Day of the Dead Word Search
A free Day of the Dead word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on what it marks, and the customs and symbols around it, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CALAVERA, CATRINA, MARIGOLD, CEMPASUCHIL, PAPELPICADO, OFRENDA, ALTAR, VELA, VIGIL, MUERTE, MUERTOS, SKELETON.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Day of the Dead word list, defined
- MARIGOLD /məˈrɪɡoʊld/ · noun
- A strong-smelling, daisy-like annual or perennial plant with bright yellow or orange flowers, native to Mexico and Central America. It is often grown in gardens for its bright flowers and is also used as a medicinal herb. Related: calendula, pot marigold, tagetes, heterophylla.
- ALTAR /ˈɔːltər/ · noun
- A raised structure or platform, typically in a church, used as a base for a religious image or for offerings to a deity. A place or object of reverence, worship, or sacrifice. Related: shrine, sanctuary, tabernacle, sacrarium.
- VELA /ˈvɛlə/ · noun
- A vela is a sail or a part of a sail, especially one that is triangular in shape. It is also a type of astronomical object, specifically a nebula or a cloud of gas and dust in space. Related: sail, canvas, awning, awning sail.
- VIGIL /ˈvɪdʒɪl/ · noun, verb
- A state of wakefulness and watchfulness, often for a long period; a period of time spent watching or waiting. To keep watch or be awake for a long time, often in order to be prepared for something. Related: watch, wake, surveillance, guard.
- SKELETON /ˈskɛlɪtən/ · noun
- The internal framework or supporting structure of something, or the bony framework of the body of a vertebrate animal. A skeleton is often used to support the body or to provide a framework for the attachment of muscles. Related: framework, structure, skeleton, framework.
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