Hard world cities word search
From Nukuʻalofa, Avarua and Port Vila to Johannesburg and San Francisco. Twenty-eight cities in an eighteen by eighteen grid, running in all eight directions, backwards included. For travellers and anyone planning the next OE.
- Apia
- Avarua
- Bangkok
- Brisbane
- Buenos Aires
- Dubai
- Edinburgh
- Hong Kong
- Honolulu
- Johannesburg
- Kuala Lumpur
- London
- Los Angeles
- Melbourne
- New York
- Nouméa
- Nukuʻalofa
- Paris
- Port Vila
- Rome
- San Francisco
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Suva
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Vancouver
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 versionWorld cities, extra hard
Name
| E | R | O | P | A | G | N | I | S | T | B | M | E | O | E | L | N | R |
| G | E | D | I | N | B | U | R | G | H | E | I | U | V | L | I | H | I |
| N | M | M | O | A | R | G | S | U | L | U | L | O | N | O | H | L | A |
| U | Y | O | Y | K | O | T | A | Y | P | S | I | T | N | A | C | E | H |
| K | N | E | W | Y | O | R | K | I | N | M | E | U | E | M | M | A | G |
| U | H | A | N | O | L | C | T | U | O | N | U | M | Y | U | U | T | N |
| A | O | B | N | D | U | L | S | L | E | I | E | L | O | R | H | S | A |
| L | N | P | E | I | Y | C | T | I | L | R | R | N | A | R | E | N | H |
| O | G | L | O | T | I | S | E | O | C | G | I | V | U | L | D | F | S |
| F | K | C | G | R | U | B | S | E | N | N | A | H | O | J | A | L | E |
| A | O | E | W | B | T | A | S | E | R | I | A | S | O | N | E | U | B |
| P | N | T | W | O | N | V | T | P | A | E | S | R | I | P | O | U | K |
| U | G | I | M | G | S | U | I | I | I | N | O | E | F | R | P | R | L |
| H | R | I | E | B | F | S | E | L | P | K | O | K | G | N | A | B | O |
| M | E | L | D | N | G | D | U | B | A | I | P | B | N | D | A | P | N |
| M | E | L | B | O | U | R | N | E | N | A | B | S | I | R | B | S | D |
| S | F | L | M | L | U | O | E | S | A | G | G | N | F | G | O | C | O |
| T | R | U | E | M | N | S | R | E | V | U | O | C | N | A | V | I | N |
Find these words
- Apia
- Avarua
- Bangkok
- Brisbane
- Buenos Aires
- Dubai
- Edinburgh
- Hong Kong
- Honolulu
- Johannesburg
- Kuala Lumpur
- London
- Los Angeles
- Melbourne
- New York
- Nouméa
- Nukuʻalofa
- Paris
- Port Vila
- Rome
- San Francisco
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Suva
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Vancouver
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About this word search
Nukuʻalofa is the capital of Tonga, Avarua the main town on Rarotonga and capital of the Cook Islands, Port Vila the capital of Vanuatu and Nouméa the capital of New Caledonia. Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens, and family ties run in every direction across the Pacific. Further away, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Johannesburg are names many Kiwis know from friends, work or a long layover.
Eighteen by eighteen, with words in all eight directions, backwards included. San Francisco and Johannesburg are the longest at twelve letters. Rome, Apia and Suva have just four. Nouméa loses its accent as NOUMEA, and Nukuʻalofa drops the ʻokina to become NUKUALOFA. The J appears only in Johannesburg, and the K shows up in Tokyo, New York, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Nukuʻalofa.
Good for a group: everyone claims a continent and races to find their cities. Oceania has the most here, so give it to whoever usually wins.
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