Denver Word Search
This Denver word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: BRONCOS, NUGGETS, ROCKIES, AVALANCHE, RAPIDS, REDROCKS, COLORADO, COLFAX, LODO, RINO, HIGHLANDS, CAPITOL.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Denver word list, defined
- NUGGETS /ˈnʌɡɪts/ · plural noun
- Small, lump-like pieces of a valuable substance, especially gold or another metal. By extension, nuggets are small pieces of food, such as chicken nuggets, or small pieces of information that are especially valuable. Related: lumps, chunks, pieces, clumps.
- AVALANCHE /ˈævəlæntʃ/ · noun
- A large mass of snow, ice, and debris that slides rapidly down a mountainside. By extension, a sudden overwhelming quantity or influx of something. Related: landslide, snowslide, deluge, flood.
- RAPIDS /ˈræpɪdz/ · plural noun
- Rapids are sections of a river or other watercourse where the current flows especially quickly, often over rocks or through a narrow channel. The word is most often used for stretches of turbulent water that make navigation challenging or exciting. Related: white water, torrent, rapid, cascade.
- 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.
- HIGHLANDS /ˈhaɪləndz/ · noun
- A mountainous region, typically in the north of a country, especially in Scotland and Ireland. A highland is a region of high ground, often with rugged terrain and heather-covered moors. Related: uplands, plateaus, mountains, hills.
- CAPITOL /ˈkæpɪtəl/ · noun
- A building in which a legislative body meets; in the United States, specifically the building housing the US Congress in Washington, DC, or a state legislature's building. Related: statehouse, legislature building, government building, seat of government.
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