Cortez Word Search
Play a Cortez 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: CORTEZ, MONTEZUMA, DOLORES, MESA, VERDE, PUEBLOAN, ANCESTRAL, ARCHAEOLOGY, COLORADO, SOUTHWEST, MANCOS, DURANGO.
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Cortez word list, defined
- MESA /ˈmeɪsə/ · noun
- A broad, flat-topped elevation of land with steep sides, typically found in arid or semiarid regions. A mesa is generally larger and more extensive than a butte, which is a smaller, isolated flat-topped rock formation. Related: plateau, tableland.
- ANCESTRAL /ənˈsɛstrəl/ · adjective
- Relating to, inherited from, or characteristic of one's ancestors; belonging to or descending from forebears of an earlier generation. Related: hereditary, inherited, familial, lineal.
- ARCHAEOLOGY /ˌɑːrkiˈɒlədʒi/ · noun
- The scientific study of past human life and activity through the examination of material remains such as artifacts, structures, and landscapes. Related: excavation, antiquarianism, paleontology, prehistory.
- COLORADO /ˌkɒləˈrɑːdoʊ/ · noun
- A state in the western United States, in the Rocky Mountain region; also a major river of the southwestern US and northern Mexico that rises in the Rocky Mountains and flows into the Gulf of California. Related: Centennial State.
- SOUTHWEST /ˌsaʊθˈwest/ · noun, adverb, & adjective
- The direction midway between south and west, or the region lying in that direction. As an adjective, it describes something facing, located in, or coming from this direction; as an adverb, it indicates movement toward it. Related: southwesterly, south-west, southward and westward.
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