word search

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English

A word search

Noun

word search (plural word searches)

1. (games) A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.
   • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 109:

     These word association lists can also be used in pedagogical materials, such as mind-maps, word-searches, weekly spelling lists, etc.

Alternative forms

• word-search
• wordsearch

Synonyms

• Wonderword

Translations

a word game

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: sopa de lletres f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 找詞遊戲／找词游戏 (zhǎocí yóuxì)

• Czech: osmisměrka (cs)
• Dutch: woordzoeker (nl)
• Finnish: sanalaatikko
• French: mot caché m
• German: Wörtersuchspiel n
• Italian: parole intrecciate pl
• Norman: mots muchis m pl
• Polish: wykreślanka
• Portuguese: caça-palavras m, sopa de letras f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sopa de letras f, buscapalabras f
• Welsh: chwilair (cy) m