Jane Austen Word Search
Play a Jane Austen word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the life, work, and legacy of a famous figure, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PRIDE, PREJUDICE, SENSE, SENSIBILITY, EMMA, PERSUASION, NORTHANGER, MANSFIELD, PARK, BENNET, DARCY, ELIZABETH.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Jane Austen word list, defined
- PRIDE /praɪd/ · noun
- Pride is a feeling of deep satisfaction or pleasure arising from something one values, especially one's own achievements, qualities, or the accomplishments of a group to which one belongs. It can also refer to excessive self-regard or a sense of superiority over others. Related: self-esteem, satisfaction, dignity, self-regard.
- PREJUDICE /ˈprɛdʒədɪs/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, prejudice is an unfair or hostile opinion formed about someone or something without adequate knowledge or consideration. As a verb, to prejudice someone or something means to cause harm or disadvantage through such an opinion or action. Related: bias, bigotry, partiality, narrow-mindedness.
- SENSE /sens/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a sense is the faculty or power of perception through the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, or skin, or the faculty of understanding or recognizing something. It can also mean an awareness or understanding of a situation, a particular meaning or interpretation, or mental soundness. As a verb, to sense means to become aware of or intuitively recognize something. Related: meaning, awareness, faculty, understanding.
- SENSIBILITY /ˌsɛnsəˈbɪlɪti/ · noun
- The quality of being sensible, especially the ability to make good judgments based on practical considerations. In older and formal usage, it can also refer to sensitivity or the capacity to perceive sensations. Related: sound judgment, practicality, wisdom, discretion.
- EMMA /ˈɛmə/ · noun
- "Emma" is primarily a female given name of Germanic origin, popular across the English-speaking world. It is also the code word for the letter M in the British Royal Navy's phonetic alphabet and in older telephone alphabets.
- PERSUASION /pəˈsweɪʒən/ · noun
- The act or process of persuading someone to accept a belief, take an action, or change their opinion. It can also refer to the ability to influence people through argument, reasoning, or appeal. Related: convincing, inducement, suasion, rhetoric.
- PARK US /pɑːrk/; British /pɑːk/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a park is a public or private area of land, usually with grass, trees, and paths, used for recreation or as a green space; it can also refer to an enclosed area set aside for a particular purpose. As a verb, it means to leave a vehicle temporarily in a designated parking place. Related: green space, parkland, public garden, grounds.
- BENNET /ˈbɛnɪt/ · noun
- A name for the wood avens (Geum urbanum), a common Eurasian woodland plant of the rose family with small yellow flowers and aromatic roots, formerly used in herbal medicine. Related: wood avens, herb bennet, avens, clovenroot.
- DARCY /ˈdɑːrsi/ · noun
- A darcy is a non-SI unit of permeability, measuring the ease with which a fluid can flow through a porous material such as rock or sand. It equals the permeability that permits a flow rate of one cubic centimetre per second of a fluid of one centipoise viscosity through one square centimetre under a pressure gradient of one atmosphere per centimetre. Related: permeability unit.
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