Caribbean Food Word Search
Caribbean Food, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic 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: RICE, PEAS, JERK, ROTI, CALALOO, PLANTAIN, MANGO, COCONUT, ACKEE, SALTFISH, BAMMY, FUNGI.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Caribbean Food word list, defined
- RICE /raɪs/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, rice is the edible grain harvested from the rice plant, usually eaten cooked; it can also refer to the plant itself. As an informal British verb, rice means to agree or accept a proposal or concession. Related: grain, cereal, paddy.
- PEAS /piːz/ · noun
- Small, round, green or yellowish vegetables, often eaten as a side dish or used in soups and stews. Related: beans, legumes, vegetables, greens.
- JERK /dʒɜːk/ (British); /dʒɝk/ (American) · noun, verb
- An offensive term for a person regarded as stupid, rude, or contemptible. Related: fool, idiot, twit, ass.
- ROTI /ˈroʊti/ (UK: /ˈrəʊti/) · noun
- A thin, usually unleavened flatbread traditionally made from whole-wheat flour and cooked on a griddle. In South Asian English, roti may also refer more generally to bread. Related: chapati, flatbread, Indian bread.
- PLANTAIN /ˈplæntɪn/ · noun
- A starchy, banana-like fruit, especially one of the Musa varieties cultivated for cooking. The word can also denote the broad-leaved plant Plantago major, a common flowering plant found in lawns and waste ground. Related: cooking banana.
- MANGO /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/ · noun
- A tropical fruit with a sweet, juicy flesh, typically yellow or orange and containing a single large, flat seed. The word can also refer to the evergreen tree that produces this fruit.
- COCONUT /ˈkoʊkənʌt/ · noun
- The large, hard-shelled fruit of the coconut palm, containing white edible flesh and sweet liquid; also, the palm tree itself.
- ACKEE /ˈækiː/ · noun
- A tropical West African tree (Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family, widely cultivated in the Caribbean; also, the edible yellow aril surrounding its seeds, which is poisonous if eaten unripe and is Jamaica's national fruit. Related: Blighia sapida, aril.
- FUNGI /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/ · noun
- Fungi are a kingdom of spore-producing organisms that includes mushrooms, moulds, yeasts, and toadstools, distinct from plants because they lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients by absorbing organic matter. The word is the plural of fungus. Related: mushrooms, moulds, toadstools, yeasts.
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