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United States Word Search Puzzle

DIRECTIONS: The states are all mixed up again! This time you can find all 50 states hidden in the word search puzzle below. The states might be found spelled frontward or backward. They might be found spelled horizontally, vertically, or diagonally! How many of the states can you find?

K C A D I R O L F E P S X P A C O T H B D B E G A
E R I H S P M A H W E N T H E Q O S N N J R P K M
W E O W M G N O R T H D A K O T A L O O A R S E H
J Y I U P F T A J I I A W A H G N H O W M A O P C
F T O O F E L S Z D C S N G X A O E A R R R H O W
F W C M X D T U C I T C E N N O C L V B A L E E I
B W A A I L G E O R G I A O J S E C E A T D S V P
N F S Y J N O C I X E M W E N D H N N P D T O R P
B R K G J B G N O R T H C A R O L I N A V A H K I
S T T E S U H C A S S A M W C W A W D I E O N S S
T A N O Z I R A S N N S J N T A J N R G D Q O S S
E A M A Z V S A O Y I O Y U E P L G A E O U I S I
N K A E K F S T N K S U F E F W I I I I T V I R S
N S W E D N G A A C N T P H S N Y S F H S O S M S
E A E W A N A T G U O H N E I R L O D O N I I A I
S L W K I U N O I T C C O A N A E A R I R S U F M
S A R H O A A S H N S A G Y N N K J L K S N R O A
E A S I K N I E C E I R E D U O S L W O Q O I N L
E A U D L A D N I K W O R U T S I Y U E K H Z A A
W L T A A T N N M V G L O A G N E R L M N I R L Y
X K A H H N I I U H D I E I J H I D R V Z O A O C
O E H O O O U M G U K N M A R Y L A N D A B I Z P
F M C W M M M A I N E A V I R G I N I A A N Z W H
V B F U A K A N S A S X C L M A N W W M U P I V T
A W O I F G G U R N U L Y C D I Q F A M N V R A F

Cross off each state name below as you find it in the word search puzzle.

ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONAARKANSAS CALIFORNIA
COLORADOCONNECTICUTDELAWAREFLORIDAGEORGIA
HAWAIIIDAHOILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA
KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANAMAINE MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTSMICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPIMISSOURI
MONTANA NEBRASKANEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO NEW YORKNORTH CAROLINANORTH DAKOTA OHIO
OKLAHOMAOREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLANDSOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEETEXAS UTAH VERMONT
VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIAWISCONSIN WYOMING

Puzzle source: http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

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