Sports word search
Hockey, judo and skating: twenty sports in a grid, from lacrosse to curling, with words across, down and diagonally. For track and field day, gym class or the week of the Olympics.
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Climbing
- Curling
- Cycling
- Dancing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Judo
- Lacrosse
- 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.
Make your own versionSports
Name
| B | I | T | E | I | R | R | E | T | E | N | N | I | S |
| R | J | P | L | V | O | L | L | E | Y | B | A | L | L |
| S | I | U | C | N | W | F | G | N | I | F | P | L | G |
| K | L | D | D | R | I | G | O | H | L | O | A | N | S |
| I | U | A | I | O | N | Y | D | O | N | B | I | V | E |
| I | T | N | C | N | G | M | G | O | T | L | Y | Y | A |
| N | S | C | R | R | G | N | P | E | R | B | E | O | C |
| G | W | I | U | F | O | A | K | U | N | K | A | O | Y |
| O | I | N | N | T | P | S | C | B | C | E | O | L | C |
| D | M | G | N | T | A | T | S | O | O | E | Y | V | L |
| M | M | T | I | B | O | I | H | E | P | X | C | O | I |
| U | I | T | N | F | A | C | S | S | S | U | I | C | N |
| I | N | H | G | H | E | S | S | K | A | T | I | N | G |
| R | G | K | C | L | I | M | B | I | N | G | O | S | G |
Find these words
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Climbing
- Curling
- Cycling
- Dancing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Judo
- Lacrosse
- Riding
- Rowing
- Running
- Skating
- Skiing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
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About this word search
Canada has two official national sports, set out in a law from 1994: Lacrosse for summer and Hockey for winter. Basketball has a Canadian link as well, since its inventor, James Naismith, grew up in Ontario before he created the game in the United States.
Football can spark a small debate, because in Canada the word usually means the game with the Grey Cup rather than soccer. Curling is another Canadian favourite, played on ice with heavy granite stones and a lot of sweeping.
Diagonal lines are allowed in this fourteen by fourteen grid, along with rows and columns, but no word is mirrored. Gymnastics and Basketball are good first finds, while Golf and Judo are short enough to need a second look.
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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