The Ashes Word Search
A free The Ashes word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its format, its trophy, and the traditions around it, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: ASHES, TEST, SERIES, INNINGS, OVERS, BOUNDARY, SIXES, FOURS, CENTURY, BATTING, BOWLING, FIELDING.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Ashes word list, defined
- ASHES /ˈæʃɪz/ · noun
- The powdery gray residue left after something, especially a fire or a body in cremation, has burned completely. Related: cinders, embers, soot, char.
- TEST /tɛst/ · noun, verb
- A test is an assessment or evaluation of something, often to determine its quality or effectiveness. A test can also be a trial or experiment. Related: trial, evaluation, assessment, experiment.
- SERIES /ˈsɪriːz/ · noun, verb
- A set of programs or events that are shown on television or radio over a period of time; a series of related events or actions. Related: sequence, run, string, chain.
- INNINGS /ɪˈnɪŋz/ · noun
- A period of play in a game of cricket or baseball, typically consisting of six turns at bat for each team. A round of play in a game. Related: period, round, turn, bout.
- BOUNDARY /ˈbaʊndri/ · noun
- A line or limit that marks the edge of an area, territory, or region; figuratively, a limit of what is acceptable, possible, or within a person's rights. Related: border, edge, limit, frontier.
- SIXES /sɪksz/ · noun
- Sixes are a set of six items, often used in games or sports. In cricket, a six is a type of shot that results in the ball being hit over the boundary of the field. Related: sevens, eights, nines, dozens.
- FOURS /fɔːrz/ · noun
- Fours is the plural of the noun 'four', referring collectively to the number four, or to groups of four people or things. It also appears in idioms such as 'in fours', meaning arranged in groups of four.
- CENTURY /ˈsɛntʃəri/ · noun
- A period of one hundred years; also, each of the successive hundred-year periods into which time is conventionally divided when reckoned from the traditionally accepted year of Christ's birth. Related: hundred years, era.
- BATTING /ˈbætɪŋ/ · noun
- The action of a player attempting to hit the ball in sports such as baseball and cricket; also, soft fibrous material such as cotton or wool used as padding or lining in quilts and upholstery. Related: hitting, wadding, padding, filling.
- BOWLING /ˈboʊlɪŋ/ · noun
- An indoor game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a polished wooden lane to knock down ten pins; also, the act or sport of rolling such a ball. Related: tenpins, skittles.
- FIELDING /ˈfiːldɪŋ/ · noun (also verb form)
- The act or skill of catching, stopping, and returning the ball in sports such as baseball and cricket; more broadly, the gerund of the verb 'field', meaning to deal with or handle questions, calls, or situations. Related: defending, stopping, catching, handling.
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