Ice Hockey Word Search
Play a Ice Hockey word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the rules, gear, and vocabulary of a sport, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PUCK, GOALIE, DEFENSE, FORWARD, OFFSIDE, ICING, POWERPLAY, SHOT, SAVE, CHECK, ZAMBONI, RINK.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Ice Hockey word list, defined
- PUCK /pʌk/ · noun
- A flat, round disk used in ice hockey. In folklore, a puck is a mischievous sprite, fairy, or goblin. Related: disk, hockey disk, sprite, fairy.
- GOALIE /ˈɡoʊli/ · noun
- A goalkeeper is the player who protects the goal and tries to prevent the opposing team from scoring. The term is especially common in hockey and in informal North American English, and it is also used in other goal-based sports. Related: goalkeeper, keeper, netminder, goaltender.
- DEFENSE /dɪˈfɛns/ · noun
- The action or act of protecting someone or something from attack, harm, or danger. Also, the case or argument offered in support of a person or position under challenge. Related: protection, guard, shield, safeguard.
- FORWARD /ˈfɔːrwərd/ · adverb
- In the direction that one is facing or travelling; onward in time or progress. As an adjective, it describes something situated ahead or sent on to a further destination. Related: onward, ahead, onwards, progressively.
- OFFSIDE /ˌɒfˈsaɪd/ · noun, adjective
- In association football, offside is a position from which a player may not play the ball because it would place that player nearer the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent. A player in such a position, or the violation of this rule, may be called offside. Related: offside position, offside violation, offside offence.
- ICING /ˈaɪsɪŋ/ · noun
- A sweet, decorative coating of sugar, butter, and icing sugar spread over a cake, biscuit, or other confection. The term can also refer more generally to a glossy or hardened surface resembling ice. Related: frosting, icing sugar, confectioner's coating.
- POWERPLAY /ˈpaʊərpleɪ/ · noun
- A strategic move or tactic involving the deliberate use of power, influence, or control to achieve an objective. It is especially common in politics, business, and negotiations. Related: maneuver, strategy, tactic, move.
- SHOT /ʃɒt/ (British English), /ʃɑːt/ (American English) · noun, verb, adjective
- A shot is the firing of a gun or other weapon, or a small amount of liquid taken at once. It can also mean a photograph, an attempt, a dose of medicine, or the small ball used in certain games. Related: photograph, snapshot, bullet, attempt.
- SAVE /seɪv/ · verb
- To rescue or protect someone or something from danger, loss, or destruction. Also, to keep money or resources for future use, or to avoid wasting something. Related: rescue, preserve, protect, conserve.
- CHECK /tʃɛk/ · noun and verb
- As a verb, to examine something in order to verify its accuracy, condition, or correctness; as a noun, an examination or inspection, or (US) a written order directing a bank to pay money. Related: inspect, examine, verify, review.
- RINK /rɪŋk/ · noun
- A large, usually enclosed area of ice used for skating, especially ice hockey or figure skating. In some contexts, it refers specifically to the playing surface or to a curling sheet. Related: skating area, ice surface, skating surface, curling sheet.
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