Through the Looking-Glass Word Search
Free Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (1871) word search. We picked 12 themed words — characters, settings, and objects from the book — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Written by Lewis Carroll · First published 1871 · Fantasy.
Words to find: ALICE, TWEEDLEDEE, TWEEDLEDUM, REDQUEEN, WHITEQUEEN, HATTER, KING, GARDEN, WOODS, CHESSBOARD, MIRROR, REFLECTION.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Through the Looking-Glass word list, defined
- TWEEDLEDEE /ˈtwiːdəldiː/ · noun
- Tweedledee is one of the fictional twin brothers named in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass (1871), where he appears alongside Tweedledum. The name is chiefly used as a literary or cultural allusion to the pair.
- HATTER /ˈhætər/ · noun
- A hatter is a person who makes, shapes, or sells hats. In the familiar expression “mad as a hatter,” the term denotes a person regarded as extremely eccentric or irrational. Related: milliner, hatmaker, hat maker, cap maker.
- KING /kɪŋ/ · noun and verb
- A king is a male sovereign who rules a kingdom. By extension, it denotes a leading or pre-eminent person and is also used for a court playing card and the chess piece that must be protected. Related: monarch, sovereign, ruler, crowned head.
- GARDEN /ˈɡɑːrdən/ (US); /ˈɡɑːdən/ (British) · noun and verb
- A piece of ground, usually adjoining a house or enclosed, used for growing flowers, vegetables, or other plants; by extension, a cultivated or ornamental outdoor area. As a verb, it means to cultivate or tend a garden. Related: yard, plot, grounds, lawn.
- WOODS /wʊdz/ · noun
- An area of land covered with trees, or the trees collectively. It is also the regular plural of wood, meaning pieces of wood or timber collectively. Related: forest, woodland, trees, timberland.
- CHESSBOARD /ˈtʃɛsbɔːrd/ · noun
- A square board divided into 64 alternating light and dark squares, used for playing chess; by extension, any similar pattern of alternating squares. Related: checkerboard, board, game board.
- MIRROR /ˈmɪrə(r)/ · noun and verb
- A mirror is a surface that produces a reflection of the object or person in front of it. As a verb, to mirror means to represent, correspond to, or imitate something closely. Related: reflection, looking glass, reflect, reproduce.
- REFLECTION /rɪˈflɛkʃən/ · noun
- A reflection is an image or representation produced when light, sound, or another wave is turned back from a surface. By extension, it means careful thought or consideration about oneself, one's actions, or a particular subject. Related: image, mirror image, reflection, thought.
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