Oulanka Word Search
A free Oulanka word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its landforms, its wildlife, and the habitats inside it, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: GORGE, RAPIDS, RIVER, CLIFF, ESKER, FJELL, MIRE, TAIGA, BOREAL, SPRUCE, PINE, BIRCH.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Oulanka word list, defined
- GORGE /ˈɡɔːrdʒ/ · noun, verb
- A deep, narrow passage with steep sides, typically through a mountain or cliff. To feel or show a strong feeling of shock or horror. Related: ravine, chasm, canyon, pass.
- RAPIDS /ræpɪdz/ · noun
- A part of a river or stream where the current is fast and turbulent, often with a series of waterfalls or rapids. A rapid movement or flow of something, such as a rapid increase in price. Related: torrent, cascades, waterfall, stream.
- 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.
- CLIFF /klɪf/ · noun
- A steep, high rock face, especially one at the edge of the sea or of a river, rising sharply from the land or water below. Related: precipice, bluff, escarpment, crag.
- ESKER /ˈɛskər/ · noun
- A long, narrow ridge of sand and gravel deposited by a stream flowing beneath or within a retreating glacier, typically running in the direction of ice flow. Related: ridge, os, sandar.
- MIRE /maɪər/ · noun, verb
- A wetland area with soft ground that sinks underfoot, or to cause someone or something to become stuck or trapped in a difficult situation. To cause someone or something to become stuck or trapped in a difficult situation. Related: swamp, quagmire, bog, quag.
- TAIGA /tɑɪɡə/ · noun
- A vast region of coniferous forests in subarctic regions of Russia, Canada, and Alaska, characterized by long, cold winters and short, mild summers. It is the world's largest terrestrial biome. Related: forest, woodland, boreal forest, coniferous forest.
- BOREAL /ˈbɔːriəl/ · adjective
- Relating to or situated in the northern regions of the world, especially the cold, forested subarctic zone; also used to describe the north wind or the north in general. Related: northern, subarctic, arctic, polar.
- SPRUCE /spruːs/ · noun
- A small to medium-sized evergreen tree with needle-like leaves and small cones, native to northern Europe and Asia. A spruce is often used as a Christmas tree. Related: fir, pine, cedar, cypress.
- PINE /pɪn/ · noun
- A coniferous tree with needle-like leaves and edible seeds, or a wood made from this tree. A tall evergreen tree with long, needle-like leaves and cones that produce seeds. Related: spruce, fir, cedar, cypress.
- BIRCH /bɜːrtʃ/ · noun
- A birch is a slender deciduous tree of the genus Betula, with thin papery bark that peels in layers, typically white, silver, or yellow. It can also refer to a bundle of birch twigs formerly used as an implement of corporal punishment. Related: aspen, alder, poplar, beech.
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