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
- Cilantro
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- 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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| P | A | P | R | I | K | A | R | N | X | R | C | H | Y |
| H | X | S | E | B | T | T | S | E | A | S | A | L | T |
| M | E | S | I | L | N | R | G | M | D | E | F | C | C |
| C | T | H | N | A | P | D | O | N | D | A | D | I | L |
| H | T | T | L | C | R | A | I | S | E | H | M | M | O |
| I | T | I | C | K | C | N | R | L | E | O | A | C | V |
| V | C | E | U | P | L | I | Y | S | L | M | O | U | E |
| E | P | I | M | E | V | A | N | I | L | L | A | R | S |
| S | O | G | I | P | B | H | O | N | D | E | E | R | P |
| F | S | U | N | P | T | E | D | T | A | C | Y | Y | Y |
| T | H | Y | M | E | P | O | N | U | T | M | E | G | B |
| S | A | F | F | R | O | N | E | A | S | R | O | P | S |
| M | S | A | G | E | T | A | R | R | A | G | O | N | O |
Find these words
- Bay leaf
- Black pepper
- Chives
- Cilantro
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Cumin
- Curry
- Dill
- Ginger
- Nutmeg
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Saffron
- Sage
- Sea salt
- Tarragon
- Thyme
- Vanilla
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About this word search
Most kitchens have half of these on the shelf. Saffron is the most expensive spice by weight, gathered by hand from crocus flowers, and Nutmeg and Cinnamon were once valuable enough that European powers fought over the islands where they grew. Cilantro is the American name for the leaves of the coriander plant.
Words go across, down or diagonally, never in reverse. Black pepper and Sea salt are written without spaces. Short words like Dill and Sage are easy to miss among the longer ones.
For a cooking club or a senior center activity, follow up by passing around small jars of a few spices and guessing them by smell.
Ways to use this word search
With your coffee
Print a sheet for a quiet moment at the kitchen table or in your armchair. Start with the regular version and save the hard one for when you really have time for it.
On the go
Slip a few printed sheets into your bag for the train, a waiting room or a weekend away. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Puzzle together
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.
Try it in Spanish too
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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