Ocean animals word search
Sharks, jellyfish and seahorses in a grid full of water, twenty sea words with lobster and squid among them. For an ocean topic, or simply because the sea is the best subject there is.
- Coral
- Crab
- Diver
- Dolphin
- Jellyfish
- Lobster
- Mussel
- Octopus
- Salt
- Seahorse
- Seal
- Seaweed
- Shark
- Shell
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Starfish
- Stingray
- Wave
- Whale
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 versionIn the ocean
Name
| L | L | H | I | E | M | H | B | O | T | B | T | L | E |
| S | T | W | F | H | N | Y | T | L | X | A | N | S | A |
| O | E | E | A | H | I | X | A | S | V | O | F | E | C |
| B | D | A | E | V | M | S | T | I | N | G | R | A | Y |
| D | O | N | L | J | E | L | L | Y | F | I | S | H | S |
| S | L | O | B | S | T | E | R | S | Y | B | B | O | K |
| H | P | L | N | E | L | N | E | H | V | B | C | R | H |
| R | H | R | D | A | N | O | H | A | A | E | H | S | L |
| I | I | N | H | W | B | C | O | R | A | L | I | E | G |
| M | N | W | W | E | R | T | C | K | G | F | S | S | N |
| P | L | A | O | E | T | O | P | I | R | S | H | Q | D |
| W | H | C | V | D | E | P | B | A | U | I | E | U | D |
| A | O | I | L | F | X | U | T | M | A | R | L | I | X |
| K | D | T | E | T | A | S | R | H | T | L | L | D | P |
Find these words
- Coral
- Crab
- Diver
- Dolphin
- Jellyfish
- Lobster
- Mussel
- Octopus
- Salt
- Seahorse
- Seal
- Seaweed
- Shark
- Shell
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Starfish
- Stingray
- Wave
- Whale
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About this word search
From the Great Barrier Reef to the rock pools of a southern beach, Australian waters are home to nearly every creature on this list. Coral is worth a chat, since what looks like coloured stone is in fact the work of countless tiny living polyps.
Sea creatures in this grid swim sideways, sink downwards or drift at an angle, but never in reverse. Compound names like Jellyfish, Starfish and Seaweed give a useful foothold, since spotting one half leads you straight to the other. Shark, Shell and Shrimp all begin with SH, so check the third letter before you circle.
Afterwards, sort the words into creatures with shells and creatures without, or draw an underwater scene with as many of them as you can fit.
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 English (New Zealand) too
The same theme also exists in English (New Zealand), Spanish, 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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