Jane Austen Word Search
Play a Jane Austen word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the life, work, and legacy of a famous figure, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PRIDE, PREJUDICE, SENSE, SENSIBILITY, EMMA, PERSUASION, NORTHANGER, MANSFIELD, PARK, BENNET, DARCY, ELIZABETH.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Jane Austen word list, defined
- PRIDE /prɑɪd/ · noun, verb
- A feeling of happiness and pride in something that you or someone else has achieved or accomplished. To feel or show satisfaction and pleasure in something. Related: self-respect, dignity, haughtiness, arrogance.
- PREJUDICE /prɪˈdʒuːdɪs/ · noun
- A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience, or a feeling of dislike or hostility towards a particular group of people. Related: bias, preconception, bigotry, discrimination.
- SENSE /sɛns/ · noun, verb
- A feeling or sensation, especially one that is not based on reason. A meaning or significance. Related: meaning, feeling, perception, sensation.
- SENSIBILITY /sɛnˈsɪbɪlɪti/ · noun
- The quality of being sensitive and perceptive, especially in matters of art, literature, or emotion. A delicate and refined sense of what is appropriate or beautiful. Related: sensitivity, delicacy, refinement, sensitiveness.
- EMMA /ˈɛmə/ · noun
- "Emma" is primarily a female given name of Germanic origin, popular across the English-speaking world. It is also the code word for the letter M in the British Royal Navy's phonetic alphabet and in older telephone alphabets.
- PERSUASION /ˌpər.sʊˈveɪ.ʒən/ · noun
- The process of persuading someone to do or believe something, or the state of being persuaded. A gentle or subtle influence that leads someone to do or believe something. Related: persuadability, influence, conviction, appeal.
- PARK /pɑːrk/ · noun, verb
- A large public green area in a town or city, often with gardens, a lake, and walking paths. To leave a vehicle in a designated area, typically for a short period. Related: garden, green, square, yard.
- BENNET /ˈbɛnɪt/ · noun
- A name for the wood avens (Geum urbanum), a common Eurasian woodland plant of the rose family with small yellow flowers and aromatic roots, formerly used in herbal medicine. Related: wood avens, herb bennet, avens, clovenroot.
- DARCY /ˈdɑːrsi/ · noun
- A darcy is a non-SI unit of permeability, measuring the ease with which a fluid can flow through a porous material such as rock or sand. It equals the permeability that permits a flow rate of one cubic centimetre per second of a fluid of one centipoise viscosity through one square centimetre under a pressure gradient of one atmosphere per centimetre. Related: permeability unit.
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