Squash Word Search
This Squash word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the rules, gear, and vocabulary of a sport. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: RALLYSINGLES, HARDBALL, SOFTBALL, OUTLET, BOAST, DROPSHOT, CROSSCOURT, LENGTH, VOLLEY, DRIVE, LETS, STROKE.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
Squash word list, defined
- HARDBALL /hɑrdbɔl/ · noun
- A hardball is a hard, solid ball used in baseball, or a tough, aggressive approach to negotiations or other situations. In politics, it refers to a hardline or uncompromising stance. Related: baseball, aggressive, tough, firm.
- SOFTBALL /ˈsɒftbɔːl/ · noun
- A ball game played with a ball and bat, typically by women or in a recreational league. Related: baseball, fastpitch, slowpitch, wiffleball.
- OUTLET /ˈaʊtleɪt/ · noun, verb
- A place where goods are sold at lower prices than elsewhere, or a socket in an electrical device that provides a connection to a power source. To provide an outlet for something, such as a feeling or activity. Related: store, shop, retailer, discount store.
- BOAST /bəʊst/ (UK), /boʊst/ (US) · verb, noun
- To boast is to talk with excessive pride about oneself or one's achievements. As a noun, a boast is such a statement of pride. Related: brag, crow, swagger, bluster.
- DROPSHOT /ˈdrɒpʃɒt/ · noun
- A soft, delicate shot in racket sports such as tennis, badminton, or pickleball that is hit just hard enough to clear the net, causing the ball or shuttlecock to fall sharply on the opponent's side. In angling, it refers to a finesse fishing technique in which a weighted hook is suspended above the lake bottom to entice fish. Related: dink, soft shot, touch shot, drop volley.
- CROSSCOURT /ˌkrɒsˈkɔːt/ · adverb
- In racket sports such as tennis and squash, hit or travelling diagonally across the court from one side to the other. It is used chiefly attributively or adverbially to describe a shot played toward the opponent's opposite corner. Related: diagonal, across-court.
- LENGTH /lɛŋθ/ · noun, verb
- The extent or measurement of something from end to end; the distance or measure of something from one end to the other. To extend or continue for a certain distance or time. Related: extent, distance, measure, span.
- VOLLEY /ˈvɒli/ · noun, verb
- A shot in a game, especially tennis, in which the ball is hit before it has touched the ground. To hit the ball in this way. Related: shot, smash, spike, drive.
- DRIVE /draɪv/ · verb, noun
- As a verb, to drive is to operate and control a vehicle so that it travels in a particular direction, or more broadly to propel, force, or motivate something forward. As a noun, it denotes a trip or journey by car, an innate urge or ambition, or the mechanism that transmits power in a machine. Related: operate, steer, propel, impel.
- LETS /lɛts/ · verb
- Let is used to express permission or to make something possible. It can also be used to release or hold something. Related: allow, permit, enable, give.
- STROKE /strəʊk/ · noun, verb
- A stroke is a movement of the hand or arm in a particular direction, or a mark made by such a movement. To stroke something means to touch or caress it gently. Related: touch, caress, pat, stroke.
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