Compton Word Search
A free Compton word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: COMPTON, LARIVER, ALONDRA, ROSECRANS, ATLANTIC, LONGBEACH, ACACIA, MYRTLE, CENTENNIAL, DOMINGUEZ, TACOS, BURRITOS.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Compton word list, defined
- ACACIA /əˈkeɪʃə/ · noun
- A tree or shrub of the genus Acacia (or, in modern classifications, related genera such as Vachellia and Senegalia), native chiefly to warm regions, typically having compound leaves and clusters of small yellow or white flowers; also, the hard, durable wood of such a tree. Related: mimosa, wattle, thorn tree, shittah.
- MYRTLE /ˈmɜːrtl/ · noun
- An evergreen shrub or small tree of the myrtle family, especially the common myrtle, with aromatic leaves and white flowers followed by dark purple berries. The name also refers to several related plants and is associated with marriage, weddings, and remembrance. Related: common myrtle, myrtle bush, myrtle tree.
- CENTENNIAL /sɛnˈtɛniəl/ · noun, adjective
- A centennial is the hundredth anniversary of a significant event. As an adjective, it describes or relates to a period of one hundred years or to such an anniversary. Related: centenary, hundredth anniversary, bicentennial (200th), sesquicentennial (150th).
- TACOS /ˈtɑːkoʊz/ · plural noun
- Tacos are Mexican dishes made by folding or rolling a tortilla around fillings such as meat, beans, cheese, salsa, or vegetables.
- BURRITOS /bəˈriːtoʊz/ · noun
- The plural of burrito: a Mexican and Tex-Mex dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling such as beans, rice, meat, cheese, and salsa. Related: wrap, taquito, gyro.
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