Sports word search
Footy, netball and swimming: twenty sports in a grid, from judo to rowing, with words across, down and diagonally. For the athletics carnival, a sport lesson or the week of the Olympics.
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Climbing
- Cycling
- Dancing
- Footy
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Judo
- Netball
- Riding
- Rowing
- Running
- Skating
- Skiing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Name
| T | I | T | F | E | I | C | R | L | E | P | L | C | N |
| E | G | N | O | V | O | L | L | E | Y | B | A | L | L |
| N | I | P | O | R | H | A | O | I | G | S | O | L | B |
| N | U | D | T | N | B | G | V | N | M | D | A | E | O |
| I | T | O | Y | T | N | Y | I | Y | U | B | A | R | X |
| S | P | O | E | I | O | M | G | J | T | N | I | U | I |
| O | S | N | C | O | M | N | C | E | H | T | P | N | N |
| E | K | N | O | I | I | A | K | Y | O | D | R | N | G |
| T | A | E | W | D | Y | S | V | M | C | T | O | I | O |
| D | T | S | I | F | A | T | P | C | K | L | W | N | O |
| U | I | R | L | B | T | I | F | A | E | S | I | G | S |
| S | N | O | U | C | I | C | H | H | Y | E | N | N | R |
| K | G | O | S | H | F | S | K | I | I | N | G | E | G |
| A | S | A | T | H | L | E | T | I | C | S | G | A | I |
Find these words
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Climbing
- Cycling
- Dancing
- Footy
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Judo
- Netball
- Riding
- Rowing
- Running
- Skating
- Skiing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
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About this word search
Footy can mean different codes depending on where you grow up. In the southern and western states it usually means Australian rules, while in New South Wales and Queensland it more often means rugby league. Netball has deep roots here too and is one of the most widely played team sports among girls and women.
Each sport is laid out like a running lane, straight across, straight down or angled corner to corner, and none is reversed. Gymnastics and Basketball are the longest names and a good place to begin. Many of the others end in ING, from Skating to Climbing, so spotting that ending can lead you back to the start of the word.
Before a school sports day, ask each child to circle the sport they would most like to try next.
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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