The Great Depression Word Search

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Play a The Great Depression word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.

Words to find: DEPRESSION, HOOVERVILLE, DUSTBOWL, BANKRUPT, UNEMPLOYMENT, STOCKMARKET, CRASH, NEWDEAL, ROOSEVELT, TENNESSEEVALLEY, SOCIALSECURITY, HOHUM.

Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.

The Great Depression word list, defined

DEPRESSION /dɪˈprɛʃən/ · noun
A state of feeling sad, hopeless, and dejected, especially when severe and prolonged as a mental health condition. Also a long period of severely reduced economic activity, or a hollow area pressed into a surface. Related: melancholy, despondency, dejection, recession.
BANKRUPT /ˈbæŋkrʌpt/ · noun, adjective
A person or organization legally declared unable to pay their debts, whose assets are distributed among creditors; as an adjective, describes such an entity or anything depleted of resources. Related: insolvent, broke, ruined, defaulting.
UNEMPLOYMENT /ˌʌnɪmˈploʊmənt/ · noun
The state of being unemployed, or the condition of not having a job. A period of time when a person is not working. Related: joblessness, unemployment rate, layoff, recession.
CRASH /kræʃ/ · noun, verb
A violent collision, typically involving a vehicle or aircraft, or a sudden loud noise; as a verb, to collide violently with something or to fail abruptly (as a computer system, business, or market). Related: collision, smash, wreck, pile-up.

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