Exercise your brain and build your word power with this fun word puzzle.
Guess as many words and phrases that have some connection with or contain MOTHER (or mom, ma, etc.)
as you can in 2 minutes.
alma mater:where you went to school, college, or university
baby mama:single mother, how an unmarried father refers to his child's mother
den mother:Cub Scouts leader
fairy godmother:everyone should have one to magically help them out
grandmother:your mother's mother
helicopter mother:an overprotective mom who hovers over her child
like a mother hen:fussy, overprotective
mama's boy:sissy kid who's always clinging to mom
Mamma Mia:ABBA musical and movie
Mammy:1930 Al Jolson movie
maternal:motherly, or on your mother's side of the family
Ma and Pa Kent:Superman's folks from Smallville
The Matrix: sci-fi flick where Keanu Reeves seeks an underlying reality
mommy blogger:online website author who writes about parenting issues and experiences
Mommie Dearest:Joan Crawford's daughter's tell-all book
motherboard:critical part of your computer that you hope never fails
Mother Courage:Bertolt Brecht play
Mother Earth:our planet
Mother Goose:source of all those kids' stories and rhymes
motherhood:the maternal state
mother-in-law:sterotypical husband's nemesis
Mother-in-Law:Ernie K-Doe R & B hit single of the sixties
motherland:your home and native land
motherless:like an orphan
mother lode:hit this vein and you strike it rich
motherly:maternal
Mother May I:childhood game of baby steps and giant steps
Mother Nature:the forces of nature personified
Mother of all wars:Saddam's threat in 1991
mother of pearl:nacre; that iridescent stuff lining oyster shells
mother ship:the one that spawned all those little UFO's
Mother's Day:May holiday that's a boon to florists, confectioners, and Hallmark
Mother Superior:the head nun
Mother Teresa:1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner
mother tongue:one's first language
Mr. Mom:movie with Michael Keaton as a stay-at-home dad
mummy:eventual state of Tutankhamen and other pharaohs
mums:familiar name for chrysanthemums
mum's the word:don't breathe a word, keep it under wraps
Old Mother Hubbard:She went to the cupboard to give the poor dog a bone
Queen Mother:the queen dowager whose offspring will rule
Queen Mum:Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, well-loved centenarian wife of George VI
soccer mom:typical suburban mother that drives her kids to their sports events
Stepmom:1998 flick starring Julia Roberts
stepmother:Cinderella had a mean one
surrogate mother:she bears a child for somebody else
The Mamas and the Papas:Sixties folk rock group that was California Dreamin' on a Monday, Monday
The Mummy:classic 1932 Boris Karloff horror flick, remade in 1999 with Brendan Fraser
Throw Momma from the Train:1987 Danny DeVito flick
Whistler's Mother: James McNeill Whistler's iconic American oil painting
matron:the boss lady, especially at a place like a prison, or a staid married woman
maternity leave:time off for the birth of a baby
maternity ward:where you’ll find the new babies and their mothers at the hospital
matriarch:the woman who rules the family, clan or organization
matrimony:the state of being married, marriage
Madonna:the Virgin Mary, or, oddly, the Material Girl who was only Like a Virgin