Hard pets word search
From the axolotl to the chinchilla, plus the scratching post and the microchip. Twenty-eight words about keeping pets, in a large grid where words also run backwards and on the slant.
- Axolotl
- Bearded dragon
- Birdcage
- Budgerigar
- Cat flap
- Chinchilla
- Cockatiel
- Collar
- Dog bed
- Ferret
- Gerbil
- Goldfish bowl
- Grooming
- Hamster wheel
- Harness
- Kennel
- Kitten
- Litter tray
- Microchip
- Obedience
- Pet shop
- Puppy
- Sawdust
- Scratching post
- Stick insect
- Terrapin
- Water bottle
- Whiskers
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 versionPets, extra hard
Name
| T | T | A | M | A | E | T | N | N | C | D | B | K | I | T | T | E | N |
| L | L | S | T | L | P | P | O | C | O | O | O | P | M | I | I | N | H |
| I | I | E | B | L | E | I | G | G | S | G | C | C | N | O | N | Y | B |
| B | H | L | E | I | M | H | A | A | T | B | S | K | E | R | H | A | E |
| R | O | T | S | H | N | C | R | T | I | E | G | T | A | A | E | R | A |
| E | B | T | C | C | W | O | D | N | C | D | R | C | R | T | E | T | R |
| G | E | O | R | N | H | R | D | P | K | L | N | N | V | E | I | R | P |
| K | D | B | A | I | I | C | E | E | I | O | E | T | E | R | R | E | F |
| E | I | R | T | H | S | I | D | T | N | S | W | L | E | R | C | T | L |
| N | E | E | C | C | K | M | R | S | S | T | Y | I | G | A | O | T | G |
| N | N | T | H | H | E | L | A | H | E | M | S | N | A | P | L | I | R |
| E | C | A | I | G | R | T | E | O | C | O | A | U | C | I | L | L | O |
| L | E | W | N | S | S | K | B | P | T | U | E | H | D | N | A | P | O |
| R | R | A | G | I | R | E | G | D | U | B | L | N | R | W | R | T | M |
| I | F | O | P | G | L | N | S | N | E | L | W | O | I | O | A | U | I |
| C | A | X | O | L | O | T | L | R | A | P | S | U | B | E | S | S | N |
| I | V | T | S | T | S | L | W | O | B | H | S | I | F | D | L | O | G |
| O | R | L | T | A | A | E | C | A | T | F | L | A | P | U | P | P | Y |
Find these words
- Axolotl
- Bearded dragon
- Birdcage
- Budgerigar
- Cat flap
- Chinchilla
- Cockatiel
- Collar
- Dog bed
- Ferret
- Gerbil
- Goldfish bowl
- Grooming
- Hamster wheel
- Harness
- Kennel
- Kitten
- Litter tray
- Microchip
- Obedience
- Pet shop
- Puppy
- Sawdust
- Scratching post
- Stick insect
- Terrapin
- Water bottle
- Whiskers
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About this word search
Several of these pets are Australian natives. The Cockatiel, the Budgerigar and the Bearded dragon all live wild here, and the Stick insect has plenty of wild relatives in local gardens and bush. The list also covers the less glamorous side of pet care, such as the Litter tray, the Sawdust and the Microchip.
Twenty-eight entries fill an eighteen by eighteen grid and may point any of eight ways, reversed ones among them. Two-word items like Scratching post and Water bottle appear as one unbroken string, which makes them easier to spot once you expect it. The X in Axolotl and the double R in Ferret and Terrapin are good places to get going.
Older children weighing up a first pet could use the list to plan what they would need before the animal comes home.
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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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 Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, 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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