Hard knights and castles word search
Portcullis, trebuchet and a shield: twenty-eight medieval words for older students and history fans. Words run in every direction in the large grid, backwards and diagonally too.
- Archer
- Arrow slit
- Banquet
- Battlements
- Blacksmith
- Catapult
- Chainmail
- Chivalry
- Crossbow
- Gatehouse
- Gauntlet
- Great hall
- Herald
- Horseback
- Jester
- Jousting
- Knighthood
- Lady-in-waiting
- Longbow
- Medieval
- Middle Ages
- Minstrel
- Portcullis
- Shield
- Tapestry
- Trebuchet
- Turret
- Visor
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Make your own versionKnights and castles, extra hard
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| E | X | U | T | H | L | G | N | U | M | O | S | S | L | I | H | W | Y |
| H | L | C | A | D | H | F | L | A | T | K | E | A | G | C | O | R | H |
| O | C | T | B | T | I | T | I | M | C | I | H | O | U | B | J | O | T |
| U | E | R | H | L | R | L | E | A | R | T | L | B | S | S | E | S | R |
| S | W | O | M | I | D | D | L | E | A | G | E | S | S | N | S | I | E |
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| D | T | H | H | E | E | M | R | F | T | R | R | I | R | O | E | D | C |
| C | Y | T | V | M | E | G | T | C | C | N | I | H | T | U | R | E | R |
| L | W | A | Y | R | L | A | V | I | H | C | T | F | T | A | T | R | A |
| W | L | O | H | E | R | A | L | D | L | E | R | T | S | N | I | M | A |
Find these words
- Archer
- Arrow slit
- Banquet
- Battlements
- Blacksmith
- Catapult
- Chainmail
- Chivalry
- Crossbow
- Gatehouse
- Gauntlet
- Great hall
- Herald
- Horseback
- Jester
- Jousting
- Knighthood
- Lady-in-waiting
- Longbow
- Medieval
- Middle Ages
- Minstrel
- Portcullis
- Shield
- Tapestry
- Trebuchet
- Turret
- Visor
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About this word search
A Herald carried messages and announced knights at tournaments, and over time heralds became experts on coats of arms, which is why their study is called heraldry. The Minstrel and the Jester provided the entertainment in the Great hall, while the Blacksmith kept armour and horseshoes in repair.
Medieval words in this grid can be laid out in all eight directions, including backwards. Lady-in-waiting appears as one string, LADYINWAITING. Portcullis, with its double L, and Chivalry, with its V and Y, give the eye something firm to catch on.
History teachers might have pairs of students split the twenty-eight words between the castle walls and the people inside them, then argue over the borderline cases.
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 French too
The same theme also exists in 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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