Dinosaurs word search
T. rex, triceratops and the fossil in the ground: twenty-eight words, many with long, tricky names, in an eighteen by eighteen grid with backwards words too. Seven-year-old dino experts still manage it.
- Ankylosaurus
- Bone
- Brachiosaurus
- Carnivore
- Claw
- Dig
- Diplodocus
- Egg
- Extinct
- Ferns
- Fossil
- Herbivore
- Iguanodon
- Meteorite
- Museum
- Prehistoric
- Pterodactyl
- Roar
- Skeleton
- Spinosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Swamp
- Tail
- Teeth
- Triceratops
- Tyrannosaurus
- Velociraptor
- Volcano
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| S | P | I | N | O | S | A | U | R | U | S | L | F | T | P | E | B | O |
| T | T | N | W | T | L | D | O | V | F | H | C | C | Y | E | N | O | B |
| R | O | A | G | H | T | E | E | T | C | R | O | A | R | I | E | G | G |
| I | L | R | E | S | B | R | A | C | H | I | O | S | A | U | R | U | S |
| C | H | P | W | U | A | O | A | U | E | X | T | I | N | C | T | T | W |
| E | C | T | W | C | B | V | N | D | X | L | E | T | N | F | I | E | A |
| R | V | E | L | O | C | I | R | A | P | T | O | R | O | N | N | T | M |
| A | T | R | B | D | T | B | B | N | C | T | A | S | S | O | M | I | P |
| T | A | O | S | O | Y | R | I | K | N | L | S | R | A | T | O | R | N |
| O | I | D | D | L | N | E | O | Y | R | I | O | E | U | E | E | O | L |
| P | L | A | N | P | G | H | T | L | L | K | E | V | R | L | R | E | T |
| S | H | C | T | I | T | U | O | O | N | O | A | C | U | E | O | T | N |
| H | S | T | D | D | M | B | I | S | N | E | T | A | S | K | V | E | P |
| O | C | Y | A | S | U | R | U | A | S | O | G | E | T | S | I | M | S |
| F | A | L | U | E | O | I | G | U | A | N | O | D | O | N | N | N | N |
| R | U | K | E | U | I | G | P | R | E | H | I | S | T | O | R | I | C |
| T | E | H | R | U | K | X | I | U | E | C | E | O | F | E | A | W | N |
| O | E | S | T | O | M | U | E | S | U | M | R | V | F | U | C | E | E |
Find these words
- Ankylosaurus
- Bone
- Brachiosaurus
- Carnivore
- Claw
- Dig
- Diplodocus
- Egg
- Extinct
- Ferns
- Fossil
- Herbivore
- Iguanodon
- Meteorite
- Museum
- Prehistoric
- Pterodactyl
- Roar
- Skeleton
- Spinosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Swamp
- Tail
- Teeth
- Triceratops
- Tyrannosaurus
- Velociraptor
- Volcano
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About this word search
Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus never met. The Stegosaurus died out tens of millions of years before the Tyrannosaurus appeared, a longer gap than the one between the Tyrannosaurus and us. That fact tends to surprise children and adults alike, and it makes a good starter for a class on deep time.
Names in this big grid may face any of eight ways, reversed and slanted ones included. Start with Brachiosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, then look for the cluster of names ending in SAURUS. Short entries like Dig, Egg and Bone are much harder to pin down and are best saved for last.
Sharp-eyed young experts may also point out that the Pterodactyl was a flying reptile rather than a dinosaur.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, pupils check their own answers.
At home and on the go
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Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in English (New Zealand) too
The same theme also exists in English (New Zealand), Spanish, French and German, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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