The Oregon Trail Word Search
Play a The Oregon Trail 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: PIONEER, WAGON, OXEN, PRAIRIE, RIVER, FORD, MOUNTAIN, SAGEBRUSH, CHOLERA, DYSENTERY, HOMESTEAD, FORT.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Oregon Trail word list, defined
- PIONEER /paɪəˈnɪr/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, a pioneer is a person who explores or settles a new area, or an originator who develops a new field, method, or practice. As a verb, to pioneer means to begin or introduce an activity, field, or development. Related: trailblazer, founder, initiator, innovator.
- WAGON /ˈwæɡən/ · noun; verb
- A wagon is a four-wheeled vehicle, traditionally pulled by animals and used to carry people or goods. In modern usage, the word can also refer to a railway freight car and, informally, to a group or faction. Related: cart, carriage, waggon, dray.
- OXEN /ˈɒksən/ (British); /ˈɑːksən/ (US) · noun (plural)
- Oxen are domesticated bovines, especially castrated adult bulls, traditionally used to pull ploughs, carts, and other heavy loads. The word can also refer figuratively to patient, hardworking people. Related: bullocks, draft cattle, work cattle, beasts of burden.
- PRAIRIE /ˈprɛri/ · noun
- A broad, open area of grassland, usually with few trees, especially in North America. The term can also refer more generally to an extensive treeless plain. Related: plain, steppe, grassland, savanna.
- RIVER /ˈrɪvər/ · noun and verb
- A river is a large natural stream of water flowing through a defined channel toward a sea, lake, or another body of water. The word can also describe a continuous flow or abundance of something. Related: stream, watercourse, waterway, brook.
- FORD /fɔːrd/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a ford is a shallow place in a river or stream where it can be crossed on foot or by vehicle. As a verb, to ford means to cross a river or body of water at such a shallow point. Related: crossing, cross, traverse.
- MOUNTAIN /ˈmaʊntən/ · noun
- A large natural elevation of the land that rises substantially above the surrounding terrain, often with steep slopes and a summit. The term is also used broadly for any prominent or elevated part of the landscape. Related: hill, peak, summit, massif.
- SAGEBRUSH /ˈseɪɡbrʌʃ/ · noun
- A gray-green, aromatic woody shrub of the daisy family, especially the species Artemisia tridentata, native to the dry, semi-arid regions of western North America. The word can also refer collectively to vegetation dominated by these shrubs. Related: sage, sage bush, big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata.
- CHOLERA /ˈkɒlərə/ · noun
- An acute infectious bacterial disease of the small intestine, caused by Vibrio cholerae, characterized by severe watery diarrhoea and dehydration; also, historically, any of various illnesses marked by vomiting, diarrhoea, or cramps.
- DYSENTERY /ˈdɪsəntri/ · noun
- A disease of the intestines marked by severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus in the stools, caused by infection from bacteria, parasites, or amoebas. Related: bloody flux.
- HOMESTEAD /ˈhoʊm.sted/ (US); /ˈhəʊm.sted/ (British) · noun, verb
- As a noun, a house and the land around it occupied as a home, especially in a rural area; the term can also refer to land settled and worked by its occupants. As a verb, it means to establish or occupy a place as a homestead. Related: farmstead, smallholding, holding, homesteading.
- FORT /fɔːt/ (British), /fɔːrt/ (US) · noun
- A fortified building or strategic position used for military defense, typically enclosing troops, weapons, or supplies behind walls or earthworks. Related: stronghold, fortress, garrison, citadel.
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