A bowl of comfort
Nothing warms you up like a good soup, and this word search ladles out a whole menu. You'll track down the comforting classics — TOMATO, CHICKEN NOODLE and creamy PUMPKIN — plus the chunky favourites like MINESTRONE, CHOWDER and LENTIL.
Each puzzle pulls a fresh selection from the list, so the pot changes every time you play — gentle on Easy, and a Hard-mode helping once the diagonals and backwards words appear.
From every corner of the world
Soup is a global comfort food, and the world is here in a bowl. Slurp up Japanese RAMEN, Vietnamese PHO, Eastern European BORSCHT and Louisiana GUMBO, or keep it smooth with a velvety BISQUE or clear CONSOMME. It all starts with a good STOCK or BROTH, a stir of the LADLE, and a gentle SIMMER.
One of our oldest foods
Soup is about as old as cooking itself — people have simmered ingredients in water ever since they had pots to do it in, thousands of years ago. It's clever, thrifty food, too: a good STOCK or BROTH can be made from bones and vegetable scraps that might otherwise be thrown away.
Here's a tasty bit of history: the word 'restaurant' comes from the French for a 'restorative' — and it originally meant a nourishing broth, not the building. Not all soups are hot, either. Spanish GAZPACHO is served chilled, perfect for a hot summer's day.
A cosy world-foods activity
It pairs nicely with a winter-warmers or food-around-the-world lesson — Easy mode keeps the grid small with no diagonals or reverse words. Play online, print a PDF pack, or use our Make Your Own tool to build a grid from your own favourite soups.