Mexican Peso Word Search
Play a Mexican Peso 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: CENTAVO, COPPER, NICKEL, STEEL, BRASS, ALUMINUM, ZINC, BRONZE, EAGLE, SNAKE, CACTUS, NOPAL.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Mexican Peso word list, defined
- CENTAVO /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/ · noun
- A monetary subunit equal to one hundredth of the basic unit of several currencies, including the peso of Mexico and the Philippines, the bolívar of Venezuela, and other Latin American currencies. Related: cent, centime, penny.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ALUMINUM /əˈluːmɪnəm/ · noun
- A lightweight, silvery-white metallic element (symbol Al, atomic number 13) that is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust and is widely used in aircraft construction, packaging, cookware, and electrical transmission.
- ZINC /ziːn/ · noun
- A chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30, used as a protective coating for iron and steel, and as an ingredient in some foods and cosmetics. Related: copper, tin, cadmium, brass.
- BRONZE /brɒnz/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A reddish-brown alloy of copper, usually with tin, used historically and today for sculpture, tools, and ornaments; also a similar reddish-brown colour. Related: copper alloy, statuary metal, tan, russet.
- EAGLE /ˈiːɡəl/ · noun
- A large, powerful bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, noted for its keen eyesight, broad wings, and soaring flight. In golf, an eagle is a score of two strokes under par on a single hole.
- SNAKE /snɛɪk/ · noun, verb
- A long, thin, legless, carnivorous reptile with a scaly body and a flicking tongue. To move in a sinuous, wavelike motion. Related: serpent, reptile, snake, adder.
- CACTUS /ˈkæktəs/ · noun
- A spiny, usually succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, native chiefly to arid regions of the Americas, with thick fleshy stems adapted to store water and typically lacking true leaves. Related: succulent, prickly pear.
- NOPAL /noʊˈpɑːl/ · noun
- A type of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia spp.) native to the Americas, often used as food or in traditional medicine. Related: prickly pear, Opuntia, cactus.
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