Illustrated Venezuelan Bolivar scene — AI-generated artwork behind this currency's word search puzzle
A free Venezuelan Bolivar word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its subunit, its metals, and the figures on its notes and coins, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: BOLIVAR, CENTIMO, LIBERTADOR, SUCRE, MIRANDA, PAEZ, BARALT, ZAMORA, TURPIAL, CONDOR, COLIBRI, LANZON.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Venezuelan Bolivar word list, defined
BOLIVAR/bəˈlɪvər/ · noun
The basic monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos. The term also refers to things connected with Simón Bolívar, the South American independence leader after whom the currency is named.
A centimo is a fractional monetary unit equal to one hundredth of the basic unit in certain currencies, most notably the former Spanish peseta and some Latin American currencies such as the Costa Rican colón and Peruvian sol. Related: cent, penny, subunit, fractional coin.
SUCRE/sʌkər/ · noun
A sweet white crystalline substance used as a sweetener, obtained by purifying the juice of the sugarcane or the sap of the sugar maple. Related: sugar, sweetener, sucrose, cane sugar.
CONDOR/ˈkɒndɔːr/ · noun
A very large New World vulture of the genus Vultur or Gymnogyps, native to the Andes mountains and the western coastal regions of South America, or to California. The Andean condor is among the heaviest flying birds in the world. Related: vulture, buzzard.