The Wire Word Search
A free The Wire (2002) word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on characters, settings, and objects from the show, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
First aired 2002 · HBO · Crime Drama.
Words to find: MCNULTY, STRINGER, CARVER, AVON, BUNK, DEMAND, BALTIMORE, CICCARONE, FATTON, HILL, MARLO, ORIOLE.
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The Wire word list, defined
- STRINGER /ˈstrɪŋər/ · noun
- A stringer is a person who fits or replaces strings on rackets, bows, and similar equipment. It can also refer to a freelance journalist who contributes occasional reports to a newspaper or magazine, or to a longitudinal structural member of a framework. Related: freelance journalist, correspondent, contributor, racketeer.
- CARVER /ˈkɑːrvər/ · noun
- A person who carves, especially one who shapes wood, stone, or other materials into figures or decorative designs; also a large knife or fork used for carving meat at the table. Related: sculptor, engraver, whittler, chiseller.
- BUNK /bʌŋk/ · noun
- A built-in bed or sleeping berth, typically one of two fixed one above the other, as on a ship, train, or in a camp or dormitory; also, informally, nonsense or humbug. Related: berth, cot, bed, hammock.
- DEMAND /dɪˈmɑːnd/ (British), /dɪˈmænd/ (US) · noun, verb
- An insistent or authoritative request or call for something; in economics, the desire of consumers for a particular good or service backed by willingness to pay. As a verb, to ask for something firmly and authoritatively. Related: request, requirement, claim, call.
- HILL /hɪl/ · noun; verb
- A noun: a naturally raised area of land, smaller than a mountain and usually rising gently from the surrounding land. A verb: to draw soil around the base of a plant, especially to protect it or improve its growth. Related: slope, mound, rise, incline.
- ORIOLE /ˈɔːri.əʊl/ · noun
- A small or medium-sized songbird of the Old World family Oriolidae or the New World family Icteridae, many of which have yellow or orange plumage. In heraldry, an oriole is a small eagle-like charge.
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