Peterborough Word Search
A free Peterborough 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: NENE, CATHEDRAL, ABBEY, FLAGFEN, PANTHERS, POSH, SPEEDWAY, WERRINGTON, PASTON, ORTON, FLETTON, WOODSTON.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Peterborough word list, defined
- NENE /ˈneɪneɪ/ · noun
- A large, mostly black Hawaiian goose with buff-gray neck markings, long legs, and a gently sloping bill. The nene, also called the Hawaiian goose, is native to Hawaiʻi and is the state bird of Hawaiʻi. Related: Hawaiian goose.
- CATHEDRAL /kəˈθiːdrəl/ · noun
- The principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's official throne (cathedra) and serving as the central church of a Christian diocese. Related: minster, basilica, duomo.
- ABBEY /ˈæbi/ · noun
- A building or group of buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns, especially one headed by an abbot or abbess; also, a church that was once part of such a complex. Related: monastery, convent, cloister, priory.
- PANTHERS /ˈpænθərz/ · plural noun
- The plural of panther; a group or number of panthers. The term panther is used loosely for several large spotted cats, especially leopards and jaguars, and may also refer to a melanistic leopard or jaguar.
- POSH /pɒʃ/ (British); /pɑːʃ/ (American) · adjective
- Posh means fashionable, luxurious, and associated with wealth or high social status. It is mainly informal and is often used to describe expensive accommodation, clothing, restaurants, or an affected manner of speaking. Related: fancy, swanky, lavish, upmarket.
- SPEEDWAY /ˈspiːdweɪ/ · noun
- A motor-racing track, typically an oval circuit; also the sport of racing on such a track. In British English, the term is especially associated with motorcycle speedway. Related: racetrack, racing track, raceway, circuit.
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