The Mysterious Island Word Search
A free The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (1874) 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 Jules Verne · First published 1874 · Adventure.
Words to find: SMITH, SPILETT, PENCROFF, HERBERT, NEDLAND, CAPTAIN, LINCOLN, VOLCANO, CAVERN, BALLOON, GROUNDFLOOR, SURVIVAL.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
The Mysterious Island word list, defined
- SMITH /smɪθ/ · noun
- A person whose occupation is working with metal, especially by hammering it; a craftsman who makes or repairs things, especially tools or machines. Related: coppersmith, goldsmith, blacksmith, metalworker.
- CAPTAIN /ˈkæptɪn/ · noun, verb
- The person in command of a ship, aircraft, or sports team; more broadly, a leader or chief of any group. As a verb, to captain means to lead or command such a group. Related: skipper, commander, leader, chief.
- VOLCANO /ˈvɒl.kə.noʊ/ · noun
- A mountain that opens downward to a bottomless pit or a vent in the Earth's surface, typically at the top of which is a vent or fissure from which lava, ash, and gases are emitted. Related: mountain, peak, hill, crater.
- CAVERN /ˈkævərn/ · noun
- A large, deep cave, or a spacious chamber within a cave; more broadly, any vast, cavernous enclosed space resembling one. Related: grotto, cave, chamber, hollow.
- BALLOON /bəˈluːn/ · noun
- An inflatable rubber or latex bag, typically oval in shape, that is filled with air or helium and used as a toy, decoration, or for carrying instruments aloft; also a large fabric envelope filled with heated air or a lighter-than-air gas, used to carry passengers through the sky. Related: inflatable, airship, blimp, dirigible.
- SURVIVAL /sərˈvaɪvəl/ · noun, verb
- The state or fact of continuing to exist or be in operation, especially in difficult circumstances. The act of remaining alive or in existence. Related: existence, continuance, endurance, perseverance.
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