Forest word search
The bush from the gum tree to the wombat, with the wattle and the ranger thrown in. Twenty words for a class project or a day out in a national park, some of them running diagonally.
- Branch
- Cabin
- Echidna
- Fern
- Fox
- Gum tree
- Koala
- Kookaburra
- Leaf
- Moss
- Mushroom
- Owl
- Path
- Pine
- Possum
- Ranger
- Root
- Stump
- Wattle
- Wombat
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionIn the forest
Name
| K | O | A | L | A | G | T | V | E | G | R | E | H | S |
| E | B | T | E | A | B | U | E | T | S | O | U | A | S |
| S | W | A | T | T | L | E | L | I | R | A | S | T | E |
| I | T | L | R | B | R | A | N | C | H | H | I | E | F |
| W | W | U | O | T | E | P | R | D | E | I | F | M | D |
| O | R | M | M | O | I | E | T | C | C | M | O | S | S |
| M | H | U | N | P | G | P | A | T | H | L | X | G | G |
| B | G | S | I | N | M | H | E | L | I | E | W | H | O |
| A | X | H | A | D | T | O | R | F | D | I | N | S | R |
| T | N | R | I | A | C | A | B | I | N | B | P | X | D |
| K | O | O | K | A | B | U | R | R | A | F | E | R | N |
| T | P | O | S | S | U | M | E | C | O | N | X | T | S |
| U | F | M | N | G | U | D | B | R | I | O | I | E | G |
| F | L | E | A | F | N | E | I | P | O | B | T | H | L |
Find these words
- Branch
- Cabin
- Echidna
- Fern
- Fox
- Gum tree
- Koala
- Kookaburra
- Leaf
- Moss
- Mushroom
- Owl
- Path
- Pine
- Possum
- Ranger
- Root
- Stump
- Wattle
- Wombat
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About this word search
The Fox is the only animal on this list that was brought to Australia from overseas, and it now preys on many small native species. Wattle, on the other hand, is as Australian as it gets: golden wattle is the national floral emblem, and its yellow blossom brightens the bush in late winter and spring.
Words in this grid travel sideways, downwards or at a slant, and each reads from its first letter onwards. Gum tree is written as one run of letters. Kookaburra, with its double O and double R, is the easiest to spot, while short ones such as Fox and Owl can take the longest.
Fold a printout into a pocket before a bushwalk and try matching each word to something real along the track.
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
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
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), 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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