Figure Skating Word Search
A free Figure Skating word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the rules, gear, and vocabulary of a sport, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: BLADES, BOOTS, LACES, ZAMBONI, JUMPS, SPINS, AXEL, LUTZ, SALCHOW, TOELOOP, CIRCLE, EDGES.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
Figure Skating word list, defined
- BLADES /ˈbleɪdz/ · noun (plural); verb
- The plural of "blade": the flat cutting edge of a knife or tool, a flat broad part of a plant such as a leaf or grass, or an oar's flattened end. As a verb, it means to skate on ice. Related: edges, leaves, vanes, foils.
- BOOTS /buːts/ · noun
- Boots are sturdy footwear covering the foot and ankle, often extending up the leg. As a countable noun it is the plural of 'boot', and in dated British usage 'the boots' referred to a hotel or club servant who cleaned shoes. Related: footwear, shoes.
- LACES /leɪs/ · noun
- Small strings or cords used for fastening shoes, or for holding things together; a cord or string used for fastening or tying something. Related: strings, cords, ties, fasteners.
- JUMPS /dʒʌmps/ · verb
- To move suddenly or abruptly, especially by lifting both feet from the ground. It can also mean to increase or rise sharply, or to proceed to a new activity or topic without transition. Related: leaps, bounds, hops, vaults.
- SPINS /spɪnz/ · plural noun; third-person singular verb
- The plural form of spin: the turns or rotations made by something, or an act of turning rapidly around an axis. As a verb form, it means to turn around an axis or to rotate. Related: rotations, turns, twirls, whirls.
- AXEL /ˈæksəl/ · noun
- A figure-skating jump launched from the forward outside edge and completed after one and a half revolutions in the air; it is the only jump that takes off facing forward. Also used more broadly for the triple or quadruple versions of this jump. Related: jump, figure-skating jump.
- LUTZ /luːts/ · noun
- A figure-skating jump in which the skater takes off from one foot, completes a full turn in the air, and lands first on the other foot. In historical usage, it can also denote the raised-arm Nazi salute.
- CIRCLE /ˈsɜːrkəl/ (UK); /ˈsɝːkəl/ (US) · noun, verb
- A perfectly round plane figure whose boundary is everywhere equidistant from its centre; more broadly, any ring-shaped or curved arrangement of people or things. Related: ring, round, loop, disc.
- EDGES /ˈɛdʒɪz/ · noun
- The outer boundary or margin of something; the line along which a surface ends. Also the sharpened cutting side of a blade. Related: borders, margins, boundaries, brinks.
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