The Moonstone Word Search
Play a The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) 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 Wilkie Collins · First published 1868 · Detective Fiction.
Words to find: MORGAN, SHELTON, RACHEL, FREER, LORNA, CARRIAGE, HEMLOCK, HELA, RUSSELL, GARRICK, TARAGON, MALDON.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Moonstone word list, defined
- MORGAN /ˈmɔːɡən/ (British English), /ˈmɔːrɡən/ (American English) · proper noun; common noun
- Morgan is chiefly a traditionally masculine given name and a family name; it also appears in the name Morgan le Fay and the names of many modern people. As a common noun, it denotes a compact American horse breed, while an archaic sense refers to a drinking vessel or cup.
- FREER /ˈfriːər/ · noun; also the comparative form of the adjective 'free'
- As a noun, a freer is one who frees or liberates someone or something from bondage or confinement — a rare and largely historical usage. Far more commonly, 'freer' functions as the comparative form of the adjective 'free', describing someone or something that enjoys more freedom than before or than another. Related: liberator, emancipator, deliverer, rescuer.
- CARRIAGE /ˈkærɪdʒ/ · noun
- A horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying people, especially one that is closed and elegant; also a railway passenger coach or the moving part of a machine (such as a typewriter) that carries another component. Related: coach, carriage, wagon, buggy.
- HEMLOCK /ˈhɛmlɒk/ (British), /ˈhɛmlɑːk/ (US) · noun
- Hemlock most commonly denotes the highly poisonous flowering plant Conium maculatum, whose parts contain toxic alkaloids. The name also refers to coniferous trees of the genus Tsuga and, occasionally, to their wood. Related: cowbane, wild celery, Conium maculatum.
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