Peppers Word Search
Play a Peppers 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: PEPPER, CHILI, JALAPENO, HABANERO, POBLANO, SERRANO, ANAHEIM, CAYENNE, CAPSICUM, PAPRIKA, CHIPOTLE, PASILLA.
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Peppers word list, defined
- PEPPER /ˈpɛpər/ · noun
- A sweet or hot, usually small, round fruit of the pepper plant, often used as a spice or seasoning. A device for applying a fine powder, especially pepper, to food. Related: capsicum, paprika, cayenne, ginger.
- CHILI /ˈtʃɪli/ · noun
- A hot pepper of the Capsicum family, used fresh or dried to add pungent heat to food; also, chiefly in British usage and in American Southwest cuisine, a dish (chili con carne) of stewed meat, peppers, and often beans. Related: pepper, capsicum, chilli, chile.
- JALAPENO /dʒəˈlæpɪnoʊ/ · noun
- A type of hot, green or red pepper, commonly used in Mexican and Southwestern American cuisine. Related: cayenne, pepper, hot pepper, chili.
- POBLANO /pɒˈb.lɑː.noʊ/ · noun
- A mild to hot, dark green to brownish green, heart-shaped pepper, often used in Mexican cuisine, typically roasted or grilled before use. Related: chile, pepper, capsicum, bell pepper.
- SERRANO /sɛˈrɑːnoʊ/ · noun, adjective
- Serrano refers to a type of pepper, typically small and hot, or a person from the Serranía de Ronda region in Spain. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something as being from this region or having a similar quality. Related: hot pepper, Spanish pepper, Ronda pepper.
- CAYENNE /kaɪˈɛn, keɪ-/ (US); /keɪˈɛn, kaɪ-/ (UK) · noun
- A hot, pungent red pepper of the Capsicum annuum longum variety, or the powdered spice made from its dried and ground pods. Related: red pepper, chilli powder, hot pepper, chile.
- CAPSICUM /ˈkæpsɪkəm/ · noun
- A genus of tropical American plants of the nightshade family that includes chilli peppers and bell peppers; also, the fruit of such a plant, used as a vegetable or spice. Related: pepper, bell pepper, sweet pepper, chilli.
- 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.
- CHIPOTLE /tʃɪˈpoʊtl.eɪ/ · noun
- A chipotle is a smoke-dried jalapeño chili pepper, widely used in Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking for its smoky, moderately hot flavor. Related: smoked jalapeño, chile, pepper.
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