The Trail of Tears Word Search
Free The Trail of Tears word search. We picked 12 themed words — the terms and ideas of a school subject — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: REMOVAL, INDIAN, TRAIL, TEARS, CHEROKEE, CREEK, CHOCTAW, CHICKASAW, SEMINOLE, FORCED, WEST, MISSISSIPPI.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
The Trail of Tears word list, defined
- REMOVAL /rɪˈmuːvəl/ · noun
- The act of taking something or someone away from a place, position, or role, or the process of getting rid of something. It can also mean dismissal from a job, office, or organization. Related: elimination, deletion, extraction, withdrawal.
- TRAIL /treɪl/ · noun, verb, adjective
- As a noun, a trail is a path or route through open country, or the marks, scent, or traces left by a person, animal, vehicle, or event. As a verb, it means to move or remain behind, follow at a distance, lag behind, or drag something loosely along the ground. Related: path, route, track, way.
- TEARS /tɪəz/ (British) or /tɪrz/ (American) for the noun and the verb meaning to cause the eyes to water; /teəz/ (British) or /terz/ (American) for the verb meaning to rip or rend. · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular present)
- As a plural noun, tears are drops of the clear, salty liquid secreted by the lacrimal glands to lubricate and protect the eyes; figuratively, they are an expression of sadness or strong emotion. As a verb form, tears means to rip or rend forcefully, or to cause the eyes to produce tears. Related: teardrops, weeping, lamentations, rips.
- CREEK /kriːk/ · noun
- A narrow, sheltered inlet of the sea along a coastline. In North America and Australia, a small stream or tributary of a river. Related: stream, brook, inlet, rivulet.
- FORCED /fɔːrst/ · adjective
- Produced by or involving physical, legal, or moral compulsion rather than free choice; also describes something strained or unnatural in quality, lacking spontaneity. Related: compulsory, coerced, involuntary, obligatory.
- WEST /wɛst/ · noun, adjective, adverb, and verb
- West is the direction in which the sun sets, the region lying in that direction, or a westward direction. As an adjective, it means situated in or facing west; as an adverb, it means toward the west; and as a verb, it means to move westward. Related: western, westward.
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