Illustrated Macanese Pataca scene — AI-generated artwork behind this currency's word search puzzle
Play a Macanese Pataca word search free online. We built the 12-word list around its subunit, its metals, and the figures on its notes and coins, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PATACA, AVOS, BRASS, STEEL, NICKEL, COPPER, LOTUS, STPAULS, AMATEMPLE, MOUNTFORTRESS, MACAUTOWER, ASSEMBLY.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Macanese Pataca word list, defined
PATACA/pəˈtɑːsə/ · noun
The pataca is the official currency of Macau, a special administrative region of China. Related: Macau dollar, MOP.
AVOS/ˈɑː.vəʊz/ · noun
The avos is a plural form referring to the fractional monetary unit of Macau's pataca, equal to one hundredth of a pataca. As a coinage term it denotes the small copper or nickel coins that circulated as subdivisions of the pataca. Related: cents (in function), subunit coins, small change.
BRASS/bræs/ · noun
A yellow alloy of copper and zinc, used widely for ornaments, instruments, fittings, and hardware; also, in informal British usage, money or cash. Related: bronze, copper, metal.
STEEL/ˈstiːl/ · noun
A hard, silver-white, ductile, and malleable alloy of iron and carbon, widely used for making tools, machinery, and building materials. Related: iron, metal, alloy, steel alloy.
NICKEL/ˈnɪkəl/ · noun
A chemical element with the symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous, ductile, and ferromagnetic metal. Related: copper, silver, metal, element.
COPPER/ˈkɒp.ər/ · noun, verb, adjective
A reddish-brown metallic element (symbol Cu) prized for its excellent conductivity of electricity and heat, and by extension the reddish-brown color resembling it. Related: bronze, brass, reddish-brown, auburn.
LOTUS/ˈloʊtəs/ · noun
A type of aquatic plant with showy flowers, especially one of the species Nelumbo nucifera or Nelumbo lutea. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the lotus is a symbol of spiritual growth and enlightenment. Related: water lily, nymphaea, papyrus, cattail.
ASSEMBLY/əˈsɛmbli/ · noun
A group of people gathered together for a common purpose, especially a formal meeting or legislative body; also the action or process of fitting parts together into a whole. Related: gathering, congregation, meeting, convention.