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1865) 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 1865 · Social Novel.
Words to find: BARKIS, LODGES, BRIAR, LUDWIG, GUPPY, MARSH, THAMES, LONDON, MILL, BANK, DOCKS, GREED.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Our Mutual Friend word list, defined
- LODGES /ˈlɒdʒɪz/ · noun
- A building, especially one for temporary accommodation, especially in a remote area. A group of people who share a common interest or activity. Related: cabins, cottages, inns, motels.
- BRIAR /ˈbraɪər/ · noun
- A prickly thorny shrub, such as a wild rose or blackberry bush; also, the gnarled root of a Mediterranean heath used to make tobacco pipes. Related: bramble, thornbush, thicket, shrub.
- GUPPY /ˈɡʌpi/ · noun, verb
- A small, often brightly colored tropical fish of the live-bearing species Poecilia reticulata, popular in aquariums. Informally, it can also mean a person regarded as unimportant or insignificant. Related: minnow, small fry, nonentity.
- MARSH /mɑːʃ/ · noun
- An area of low-lying land that is seasonally or permanently covered with water and typically contains marsh vegetation. The word can also refer more broadly to wetland or an area of wet, soft ground. Related: wetland, swamp, fen, bog.
- MILL /mɪl/ · noun and verb
- A mill is a machine or building that grinds grain or other material into flour, meal, or powder; it can also refer more broadly to an industrial works where material is processed. As a verb, “mill” means to grind or process material in a mill, or to move around in a crowded, disorderly way. Related: grind, quern, works, factory.
- BANK /bæŋk/ · noun
- A financial institution licensed to accept deposits, provide loans, and handle monetary transactions; also, the sloping land bordering a river or lake. Related: credit union, lender, depository, financial institution.
- DOCKS /dɒks/ (UK); /dɑːks/ (US) · noun (plural); also verb (third-person singular)
- The plural of 'dock': structures where ships are moored for loading, unloading, or repair; in British English, an enclosed area of water with wharves forming a harbor complex. Also the third-person singular of the verb 'dock', meaning to cut short, deduct, or bring a vessel into a dock. Related: wharves, piers, quays, jetties.
- GREED /ɡriːd/ · noun
- Excessive or uncontrolled desire for wealth, possessions, food, power, or another valued thing, especially when pursued selfishily. Related: avarice, covetousness, cupidity, rapacity.
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