Hard soccer word search
Hat-trick, crossbar and the referee: soccer words for older fans who know the rules. Twenty-eight words in an eighteen by eighteen grid, forwards, backwards and diagonally.
- Armband
- Captain
- Centre circle
- Clean sheet
- Crossbar
- Cup final
- Dribble
- Dugout
- Extra time
- Formation
- Goal line
- Goalpost
- Hat-trick
- Injury time
- Kick-off
- League
- Manager
- Mascot
- Penalty spot
- Referee
- Scoreboard
- Tackle
- Throw-in
- Transfer
- Trophy
- Volley
- Winger
- Yellow card
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 versionSoccer, extra hard
Name
| N | N | B | E | X | A | S | T | U | O | G | U | D | X | I | W | M | A |
| O | E | I | N | M | A | N | A | G | E | R | R | L | T | T | C | R | C |
| D | F | E | A | U | E | N | I | L | L | A | O | G | M | C | F | D | E |
| T | N | T | S | T | D | A | X | P | B | F | G | C | A | L | U | R | N |
| H | O | A | M | Y | P | L | I | S | E | F | H | A | S | E | T | A | T |
| R | N | G | B | O | L | A | S | E | M | O | T | S | C | A | T | O | R |
| O | F | O | W | M | N | O | C | D | I | K | I | N | O | N | P | B | E |
| W | Y | A | H | I | R | A | I | O | T | C | C | O | T | S | C | E | C |
| I | E | L | A | C | N | A | A | I | Y | I | H | I | Y | H | E | R | I |
| N | L | P | T | T | D | G | E | N | R | K | E | T | O | E | X | O | R |
| M | L | O | T | O | I | Y | E | O | U | R | L | A | R | E | T | C | C |
| H | O | S | R | H | D | H | R | R | J | A | N | M | D | T | R | S | L |
| S | W | T | I | C | U | P | F | I | N | A | L | R | T | R | A | C | E |
| I | C | L | C | U | S | O | T | E | I | F | I | O | L | E | T | F | A |
| T | A | C | K | L | E | R | P | X | N | B | L | F | A | E | I | H | G |
| S | R | S | B | E | N | T | H | U | B | R | M | M | N | R | M | I | U |
| I | D | W | W | I | Y | E | L | L | O | V | O | D | H | C | E | B | E |
| R | T | R | A | N | S | F | E | R | E | F | E | R | E | E | I | G | O |
Find these words
- Armband
- Captain
- Centre circle
- Clean sheet
- Crossbar
- Cup final
- Dribble
- Dugout
- Extra time
- Formation
- Goal line
- Goalpost
- Hat-trick
- Injury time
- Kick-off
- League
- Manager
- Mascot
- Penalty spot
- Referee
- Scoreboard
- Tackle
- Throw-in
- Transfer
- Trophy
- Volley
- Winger
- Yellow card
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About this word search
The Captain wears an Armband to mark the role, and the Dugout is the covered bench beside the pitch where the Manager and the substitutes sit. Terms like Formation and Transfer come up constantly in commentary but are rarely explained, which makes this list a useful way for older children to learn what the commentators are saying.
Entries in the eighteen by eighteen grid can turn up in any of eight orientations, reversed ones as well. Hyphenated words such as Throw-in and Kick-off appear as a single run of letters. Start with Centre circle and Penalty spot, then pick up short ones like Volley and Trophy, where the Y gives them away.
A good follow-up is writing a short match report that uses at least eight words from the list.
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 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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