Oklahoma Word Search

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BEESHEKUATREADE

ARYOTAZKYUTOHRA

TORNADOALLEYOIN

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NEOURIWHEATOAEI

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Oklahoma CityOKLAHOMA CITY
TulsaTULSA
Red RiverRED RIVER
PanhandlePANHANDLE
Tornado AlleyTORNADO ALLEY
ScissortailSCISSORTAIL
RedbudREDBUD
BisonBISON
SoonerSOONER
Land RunLAND RUN
CherokeeCHEROKEE
Dust BowlDUST BOWL
Mother RoadMOTHER ROAD
Will RogersWILL ROGERS
RodeoRODEO
WheatWHEAT

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FILRISGCARYROOE

KCTBYGFRLHVOKRR

LHCIIPANHANDLEN

BEESHEKUATREADE

ARYOTAZKYUTOHRA

TORNADOALLEYOIN

HKSOONERGSZHMVM

NEOURIWHEATOAEI

AEWILLROGERSCRR

DFWDABOWICGKIFE

ZANWDUSTBOWLTLD

MOTHERROADHVYSB

GAUBRSEDUDLNBWU

ULANDRUNGDECQLD

HBWNSCISSORTAIL

OKLAHOMA CITY, TULSA, RED RIVER, PANHANDLE, TORNADO ALLEY, SCISSORTAIL, REDBUD, BISON, SOONER, LAND RUN, CHEROKEE, DUST BOWL, MOTHER ROAD, WILL ROGERS, RODEO, WHEAT

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Oklahoma Cities and Towns 35

Ada Headquarters of the Chickasaw Nation.
Altus Southwestern city with an Air Force base.
Ardmore Southern city near the Arbuckle Mountains.
Bartlesville Northeastern city where the first commercial oil well in the state was drilled in 1897.
Boise City Seat of Cimarron County, at the western end of the Panhandle.
Broken Arrow Large suburb of Tulsa, named for a Muscogee community.
Claremore Town with the memorial museum of Will Rogers.
Cushing Town nicknamed the Pipeline Crossroads of the World.
Durant Headquarters of the Choctaw Nation.
Edmond City just north of the capital.
El Reno City west of the capital, known for its fried onion burgers.
Enid Wheat-country city with huge grain elevators.
Guthrie First state capital, until 1910.
Guymon Chief town of the Panhandle.
Hugo Southeastern town where circuses spend the winter.
Kenton Tiny Panhandle village near the highest point in the state.
Lawton City in the southwest, next to Fort Sill.
Medicine Park Resort town of cobblestone buildings beside the Wichita Mountains.
Miami Northeastern town whose name is said my-AM-uh.
Moore City between Norman and the capital, in the heart of Tornado Alley.
Muskogee City near the place where the Arkansas, Verdigris and Grand rivers meet.

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Oklahoma Cities and Towns, continued

Norman City south of the capital, home of the University of Oklahoma.
Okemah Town where folk singer Woody Guthrie was born.
Oklahoma City State capital and largest place in the state, settled in a single day in the Land Run of 1889.
Okmulgee Capital of the Muscogee Nation.
Pawhuska Capital of the Osage Nation.
Pawnee Town that shares its name with the tribal nation based there.
Ponca City Northern oil town that shares its name with a tribe.
Sallisaw Eastern town near the cabin of Sequoyah.
Shawnee City east of the capital that shares its name with a tribe.
Stillwater Home of Oklahoma State University.
Tahlequah Capital of the Cherokee Nation.
Tishomingo Historic capital of the Chickasaw Nation, named for a chief.
Tulsa Second-largest city, on the Arkansas River, once called the Oil Capital of the World.
Wewoka Capital of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Land and Water 31

Alabaster White gypsum that gives its name to a state park of caverns.
Arbuckles Very old, worn-down mountains in the south.
Arkansas River that crosses the northeast and flows through Tulsa.
Beavers Bend State park on the Mountain Fork River in the southeast.
Black Mesa Highest point in the state, at the far end of the Panhandle.
Canadian River that crosses the middle of the state from west to east.
Cimarron River of the northwest that crosses the tip of the Panhandle.
Cross Timbers Belt of scrubby oak woods between the eastern forests and the plains.
Gloss Mountains Mesas of the northwest that sparkle with selenite.
Grand Lake Long reservoir in the northeast, behind Pensacola Dam.
Great Plains Wide grassland that covers the western part of the state.
Green Country Nickname of the northeastern corner of the state.
Kiamichi River and mountain country of the southeast.
Lake Eufaula Big reservoir on the Canadian River, in the east of the state.
Lake Texoma Big reservoir on the border with Texas.
Little Sahara State park of sand dunes near Waynoka.
Mount Scott Peak in the Wichita Mountains with a road to its top.
Ouachita Mountains of the southeast, shared with Arkansas.
Ozarks Hill country of the northeast, shared with Missouri and Arkansas.
Panhandle Long strip in the northwest, three counties wide.
Red River Waterway that forms most of the southern border with Texas.
Robbers Cave State park in the San Bois Mountains, named for an outlaw hideout.
Salt Plains Flat white refuge where visitors dig for selenite crystals.
Talimena Scenic drive along mountain ridges into Arkansas.
Tallgrass Prairie of grasses taller than a person; a large preserve lies near Pawhuska.
Tenkiller Reservoir on the Illinois River in the hills of the east.
Tornado Alley Nickname for the part of the plains where twisters are common.
Turner Falls Waterfall in the Arbuckle Mountains.
Verdigris River of the northeast that barges use to reach the Port of Catoosa.
Washita River of the southwest that ends in Lake Texoma.
Winding Stair Mountain ridge of the Ouachitas.

Oklahoma State Symbols 29

Bison State animal, also called the buffalo.
Bullfrog State amphibian.
Calumet Peace pipe that crosses the shield on the state flag.
Collared Lizard State reptile, nicknamed the mountain boomer.
Drum State percussive instrument.
Fiddle State musical instrument.
Honeybee State insect, prized for pollinating crops.
Indian Blanket State wildflower, red with yellow tips.
Indiangrass State grass.
Mistletoe State floral emblem, chosen in 1893, before statehood.
Oklahoma Rose State flower since 2004, a dark red hybrid tea.
Olive Branch Sign of peace that crosses the shield on the state flag.
Raccoon State furbearer.
Red-Tailed Hawk State raptor.
Redbud State tree, covered in pink blossoms each spring.
Ribeye State steak.
Rose Rock State stone, reddish barite crystals that grow in the shape of a flower.
Rosette Nebula State astronomical object, a cloud of gas and stars.
Saurophaganax State fossil, a giant dinosaur whose bones were dug up near Kenton in the Panhandle.
Scissortail State bird, a flycatcher with a very long forked tail.
Selenite State crystal, the hourglass kind found at the Salt Plains.
Sooner State Nickname of Oklahoma.
Square Dance State folk tradition in which four couples move to a caller's words.
State Meal Official Oklahoma menu, from fried okra and cornbread to pecan pie.
Strawberry State fruit, chosen after a vote by fifth graders.
Swallowtail State butterfly, the black kind.
Watermelon State vegetable, although most people call it a fruit.
White Bass State fish, silvery with dark stripes.
Wild Turkey State game bird, whose males have shimmering feathers.

Oklahoma History and Tribal Nations 41

Apache People of Geronimo, held as prisoners of war at Fort Sill.
Arapaho Plains nation joined with the Cheyenne, with headquarters at Concho.
Boomer Person who pushed to open the Unassigned Lands to settlers.
Buffalo Soldier Black trooper of the frontier army; such men helped build Fort Sill.
Caddo Nation with headquarters at Binger.
Cherokee Nation whose capital is Tahlequah.
Cheyenne Plains nation that shares one government with the Arapaho.
Chickasaw Nation of south-central Oklahoma with headquarters in Ada.
Chisholm Trail Route of cattle drives from Texas across the state to Kansas.
Choctaw Nation of the southeast whose words okla and humma gave the state its name.
Code Talker Choctaw soldier who sent messages in his own language in World War I.
Comanche Plains nation with headquarters at Lawton.
Coronado Spanish explorer who crossed the region in 1541.
Derrick Tall frame over an oil well.
Dust Bowl Years of drought and blowing soil on the plains in the 1930s.
Five Tribes Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole, removed here from the Southeast.
Fort Gibson Army post founded in 1824 near the meeting of three rivers.
Fort Reno Army post founded in 1874 west of the capital.
Fort Sill Army post near Lawton, founded in 1869.
Greenwood Tulsa district once known as Black Wall Street for its many Black-owned businesses.
Gusher Well that shoots oil high into the air.
Kiowa Plains nation with headquarters at Carnegie.
Land Run Race for free homesteads that began at noon on April 22, 1889.
Mother Road Nickname of Route 66, which crosses the state from northeast to west.
Muscogee Nation also called Creek, with its capital at Okmulgee.
No Man's Land Old name for the Panhandle, when no state or territory governed it.
Oil Boom Rush for black gold that made Tulsa rich in the early 1900s.
Okie Nickname for an Oklahoman, widely heard when Dust Bowl families moved to California in the 1930s.
Osage Nation whose reservation is the same land as the state's largest county.
Parking Meter Invention first put to use in Oklahoma City in 1935.
Quapaw Nation of the far northeast corner.
Seminole Nation whose people came from Florida; its capital is Wewoka.
Sequoyah Cherokee who created a writing system for his people's language.
Shopping Cart Invention of an Oklahoma grocer who wanted his shoppers to carry more.
Sod House Prairie home built of blocks of turf.
Sooner Settler who slipped in early, before a land run began.
Spiro Mounds Ancient earthworks in the east, built by people of the Mississippian culture.
Statehood Reached on November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma became the 46th state.
Trail of Tears Forced journey of the Cherokee and other nations to this land in the 1830s.
Wichita People who lived on these plains long before the removals.
Wildcatter Driller who looks for oil where none has been found.

Famous Oklahomans 15

Bass Reeves Deputy U.S. marshal who kept the law in Indian Territory.
Bill Pickett Cowboy who invented bulldogging, the rodeo event now called steer wrestling.
Clara Luper Teacher who led students in sit-ins at Oklahoma City lunch counters.
Geronimo Apache leader who spent his last years at Fort Sill.
Gordon Cooper Astronaut from Shawnee, one of the Mercury Seven.
Jim Thorpe Sac and Fox athlete who won two Olympic gold medals in 1912.
Maria Tallchief Osage dancer who became America's first major prima ballerina.
Mickey Mantle Baseball slugger who grew up in Commerce.
Momaday Kiowa writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn.
Quanah Parker Comanche leader whose Star House stands at Cache.
Ralph Ellison Author of Invisible Man, born in Oklahoma City.
Wiley Post Pilot who made the first solo flight around the world in 1933.
Will Rogers Cherokee cowboy, humorist and film star born near Oologah.
Wilma Mankiller First woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Woody Guthrie Folk singer from Okemah who wrote This Land Is Your Land.

Oklahoma Ranches, Food and Music 26

Banjo Stringed instrument honored by a museum in Oklahoma City.
Barbecue Pork cooked this way is on the state meal.
Biscuits Served with sausage and gravy on the state meal.
Cattle Leading farm product of the state.
Cornbread Quick bread on the state meal.
Cotton State fiber, grown in the southwest.
Cowboy Rider who tends cattle; a museum in Oklahoma City honors him.
Fry Bread Puffy fried dough, the base of an Indian taco.
Grits Ground corn dish on the state meal.
Lasso Loop of rope thrown to catch cattle.
Noodling Catching catfish with bare hands.
Okra Green pod served fried in the state meal.
Onion Burger Thin patty smashed with sliced onions, an El Reno specialty.
Peanuts Crop whose pods ripen underground.
Pecan Pie Dessert of the state meal.
Pecans Nuts gathered from native trees along the rivers.
Pumpjack Nodding machine that lifts oil from a well.
Quarter Horse State breed, quick over short sprints and ridden for ranch work and rodeo.
Ranch Large farm for raising cattle.
Red Dirt Style of country music that grew up around Stillwater.
Rodeo Show of bronc riding, roping and barrel racing.
Squash Vegetable on the state meal.
Stockyards Cattle market district of Oklahoma City.
Western Swing Dance-hall music that mixes fiddles and jazz, made famous on Tulsa radio.
Wheat Chief grain crop of the state.
Wind Farm Rows of tall turbines that make electricity on the plains.

Oklahoma Wildlife and Plants 34

Alligator Reptile of swamps at the southern edge of the state.
Armadillo Mammal in a bony shell.
Bald Eagle Fish-eating bird with a white head and tail.
Black Bear Shy forest animal that eats berries, nuts and insects.
Blackjack Oak Scrubby tree of the Cross Timbers.
Bluestem Tall prairie grass.
Bobcat Wild cat with a stubby tail and tufted ears.
Bobwhite Small quail named for its whistle.
Cardinal Red songbird.
Cottonwood Tall tree of river banks that sheds fluffy seeds.
Coyote Wild relative of the dog, known for its howl on the plains.
Crappie Popular fish of the state's lakes.
Elk Large deer that roams the Wichita Mountains refuge.
Horned Lizard Squat reptile with a crown of spikes, nicknamed the horny toad.
Longhorn Cattle breed kept as a herd at the Wichita Mountains refuge.
Meadowlark Songbird of open fields with a bright yellow breast.
Mesquite Thorny tree of the southwest.
Monarch Orange butterfly that crosses the state on its way to Mexico.
Mule Deer Big-eared animal of the dry west.
Paddlefish Big river fish with a long flat snout.
Pelican Big white bird that soars on wide wings and scoops up fish with its bill.
Post Oak Tough tree of the Cross Timbers.
Prairie Chicken Grouse whose males boom and dance in spring.
Prairie Dog Burrowing rodent that lives in towns on the plains.
Prickly Pear Flat-padded cactus.
Pronghorn Fast runner of open western grasslands.
Rattlesnake Venomous snake with a noisy tail.
Roadrunner Fast-running bird of the dry southwest.
Sagebrush Gray-green shrub of the dry northwest.
Sand Plum Wild shrub whose small fruit is made into jelly.
Sunflower Tall yellow bloom of roadsides and fields.
Tarantula Large hairy spider that walks the prairie in autumn.
Whooping Crane Rare tall white bird that rests at the Salt Plains on migration.
Yucca Spiky plant of the western plains.

How this list was compiled: Own work. Words and names about the state of Oklahoma for grades 2 to 8: seven themed lists (cities and towns; land and water; state symbols; history and tribal nations; famous Oklahomans; ranches, food and music; wildlife and plants), Oklahoma Favorites, an easy list of every word of 3 to 5 letters and a hard list of every word of 8 letters or more. Entries have 3 to 14 letters once spaces, hyphens, apostrophes and accents are dropped, and inside one list no word sits inside another, forwards or backwards. Clues are our own wording for readers of about 8 to 13; no clue repeats a word of four letters or more from its own entry. The grid keeps only the letters A to Z: No Man's Land is hidden as NOMANSLAND. No brand, team or living person is listed; the people named are figures of the state's past. Tribal nations are named with their seats of government, and no clue describes a ceremony or a belief. The official symbols follow the Oklahoma Symbols page of the Oklahoma Historical Society, a state agency (https://www.okhistory.org/symbols), read 16 October 2026; the state drink and the state songs are not entries. Places, people, animals and plants were checked the same day against the English Wikipedia article for each entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma, license CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates and firsts were checked in a second work: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc), Store norske leksikon (https://snl.no) and, for Wilma Mankiller and Maria Tallchief, the National Women's Hall of Fame (https://www.womenofthehall.org). Where no second work gave a date or a first, the clue leaves it out. Unofficial and not affiliated with the State of Oklahoma or any tribal nation; an educational puzzle, so check an official source before you rely on a fact. Licence: own work

How it works

This Oklahoma word search opens on 16 favorites, Oklahoma City, Panhandle, Sooner, Land Run and Will Rogers among them. Seven lists go further: cities, land and water, state symbols, history and tribal nations, famous Oklahomans, ranches and food, and wildlife.

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A state vegetable that most people call a fruit

Watermelon is the state vegetable of Oklahoma, and Strawberry became the state fruit after fifth graders held a vote. Both are in Oklahoma State Symbols with Ribeye, the state steak. State Meal is an entry too, and Okra, Cornbread, Grits and Pecan Pie from its menu are in Oklahoma Ranches, Food and Music.

Capitals of the tribal nations

Oklahoma Cities and Towns names seats of tribal government: Tahlequah for the Cherokee Nation, Okmulgee for the Muscogee, Pawhuska for the Osage, Wewoka for the Seminole, Durant for the Choctaw and Ada for the Chickasaw. Open More options and tick Show clues, not words, and the sheet becomes a matching quiz.

Miami is in the cities list, but this town's name is said my-AM-uh.
Parking Meter is an Oklahoma word: the first ones went up in Oklahoma City in 1935.
For a statehood lesson, start from Oklahoma History and Tribal Nations: Boomer, Land Run, Statehood, No Man's Land and Trail of Tears.

Questions and answers

Is the Oklahoma word search printable with an answer key?

Yes. Print or save as PDF gives the puzzle with a Name and Date line, then the answer key on its own page. Press New puzzle before each print and each table gets its own draw of 16 from the 28 favorites.

Is the state bird of Oklahoma in the puzzle?

Yes, under its short name, Scissortail: scissor-tailed flycatcher runs to 23 letters. It is in the first grid with Redbud, the state tree, and Bison, the state animal. Oklahoma State Symbols adds Mistletoe, Indian Blanket, White Bass, Collared Lizard, Rose Rock and 21 more.

Why is Sooner a word in an Oklahoma puzzle?

A Sooner was a settler who slipped into the Unassigned Lands before the Land Run began at noon on April 22, 1889. The name stuck, and Oklahoma is nicknamed the Sooner State.

Does it include Oklahoma's tribal nations?

Fourteen are named in Oklahoma History and Tribal Nations: the Five Tribes, and the Osage, Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Apache, Caddo, Wichita and Quapaw. Sequoyah, who gave the Cherokee a writing system, is there too.

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Oklahoma Cities and Towns 35

Oklahoma Cities and Towns, continued

Oklahoma Land and Water 31

Oklahoma State Symbols 29

Oklahoma History and Tribal Nations 41

Famous Oklahomans 15

Oklahoma Ranches, Food and Music 26

Oklahoma Wildlife and Plants 34

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