The 1960s Word Search
Play a The 1960s word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: BEATLES, HIPPIE, WOODSTOCK, APOLLO, PEACE, MINISKIRT, TWIST, BEEHIVE, PSYCHEDELIC, LAVALAMP, MUSTANG, KENNEDY.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
The 1960s word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- HIPPIE /ˈhɪpi/ · noun
- A member of the 1960s counterculture, associated especially with the Beat Generation, peace movement, flower-power culture, communal living, and rejection of conventional social values. In modern informal use, the term may also refer more broadly to someone perceived as unconventional or anti-establishment. Related: hipster, bohemian, beatnik, flower child.
- APOLLO /əˈpɒl.oʊ/ · noun
- Apollo is the ancient Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, prophecy, healing, and light, one of the twelve Olympians. The name is also used for NASA's Apollo program, the series of crewed lunar missions that landed humans on the Moon between 1968 and 1972.
- PEACE /piːs/ · noun; verb
- The absence or cessation of war, hostility, or serious disturbance; a state of calm and security. In a formal or political context, it can also mean a peaceful agreement or settlement between opposing parties. Related: tranquillity, calm, harmony, serenity.
- MINISKIRT /ˈmɪniˌskɜːrt/ · noun
- A very short skirt, typically ending well above the knee, especially one worn as a fashionable garment. The term is also used more generally for clothing featuring a short skirt. Related: short skirt, mini skirt.
- TWIST /twɪst/ · noun and verb
- To twist is to turn something sharply, flex it, or make it curve; it can also mean to distort the meaning of something. A twist is a turn, a bend, or an unexpected change in direction, character, or circumstances. Related: turn, rotate, swivel, wriggle.
- BEEHIVE /ˈbiːhaɪv/ · noun
- A box or structure in which bees live and store honey, especially a domesticated colony's hive; also, by extension, the colony of bees itself. Related: hive, apiary, skep, honeycomb.
- PSYCHEDELIC /ˌsaɪkəˈdɛlɪk/ · adjective; noun
- Relating to or characteristic of psychedelic experiences, especially those involving altered perceptions, vivid imagery, or unusual sensory effects. As a noun, psychedelic denotes a psychedelic drug or experience. Related: hallucinogenic, mind-altering, visionary, trippy.
- MUSTANG /ˈmʌstæŋ/ · noun
- A free-roaming or feral horse of western North America. The word can also refer to a classic American automobile model and to a United States commemorative coin featuring a mustang. Related: wild horse, feral horse, stallion, mare.
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