Hummus Word Search
Play a Hummus word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: HUMMUS, CHICKPEA, TAHINI, LEMON, GARLIC, OLIVE, SESAME, CUMIN, PAPRIKA, PARSLEY, CILANTRO, SUMAC.
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Hummus word list, defined
- HUMMUS /hʌmʊs/ · noun
- A creamy dip or spread made from chickpeas, tahini, garlic, and lemon juice, often served with pita bread or vegetables. Related: dip, spread, chickpea paste, tahini sauce.
- CHICKPEA /ˈtʃɪkpiː/ · noun
- A round, beige seed of an annual legume plant (Cicer arietinum), widely eaten as a vegetable and ground into flour; also the plant itself. Related: garbanzo, garbanzo bean, Bengal gram.
- TAHINI /təˈhiːni/ · noun
- A creamy paste made from ground sesame seeds, often used in Middle Eastern cuisine as an ingredient in sauces and dips, such as hummus. Related: sesame paste, sesame butter, tahina, halva.
- LEMON /ˈlɛmən/ · noun
- A small, yellow, oval or round fruit with a sour taste, often eaten or used in cooking and drinks. A bright, citrusy flavor. Related: lime, orange, tangerine, citron.
- GARLIC /ˈɡɑːrlɪk/ · noun
- A plant with a strong-smelling bulb, often used in cooking to add flavor. Related: onion, leek, shallot, chive.
- OLIVE /ˈɒlɪv/ · noun
- The edible fruit of the olive tree, typically green or black in colour, and often pickled or used in cooking. A small, usually dark green or black, oval fruit. Related: green, black, fruit, tree.
- SESAME /ˈsɛzəmi/ · noun
- A small, usually brown or white, seed of the sesame plant, used as a food or in the production of oil. Sesame seeds are often used as a topping for bread and other baked goods. Related: poppy seed, sunflower seed, chia seed, flaxseed.
- CUMIN /ˈkjuːmɪn/ · noun
- The aromatic dried seed of a Mediterranean plant (Cuminum cyminum) of the parsley family, used whole or ground as a warm, earthy spice. Also, the annual herb itself that bears these seeds. Related: jeera.
- PAPRIKA /pəˈprɪkə/ · noun
- A sweet or mild variety of capsicum, often used as a spice or colouring agent in cooking. Related: capsicum, bell pepper, sweet pepper, pimento.
- PARSLEY /ˈpɑːrsli/ · noun
- A herb with curly or flat leaves, used as a garnish or in cooking. It is native to the Mediterranean region and has been naturalized in many parts of the world. Related: dill, basil, mint, chives.
- CILANTRO /sɪˈlæntroʊ/ · noun
- The fresh leaves and tender stems of the coriander plant (Coriandum sativum), widely used as a culinary herb, especially in Mexican, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern cooking. Related: coriander leaves, fresh coriander, Chinese parsley.
- SUMAC /ˈsuːmæk/ · noun
- Sumac is a shrub or small tree with compound leaves and clusters of small, red or purple fruits. The dried and ground fruit of certain species of sumac, particularly Rhus coriaria, is used as a spice. Related: tanner's sumac, stag's horn sumac, velvet sumac.
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