Boulder Word Search
Play a Boulder word search free online. We built the 12-word list around landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: FLATIRONS, PEARLSTREET, CHAUTAUQUA, BOULDERCREEK, STVRAIN, UNIVERSITY, BUFFALOES, BOULDERBEER, CELESTIAL, DUSHANBE, MAPLETON, GOSSGROVE.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
Boulder word list, defined
- FLATIRONS /ˈflætˌaɪərnz/ · noun (plural)
- Flatirons are heavy, wedge-shaped irons for pressing clothes, heated on a stove before use; the capitalized form also names the iconic slanted sandstone formations near Boulder, Colorado. Related: sadiron, smoothing iron, clothes iron, pressing iron.
- CHAUTAUQUA /ʃəˈtɑːkwə/ · noun
- A gathering, typically held in the summer, combining educational lectures with entertainment and cultural activities; also, an institution or site hosting such gatherings. The term derives from the original Chautauqua Institution in western New York State. Related: assembly, convention, institute, seminar.
- UNIVERSITY /ˈjuːnɪvərsɪti/ · noun
- An institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in various fields of study. Related: college, academy, institute, school.
- BUFFALOES /ˈbʌfəloʊz/ · noun
- The plural of buffalo: large wild cattle-like mammals of the genus Bubalus (water buffalo) or Syncerus (Cape buffalo), and, in North American usage, the bison. Related: bison, cattle, bovines.
- CELESTIAL /səˈlɛstʃəl/ · adjective
- Relating to the sky or the heavens, especially to heavenly bodies such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars. By extension, it describes anything supremely good, beautiful, or perfect, evoking the divine or otherworldly. Related: heavenly, astronomical, divine, ethereal.
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