Egham Word Search
Egham, as a word search. 12 words drawn from landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: EGHAM, HYTHE, WICK, ROYALHOLLOWAY, RUNNYMEDE, MAGNACARTA, THAMES, BOURNE, STJOHNS, CRICKET, FOOTBALL, RUGBY.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Egham word list, defined
- HYTHE /haɪð/ · noun
- A landing place or small harbour on a river or the sea, especially one used in medieval times. The word also survives in several English place names. Related: landing place, harbour, port, quay.
- WICK /wɪk/ · noun and verb
- A wick is a thin cord or strip of material that draws fuel, such as oil or melted wax, and carries a flame. As a verb, wick means to light or cause something to burn by its wick; in informal British English, “get on someone’s wick” means to annoy someone. Related: candlewick, lampwick, wicking, light.
- BOURNE /bɔːrn/ · noun
- A bourne is a small stream or brook, especially one that flows intermittently. In literary use, it also denotes a boundary or limit, particularly in the phrase 'the bourne of human knowledge.' Related: brook, stream, creek, rivulet.
- CRICKET /ˈkrɪkɪt/ · noun
- A leaping insect related to grasshoppers, whose males produce a characteristic chirping sound by rubbing their wings together; also, a team ball game played with bats and wickets on a large oval field, popular especially in Britain, South Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean. Related: grasshopper, katydid, cicada, match.
- FOOTBALL /ˈfʊtbɔːl/ · noun
- A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, in which the object is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal; also, the ball itself used in such games. The term covers association football (soccer) globally and various codes such as American football and rugby football regionally. Related: soccer, gridiron, rugby.
- RUGBY /ˈrʌɡbi/ · noun
- A field sport played by two teams in which players carry an oval ball and advance it by running, passing, and kicking. The best-known form, rugby union, is played with 15 players per side, while rugby league is played with 13.
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