Shirley Word Search
Play a Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (1849) 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 Charlotte Brontë · First published 1849 · Social Novel.
Words to find: SHIRLEY, KEELDAR, CAROLINE, HELSTONE, THORNTON, BELL, LUDD, REDBROOK, YORKSHIRE, MILL, LOOM, SPOOL.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Shirley word list, defined
- BELL /bɛl/ · noun
- A hollow, usually cup-shaped metal instrument that rings with a clear tone when struck, typically by an internal clapper or external hammer. Also used figuratively for any bell-shaped object or a sound resembling a bell's ring. Related: chime, gong, carillon.
- 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.
- LOOM /luːm/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a loom is a machine used for weaving threads into cloth. As a verb, loom means to appear indistinctly or menacingly, especially when something large, shadowy, or threatening comes into view. Related: menace, threaten, appear, emerge.
- SPOOL /spoːl/ · noun, verb
- A spool is a cylindrical holder or reel on which thread, wire, film, or other material is wound. As a verb, spool means to wind material onto a spool or to reel in a line, cable, or film. Related: reel, bobbin, coil, winder.
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