The Mayflower Word Search
The Mayflower, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the terms and ideas of a school subject sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: MAYFLOWER, PLYMOUTH, PILGRIM, PURITAN, SETTLER, VOYAGE, CAPTAIN, PASSENGER, COMPACT, CHURCH, ENGLAND, DUTCH.
The timer only feeds a small speed bonus, so take as long as you need, and spend a hint if a word will not surface.
The Mayflower word list, defined
- MAYFLOWER /ˈmeɪˌflaʊə/ · noun
- A mayflower is a plant associated with the flowering season of May, especially the trailing arbutus of eastern North America. The capitalized name Mayflower also denotes the ship that carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
- PILGRIM /ˈpɪlɡrɪm/ · noun
- A person who travels to a sacred or otherwise significant place, especially on a religious pilgrimage. By extension, it can refer to someone undertaking a journey of spiritual or personal significance. Related: wayfarer, traveler, sojourner, wanderer.
- PURITAN /ˈpʊərɪtən/ · noun & adjective
- A puritan is someone who is unusually strict about moral or religious behavior. As an adjective, puritan means excessively moralistic, austere, or restrictive. Related: moralist, ascetic, devout, zealot.
- SETTLER /ˈsɛtlər/ · noun
- A person who establishes a community or residence in a place, especially one that was previously sparsely populated or undeveloped. The term is also used in legal and financial contexts for a person or arrangement that resolves a dispute or claim. Related: colonist, pioneer, founder, inhabitant.
- VOYAGE /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a journey, especially a long one made by sea or through space. As a verb, to travel by sea or through space. Related: journey, trip, passage, crossing.
- CAPTAIN /ˈkæptɪn/ · noun, verb
- The person in command of a ship, aircraft, or sports team; more broadly, a leader or chief of any group. As a verb, to captain means to lead or command such a group. Related: skipper, commander, leader, chief.
- PASSENGER /ˈpæsɪndʒər/ (British); /ˈpæsɪndʒɚ/ (US) · noun
- A person travelling in a vehicle, ship, or aircraft, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or operator. The term can also refer more broadly to anyone making a journey who is being carried or transported. Related: traveller, traveler, rider, wayfarer.
- COMPACT /kəmˈpækt/ (adjective, verb); /ˈkɒm.pækt/ (noun) · adjective, noun, verb
- As an adjective, compact describes something that is closely and neatly packed together, or small but efficiently arranged to take up little space. As a noun, a compact is a formal agreement between two or more parties, or a small flat case for face powder. Related: dense, condensed, concise, compressed.
- CHURCH /tʃɜːrtʃ/ · noun
- A building used for public Christian worship; also, the organized Christian community or institution as a whole, or a particular denomination within it. Related: chapel, cathedral, basilica, minster.
- DUTCH /dʌtʃ/ · adjective
- Relating to the Netherlands, its people, or its language. As a noun, 'the Dutch' refers collectively to the people of the Netherlands.
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