Hard playground word search
Monkey bars, the flying fox and hopscotch: twenty-eight outdoor games and playground words for older kids. They hide backwards, forwards and diagonally in a large grid.
- Balance beam
- Bubble wand
- Cartwheel
- Climbing wall
- Cubby house
- Flying fox
- Handball
- Handstand
- Hopscotch
- Leapfrog
- Merry-go-round
- Monkey bars
- Mud kitchen
- Obstacle course
- Paddling pool
- Piggyback
- Puddles
- Relay race
- Roller skates
- Rope swing
- Rounders
- Sack race
- Scavenger hunt
- Skipping
- Tree climbing
- Tyre swing
- Water fight
- Wheelbarrow race
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 versionPlaying outside, extra hard
Name
| S | K | I | P | P | I | N | G | M | U | D | K | I | T | C | H | E | N |
| O | I | K | P | A | D | D | L | I | N | G | P | O | O | L | C | X | E |
| F | G | G | S | E | C | A | R | T | W | H | E | E | L | I | T | O | P |
| R | O | L | L | E | R | S | K | A | T | E | S | T | A | M | O | F | I |
| O | I | D | N | U | O | R | O | G | Y | R | R | E | M | B | C | G | G |
| A | G | N | I | W | S | E | R | Y | T | T | U | T | C | I | S | N | G |
| T | L | S | M | G | N | I | W | S | E | P | O | R | M | N | P | I | Y |
| R | O | H | G | O | R | F | P | A | E | L | C | P | B | G | O | Y | B |
| E | C | A | R | W | O | R | R | A | B | L | E | E | H | W | H | L | A |
| E | H | F | M | A | E | B | E | C | N | A | L | A | B | A | I | F | C |
| C | C | H | A | N | D | B | A | L | L | V | C | G | E | L | T | D | K |
| L | T | H | G | I | F | R | E | T | A | W | A | E | T | L | A | L | S |
| I | L | H | A | N | D | S | T | A | N | D | T | A | M | R | E | C | B |
| M | I | M | O | N | K | E | Y | B | A | R | S | E | L | D | D | U | P |
| B | U | B | B | L | E | W | A | N | D | L | B | I | D | N | H | D | O |
| I | S | A | C | K | R | A | C | E | S | U | O | H | Y | B | B | U | C |
| N | N | E | E | O | S | C | A | V | E | N | G | E | R | H | U | N | T |
| G | G | S | R | E | D | N | U | O | R | E | L | A | Y | R | A | C | E |
Find these words
- Balance beam
- Bubble wand
- Cartwheel
- Climbing wall
- Cubby house
- Flying fox
- Handball
- Handstand
- Hopscotch
- Leapfrog
- Merry-go-round
- Monkey bars
- Mud kitchen
- Obstacle course
- Paddling pool
- Piggyback
- Puddles
- Relay race
- Roller skates
- Rope swing
- Rounders
- Sack race
- Scavenger hunt
- Skipping
- Tree climbing
- Tyre swing
- Water fight
- Wheelbarrow race
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About this word search
Flying fox has two meanings in Australia. In a playground it is a cable ride you hang from as you zip from one end to the other, and in the bush it is a large fruit bat. Cubby house is another local word, used here for the backyard hideaway other countries might call a playhouse.
Playground words here can tumble backwards, climb upwards or cartwheel along a diagonal. Merry-go-round loses its hyphens, so search for MERRYGOROUND. Wheelbarrow race and Obstacle course are the longest entries. The K in Monkey bars and Mud kitchen and the double D in Paddling pool are good starting points.
For a school holiday program, the list doubles as a checklist of things to try over the break.
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.
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