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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 costume party or a treasure hunt in class.

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  • 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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Pirates

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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

Real pirates rarely buried their treasure, and walking the plank was more legend than habit, but a Treasure chest and a Map still make a pirate easy to imagine. The Compass and the Wheel are the working parts of the Ship, and they can lead into a short lesson on finding north.

In this grid, a word can lie across, stand upright or tilt diagonally, but it never runs backwards. Eye patch, Wooden leg and Crows nest are written without spaces. Map, Sea and Gold are short, so leave them for last.

For a treasure hunt in class, hide clues around the room with words from the list, and hand out the puzzle at the final stop.

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, students check their own answers.

  • At home and on the go

    Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or a family vacation. 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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