Vanity Fair Word Search
A free Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848) 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 William Makepeace Thackeray · First published 1848 · Satire.
Words to find: BECKETT, BROWNE, CRABBE, MACKLE, DRUID, MELBA, WICKED, DOCTER, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, THAMES, GRANDEUR.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Vanity Fair word list, defined
- MACKLE /mækəl/ · verb
- To make or become tangled or knotted, especially in a complicated or confusing way. To make something more complicated or confusing. Related: entangle, tangle, complicate, confuse.
- DRUID /ˈdruːɪd/ · noun
- A member of the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies of Britain, Ireland, and Gaul, believed to have served as religious leaders, judges, and keepers of oral tradition; by extension, a person regarded as a sage, seer, or wise elder. Related: priest, sage, seer, soothsayer.
- WICKED /wɪkd/ · adjective
- Bad or morally wrong; evil. Used to describe something that is enjoyable or exciting, but also slightly naughty or rebellious. Related: bad, evil, naughty, mischievous.
- GRANDEUR /ɡrændər/ · noun
- A sense of dignity, grandness, or impressiveness; a quality of being magnificent or impressive. A grand or impressive building, monument, or work of art. Related: magnificence, majesty, loftiness, sublimity.
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