Illustrated Laurel scene — AI-generated artwork behind this city's word search puzzlePrintable Laurel word search — 15×15 letter grid with 8 words to find including NANTICOKE, SUSSEX, DELAWARE, plus 4 hidden bonus words
Laurel, as a word search. 12 words drawn from landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor 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: NANTICOKE, SUSSEX, DELAWARE, RAILROAD, BROAD, CREEK, SEAFOOD, CRAB, FARMING, HARVEST, RIVER, FOREST.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Laurel word list, defined
RAILROAD/ˈreɪlroʊd/ · noun
A permanent way or road for wheeled vehicles, especially trains, consisting of parallel rails embedded in the ground and usually laid on sleepers. Related: railway, track, line, route.
BROAD/brɔːd/ · adjective
Having great extent from side to side; wide. Also used figuratively to mean general, comprehensive, or wide-ranging in scope. Related: wide, extensive, expansive, vast.
CREEK/kriːk/ · noun
A narrow, sheltered inlet of the sea along a coastline. In North America and Australia, a small stream or tributary of a river. Related: stream, brook, inlet, rivulet.
SEAFOOD/ˈsiːfʊd/ · noun
Food from the sea, including fish, shellfish, and other seafood products. Related: seafood products, fish, shellfish, sea creatures.
CRAB/krab/ · noun, verb
A crab is a ten-legged crustacean with a broad flat shell and pincers, found in seas and fresh water. As a verb, to crab means to complain or grumble peevishly. Related: crustacean, complain, grumble, grouch.
FARMING/ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ (UK), /ˈfɑːrmɪŋ/ (US) · noun
The practice or business of cultivating land, raising crops, or breeding and rearing livestock; the activity of operating a farm. Related: agriculture, husbandry, cultivation, tillage.
HARVEST/ˈhɑːrvɛst/ · noun, verb
The process of gathering in a crop; a crop gathered in at one time. To gather in a crop. Related: reap, gather, collect, crop.
RIVER/ˈraɪər/ · noun
A natural flowing body of water, often longer than a stream and smaller than a lake, typically with a bed and banks. Related: stream, brook, creek, watercourse.
FOREST/ˈfɒrɪst/ (UK), /ˈfɔːrɪst/ (US) · noun
A large area of land covered with trees and undergrowth, especially one thick enough to form an ecosystem of its own; also, historically in Britain, land reserved for royal hunting. Related: woods, woodland, timberland, grove.