Zoo word search
The animals you meet at the zoo, from the rhino to the meerkat, twenty of them in one grid. For the car on the way there, or as a follow-up in class after the excursion.
- Camel
- Chimpanzee
- Crocodile
- Enclosure
- Feeding
- Flamingo
- Giraffe
- Gorilla
- Hippo
- Keeper
- Lion
- Llama
- Meerkat
- Ostrich
- Panda
- Penguin
- Rhino
- Ticket
- Tiger
- Zebra
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
Name
| G | D | T | Z | E | B | R | A | M | C | L | E | N | V |
| T | I | C | K | E | T | L | I | E | C | N | N | C | E |
| R | S | O | I | S | L | N | K | E | R | T | C | A | A |
| H | T | H | S | I | O | H | E | R | O | H | L | M | R |
| S | G | F | R | I | C | D | E | K | C | N | O | E | R |
| C | L | O | L | I | S | C | P | A | O | F | S | L | N |
| N | G | I | R | A | F | F | E | T | D | K | U | L | R |
| E | M | T | E | R | M | P | R | I | I | E | R | A | E |
| L | S | F | E | E | D | I | N | G | L | R | E | M | H |
| O | C | H | I | M | P | A | N | Z | E | E | T | A | I |
| N | C | I | O | D | P | E | N | G | U | I | N | R | P |
| O | L | I | T | A | R | H | I | N | O | E | E | G | P |
| T | O | M | Y | L | T | T | O | P | A | N | D | A | O |
| O | S | I | I | S | B | N | T | H | D | M | U | E | V |
Find these words
- Camel
- Chimpanzee
- Crocodile
- Enclosure
- Feeding
- Flamingo
- Giraffe
- Gorilla
- Hippo
- Keeper
- Lion
- Llama
- Meerkat
- Ostrich
- Panda
- Penguin
- Rhino
- Ticket
- Tiger
- Zebra
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About this word search
Several animals on this list live in groups with clear jobs. Meerkats take turns standing guard on their back legs while the rest of the group digs for food, and Flamingos feed with their heads held upside down in the water. Watching for behaviour like this turns a zoo visit into a small science lesson.
Animals in this grid wander left to right, top to bottom or along a diagonal, and none of them walks backwards. Start with the longest ones, Chimpanzee and Enclosure, and use the double letters in Giraffe and Hippo to confirm you are on the right track. Lion and Llama share an opening L, which means a quick glance at the next square saves a wrong circle.
Keeper, Feeding and Ticket are not animals, which makes them a good prompt for talking about the people and the work behind a day at the zoo.
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) 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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