Johnson City Word Search

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Printable Johnson City word search — 15×15 letter grid with 8 words to find including FOUNDERS, BUFFALO, CARTER, plus 4 hidden bonus words
Printable Johnson City word search — 15×15 letter grid with 8 words to find including FOUNDERS, BUFFALO, CARTER, plus 4 hidden bonus words

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 /sɪŋkɪŋ/ · verb, present participle
The act of going down or becoming submerged in a liquid, or the state of being in a downward motion. It can also refer to a decline or decrease in something, such as a financial situation or a person's health. Related: submerging, drowning, sinking, plunging.
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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