Johnson City Word Search
Play a Johnson City word search free online. We built the 12-word list around landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: FOUNDERS, BUFFALO, CARTER, HANDSON, MILLIGAN, ETSU, WATAUGA, SINKING, DOWNTOWN, BUCCANEERS, BARBECUE, UNICOI.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Johnson City word list, defined
- FOUNDERS /ˈfaʊndərz/ · noun
- Founders are people who establish an institution, organization, or settlement; as a plural noun it most often refers to the originators of a company or movement. As a verb form, 'founders' is the third-person singular of 'founder,' meaning to stumble, fail utterly, or fill with water and sink. Related: originators, establishers, instigators, initiators.
- BUFFALO /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/ · noun
- A large wild ox, especially an African or Asian buffalo (genus Bubalus/Syncerus), or, loosely, the American bison of North America. Related: ox, bison, bovine.
- CARTER /ˈkɑːrtər/ · noun
- A person whose job is transporting goods by cart, especially a driver of a horse-drawn cart; historically, one who conveyed loads for hire. Related: haulier, carrier, cartman, drayman.
- SINKING /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ · verb, adjective, noun
- Sinking is the present participle of “sink,” meaning to move downward, especially below the surface of water. It is also used figuratively for declining levels, values, confidence, or fortunes and can function as an adjective or noun. Related: descending, submerging, falling, declining.
- DOWNTOWN /ˈdaʊn.taʊn/ · noun (also adverb and adjective)
- The central business district of a town or city, typically containing shops, offices, and commercial activity. Related: city centre, business district, the centre, midtown.
- BUCCANEERS /ˌbʌkəˈnɪərz/ · noun
- Plural of buccaneer: pirates or freebooters who preyed on Spanish shipping and settlements in the Caribbean during the 17th and early 18th centuries; by extension, any pirate or reckless adventurer. Related: pirates, privateers, freebooters, corsairs.
- BARBECUE /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/ · noun, verb
- A meal or gathering at which food, typically meat, is cooked outdoors over an open fire or grill; also the apparatus or act of cooking food in this way. Related: grill, cookout, braai, barbie.
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