Herbs and spices word search
Whether you cook by the recipe or by smell, you will know most of these twenty: cinnamon, saffron, fresh thyme and the bay leaf in the stew. They hide in a fourteen by fourteen grid, ready for a break between two pans.
- Bay leaf
- Black pepper
- Chives
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Coriander
- Cumin
- Curry
- Dill
- Ginger
- Nutmeg
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Saffron
- Sage
- Sea salt
- Tarragon
- Thyme
- Vanilla
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionHerbs and spices
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| O | S | E | A | S | A | L | T | R | A | U | N | T | I |
| P | A | P | R | I | K | A | E | L | N | X | R | C | H |
| Y | H | X | V | B | R | D | S | G | I | N | G | E | R |
| E | T | T | A | L | N | O | M | E | S | I | G | M | D |
| E | C | A | N | A | T | U | S | A | F | F | R | O | N |
| H | N | R | I | C | N | B | T | E | D | D | I | C | T |
| T | R | R | L | K | H | C | A | M | M | M | M | U | T |
| N | O | A | L | P | P | O | I | Y | E | A | A | R | C |
| C | C | G | A | E | A | E | L | N | L | G | R | R | H |
| U | L | O | O | P | R | P | I | L | N | E | O | Y | I |
| M | O | N | M | P | S | H | I | O | M | A | A | D | V |
| I | V | E | P | E | L | D | F | Y | S | U | M | F | E |
| N | E | T | E | R | E | D | H | T | C | P | O | O | S |
| B | S | E | A | S | Y | T | R | P | S | A | G | E | N |
Find these words
- Bay leaf
- Black pepper
- Chives
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Coriander
- Cumin
- Curry
- Dill
- Ginger
- Nutmeg
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Saffron
- Sage
- Sea salt
- Tarragon
- Thyme
- Vanilla
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About this word search
Many Australian kitchens have a spice drawer that tells a family story: Cumin and Coriander for curries, Paprika for a stew and Rosemary from the garden for the Sunday roast. Saffron is the costly one, made from the threads of a crocus flower.
No spice here is spelt backwards, though some sit on a slant. Black pepper, Sea salt and Bay leaf are printed without spaces. Sage and Dill are short, so look for them once the longer words are in the bag.
A cooking group might follow up by sniffing a few jars with eyes closed and guessing which word from the list each one is.
Ways to use this word search
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Bring the sheet to your book club, a night in with friends or a visit to your parents and see who finds every word first. Or play online and find out who is fastest.
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The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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