Hard zoo word search
Okapi, capybara and the komodo dragon, plus the reptile house and the aviary. A large zoo grid for older kids and parents, where words run backwards and diagonally as well.
- Anaconda
- Anteater
- Aquarium
- Aviary
- Baboon
- Butterfly house
- Capybara
- Conservation
- Gibbon
- Habitat
- Iguana
- Komodo dragon
- Lemur
- Macaw
- Okapi
- Orangutan
- Pelican
- Petting zoo
- Red panda
- Reptile house
- Sea lion
- Snow leopard
- Tapir
- Toucan
- Vulture
- Wallaby
- Warthog
- Zookeeper
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 versionZoo, extra hard
Name
| T | W | S | W | E | S | T | O | U | C | A | N | N | U | E | K | A | I |
| R | W | A | C | A | M | W | N | E | I | O | I | C | N | T | H | O | N |
| R | G | I | B | B | O | N | U | I | H | X | A | U | O | A | D | O | L |
| E | B | C | S | E | A | L | I | O | N | P | N | R | G | R | I | Z | M |
| S | U | O | I | C | E | N | L | B | Y | O | E | E | A | A | A | G | M |
| E | T | L | I | L | T | S | A | B | I | A | G | P | R | Q | D | N | F |
| B | T | L | E | Z | I | B | A | T | D | O | O | T | D | U | D | I | G |
| A | E | E | T | O | O | R | A | N | H | E | T | I | O | A | X | T | S |
| P | R | M | E | O | A | V | A | T | L | U | A | L | D | R | O | T | I |
| T | F | U | N | K | R | P | R | W | V | V | D | E | O | I | S | E | P |
| A | L | R | U | E | D | A | O | R | I | B | N | H | M | U | G | P | A |
| P | Y | E | S | E | W | N | N | A | E | S | O | O | O | M | N | G | K |
| I | H | N | R | P | S | D | R | G | A | T | C | U | K | M | K | O | O |
| R | O | H | D | E | G | Y | A | D | U | H | A | S | T | R | S | S | N |
| C | U | G | V | R | F | P | T | D | L | T | N | E | U | H | I | D | P |
| E | S | C | B | F | R | T | A | T | I | B | A | H | T | S | L | V | X |
| B | E | S | Y | B | A | L | L | A | W | I | N | N | M | N | O | C | X |
| E | R | U | T | L | U | V | G | N | E | X | U | I | G | U | A | N | A |
Find these words
- Anaconda
- Anteater
- Aquarium
- Aviary
- Baboon
- Butterfly house
- Capybara
- Conservation
- Gibbon
- Habitat
- Iguana
- Komodo dragon
- Lemur
- Macaw
- Okapi
- Orangutan
- Pelican
- Petting zoo
- Red panda
- Reptile house
- Sea lion
- Snow leopard
- Tapir
- Toucan
- Vulture
- Wallaby
- Warthog
- Zookeeper
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About this word search
Modern zoos do a lot more than put animals on show, and words like Conservation and Habitat reflect that. Several species here, including the Orangutan and the Snow leopard, are part of breeding programs run between zoos around the world. The Okapi, a forest animal with striped legs, is the closest living relative of the giraffe.
Any of the eight compass points is fair game for these names, reversed spellings too. Komodo dragon and Butterfly house are long enough to stretch across most of a row, and the K and Y they contain help pin them down. Shorter names such as Lemur and Tapir hide more easily, so keep them for later.
For older students, a good follow-up is choosing one animal and writing a short case for why a zoo should keep it, or why it should not.
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 German too
The same theme also exists in 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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