Pirates word search
The treasure chest, the parrot and the wooden leg: twenty pirate words, from the anchor and the cannon to the cutlass, for a dressing-up party or a treasure hunt in class.
- Anchor
- Cannon
- Captain
- Chest
- Compass
- Crows nest
- Cutlass
- Eye patch
- Flag
- Gold
- Island
- Map
- Parrot
- Pirate
- Sail
- Sea
- Ship
- Treasure
- Wheel
- Wooden leg
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 versionPirates
Name
| O | R | T | F | T | C | E | W | T | A | T | F | D | F |
| L | T | M | R | Y | R | T | H | R | S | E | N | P | T |
| O | L | Y | E | O | O | C | D | E | F | A | O | N | B |
| S | H | E | H | R | W | S | H | A | L | I | E | F | R |
| I | N | C | R | D | S | C | C | S | S | O | H | L | R |
| E | N | A | X | A | N | E | I | U | A | H | M | A | P |
| A | P | R | P | R | E | C | Y | R | T | I | I | G | X |
| A | S | M | L | T | S | H | A | E | U | L | L | P | D |
| L | O | C | A | P | T | A | I | N | P | I | A | D | L |
| C | M | R | O | S | C | L | T | C | N | A | L | S | R |
| D | I | O | A | V | U | T | T | A | R | O | T | H | S |
| P | R | F | I | M | R | N | O | R | G | S | N | C | R |
| W | H | E | E | L | I | O | E | K | U | T | E | A | H |
| I | H | O | W | O | O | D | E | N | L | E | G | A | L |
Find these words
- Anchor
- Cannon
- Captain
- Chest
- Compass
- Crows nest
- Cutlass
- Eye patch
- Flag
- Gold
- Island
- Map
- Parrot
- Pirate
- Sail
- Sea
- Ship
- Treasure
- Wheel
- Wooden leg
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About this word search
Before modern navigation, a Compass and a Map were a ship's most trusted tools, and a Cutlass was the short curved sword sailors carried for close fighting. Some other entries, such as the Wooden leg and the Parrot on the shoulder, owe more to storybooks than to history.
Pirate words in this grid sail across, down or diagonally, and none of them is spelt in reverse. Crows nest, Eye patch and Wooden leg appear without spaces. Sea and Map are short, so look for them last.
Talk Like a Pirate Day falls on 19 September, a fine excuse to hand this out in class along with a treasure map of the school grounds.
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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