Sukkot Word Search
A free Sukkot 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: SUKKOT, BOOTH, ARBOR, PALM, MYRTLE, WILLOW, POMEGRANATE, CITRON, ETROG, LULAV, HADASSAH, ARAVAH.
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Sukkot word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- SUKKOT /ˈsʊkɒt/ · noun
- Sukkot is the Jewish festival of booths, observed for seven days beginning on the 15th of Tishrei. During the festival, people traditionally eat and, where possible, sleep in a sukkah, a temporary shelter decorated with natural materials. Related: Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Booths, Festival of Booths, Festival of Tabernacles.
- BOOTH /buːð/ (also /buːθ/ in American English) · noun
- A small enclosed compartment or stall, typically for one person or a small group, such as a telephone booth or a voting booth; also a table with high enclosing seats in a restaurant. Related: stall, cubicle, stand, kiosk.
- ARBOR /ˈɑːrbər/ · noun
- A leafy, shaded recess or structure formed by trees and climbing plants, or a light garden framework of latticework on which such plants are trained to grow. Related: bower, pergola, trellis, gazebo.
- PALM /pɑːm/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, the palm is the broad, fleshy inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the bases of the fingers; the word can also mean a hand, a tree of the palm family, or the leaf of a palm tree. As a verb, it means to conceal something in the hand or to pass something off deceptively. Related: hand, handhold, conceal, hide.
- MYRTLE /ˈmɜːrtl/ · noun
- An evergreen shrub or small tree of the myrtle family, especially the common myrtle, with aromatic leaves and white flowers followed by dark purple berries. The name also refers to several related plants and is associated with marriage, weddings, and remembrance. Related: common myrtle, myrtle bush, myrtle tree.
- WILLOW /ˈwɪləʊ/ (British), /ˈwɪloʊ/ (US) · noun; verb (transitive)
- A willow is a tree or shrub of the genus Salix, with narrow leaves and flexible branches. The name can also refer to willow twigs used for weaving and to decorative representations of willow branches. Related: osier, sallow, withe, withy.
- POMEGRANATE /ˈpɒm.ɪ.ɡʒeɪt/ (British); /ˈpɑːm.ɪ.ɡʒeɪt/ (US) · noun
- The pomegranate is the edible fruit of a deciduous tree, with a tough red or deep-purple skin and many jewel-like seeds inside. It is also used to refer to the tree that produces this fruit. Related: pome fruit, fruit of the pomegranate tree.
- CITRON /ˈsɪt.rən/ · noun
- A large, thick-skinned citrus fruit (Citrus medica) with yellow, fragrant rind and sour pulp; also, the candied peel of this fruit, used in baking. Related: citrus fruit.
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