Walt Whitman Word Search
Play a Walt Whitman 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: LEAVES, GRASS, SONG, MYSELF, WHITMAN, AMERICA, POET, DEMOCRACY, BROOKLYN, CIVILWAR, OYCAPTAIN, ELECTION.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Walt Whitman word list, defined
- LEAVES /liːvz/ · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular present)
- The foliage of trees and other plants, especially when considered collectively. As the third-person singular present of “leave,” it means to depart, abandon, relinquish, or bequeath. Related: foliage, greenery.
- GRASS British /ɡrɑːs/; US /ɡræs/ · noun and verb
- Grass is a member of the grass family, or collectively the vegetation made up of grasses and their leaves and shoots. It can also refer to a lawn or pasture, to marijuana, or, in British informal use, to an informer; as a verb, it means to inform on someone or to cover an area with grass. Related: vegetation, greenery, turf, herbage.
- SONG /sɒŋ/ (British); /sɔŋ/ (US) · noun and verb
- A short poem or composition set to music and intended to be sung. As a verb, “to song” means to sing or make music, especially in an expressive or elaborate way. Related: tune, air, ditty, ballad.
- MYSELF /mɪˈself/ · pronoun
- A first-person singular reflexive pronoun used to refer to the speaker or writer, especially when the subject and object are the same person. It is also used for emphasis, especially in phrases such as “I myself” or “myself and others.” Related: I, me.
- POET /ˈpəʊɪt, ˈpoʊɪt/ · noun
- A person who writes poetry. The term can also refer more broadly to a writer whose work is especially expressive, rhythmic, or concerned with language and emotion. Related: writer, bard, rhymer, versifier.
- DEMOCRACY /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ · noun
- A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who exercise it directly or through freely elected representatives. More broadly, the principle of social equality and respect for the individual within a community or organization. Related: republic, self-government, representative government, majority rule.
- ELECTION /ɪˈlɛkʃən/ · noun
- A formal process by which people vote to choose a person or group for a public office or position. It can also refer to the act of choosing or selecting someone or something, especially by divine will in theological contexts. Related: vote, ballot, poll, referendum.
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