World Snooker Championship Word Search
Play a World Snooker Championship word search free online. We built the 12-word list around its format, its trophy, and the traditions around it, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: CRUCIBLE, SHEFFIELD, BAIZE, CLOTH, CUSHION, POCKET, CUEBALL, BREAK, CENTURY, MAXIMUM, FRAME, QUALIFIER.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
World Snooker Championship word list, defined
- CRUCIBLE /ˈkruːsɪbəl/ · noun
- A crucible is a ceramic or metal container in which metals and other substances are melted or subjected to very high temperatures. Figuratively, it refers to a situation of severe trial that tests and often transforms the people enduring it. Related: melting pot, furnace, vessel, container.
- BAIZE /beɪz/ · noun
- A coarse woollen (or cotton-blend) cloth with a soft, napped surface, traditionally dyed green and used to cover card tables, snooker and billiard tables. Related: felt, flock, cloth, fabric.
- CLOTH /klɒθ/ (British), /klɔːθ/ (US) · noun
- A woven or felted fabric made from wool, cotton, silk, linen, or synthetic fibres, used especially for making garments or other items; more broadly, any material made by weaving, knitting, or pressing fibers together. Related: fabric, material, textile, stuff.
- CUSHION /ˈkʊʃən/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a cushion is a soft bag or pad filled with material such as feathers, foam, or air, used to support the body or make a seat more comfortable. As a verb, to cushion means to soften the effect of a blow, fall, or impact, either physically or figuratively. Related: pad, bolster, pillow, buffer.
- POCKET /ˈpɒktɪt/ · noun, verb
- A small bag or pouch sewn into clothing, typically for carrying small items. To take or put something secretly or quietly. Related: pouch, pocketbook, purse, bag.
- BREAK /breɪk/ · verb
- To separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain; more broadly, to fail to observe a law, agreement, or promise, or to interrupt the continuity of something such as silence, a record, or a routine. Related: shatter, smash, fracture, violate.
- 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.
- MAXIMUM /mæksɪməm/ · noun, verb, adjective
- The greatest or largest possible amount or degree. The highest or most extreme point or value. Related: optimum, extreme, greatest, largest.
- FRAME /freɪm/ · noun, verb
- A rigid structure that surrounds or supports something, such as a picture, window, or building. As a verb, to frame means to construct or compose something within defined limits, or, in criminal contexts, to deliberately incriminate an innocent person by fabricating evidence. Related: structure, framework, border, skeleton.
- QUALIFIER /kwɒlɪˈfaɪər/ · noun
- A word or phrase that modifies or limits the meaning of another word or phrase. A statement that provides additional information about something. Related: modifier, specifier, condition, exception.
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