Perth Word Search
A free Perth word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: SWAN, COTTESLOE, FREMANTLE, SCARBOROUGH, ROTNEST, QUOKKA, DOCKERS, EAGLES, WILDCATS, SUBIACO, NORTHBRIDGE, CANNING.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Perth word list, defined
- SWAN /swɒn/ (British); /swɑːn/ (US) · noun
- A large, graceful water bird with a long neck, broad wings, and typically white plumage. The word can also refer to a person regarded as unusually graceful or distinguished. Related: cygnet, waterbird, graceful bird, waterfowl.
- QUOKKA /ˈkwɒkə/ (British English); /ˈkwɑːkə/ (American English) · noun
- A quokka is a small, short-tailed wallaby native to parts of southwestern Australia, especially offshore islands. It is a herbivorous marsupial known for its compact build and rounded, apparently smiling face. Related: short-tailed wallaby, island wallaby, Setonich.
- DOCKERS /ˈdɒkəz/ (British), /ˈdɑːkərz/ (US) · noun
- Dockers are workers who load and unload cargo ships at docks or ports; they are also known as dockworkers or longshoremen. Related: dockworkers, longshoremen, stevedores, porters.
- EAGLES /ˈiːɡəlz/ · noun
- Eagles is the plural of eagle: any of several large, powerful birds of prey noted for keen eyesight and soaring flight. As a verb, it is the third-person form of 'eagle', meaning to score two strokes under par on a hole in golf. Related: birds of prey, raptors, hawks, falcons.
- WILDCATS /ˈwaɪldkæts/ · noun (plural)
- Wildcats are wild or feral felines, especially members of the cat family living outside human control. The word can also refer figuratively to daring or unconventional people, teams nicknamed the “Wildcats,” and exploratory oil wells. Related: wild felines, feral cats, lynxes.
- CANNING /ˈkænɪŋ/ · noun
- The process of preserving food by sealing it in airtight containers (cans or jars) and heating it to destroy microorganisms; also, in US slang, the dismissal of an employee. Related: preserving, bottling, jarring, pickling.
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