San Jose Word Search
Play a San Jose word search free online. We built the 12-word list around landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: SHARKS, EARTHQUAKES, JAPANTOWN, ALMADEN, BERRYESSA, CAMBRIAN, EVERGREEN, GUADALUPE, DIRIDON, WINCHESTER, SANTANA, SANPEDRO.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
San Jose word list, defined
- SHARKS /ʃɑːksz/ (British); /ʃɑːrksz/ (US) · noun and verb
- As a plural noun, sharks refers to sharks, predatory cartilaginous fish with gill slits and usually a flexible finned body rather than bones. As the third-person singular form of the verb shark, it means to act deceptively or greedily, especially to swindle someone. Related: predators.
- EARTHQUAKES /ˈɜːrθkweɪks/ · noun
- The plural of earthquake: sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically caused by movements of tectonic plates or volcanic activity beneath the Earth's surface. Related: quakes, temblors, seismic events, tremors.
- EVERGREEN /ˈɛvərɡriːn/ · noun, adjective
- As an adjective, evergreen describes a plant that retains its green foliage throughout the year rather than shedding all its leaves at one season. As a noun, it refers to such a plant itself, and by extension something that remains permanently fresh, relevant, or popular. Related: perennial, timeless, enduring, lasting.
- WINCHESTER /ˈwɪntʃəstər/; non-rhotic British English /ˈwɪntʃəstə/ · noun
- A rifle made by the Winchester Arms Company, especially the lever-action repeating rifle associated with 19th-century America. The name also became a generic term for such rifles. Related: repeating rifle, lever-action rifle, rifle.
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