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 |
ALABAMA | ALASKA | ARIZONA | ARKANSAS | CALIFORNIA |
COLORADO | CONNECTICUT | DELAWARE | FLORIDA | GEORGIA |
HAWAII | IDAHO | ILLINOIS | INDIANA | IOWA |
KANSAS | KENTUCKY | LOUISIANA | MAINE | MARYLAND |
MASSACHUSETTS | MICHIGAN | MINNESOTA | MISSISSIPPI | MISSOURI |
MONTANA | NEBRASKA | NEVADA | NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEW JERSEY |
NEW MEXICO | NEW YORK | NORTH CAROLINA | NORTH DAKOTA | OHIO |
OKLAHOMA | OREGON | PENNSYLVANIA | RHODE ISLAND | SOUTH CAROLINA |
SOUTH DAKOTA | TENNESSEE | TEXAS | UTAH | VERMONT |
VIRGINIA | WASHINGTON | WEST VIRGINIA | WISCONSIN | WYOMING |
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