Hard backyard word search
Glasshouse, harakeke, cabbage tree and backyard cricket: twenty-eight words from the Kiwi quarter acre in an eighteen by eighteen grid, in all eight directions. For older kids and keen gardeners on a wet weekend.
- Backyard cricket
- Barbecue
- Cabbage tree
- Chooks
- Clothesline
- Compost
- Feijoa tree
- Fence
- Glasshouse
- Hammock
- Harakeke
- Hedge
- Hose
- Lawnmower
- Lemon tree
- Paddling pool
- Sandpit
- Shed
- Slip and slide
- Sprinkler
- Swing
- Trampoline
- Tree hut
- Veggie patch
- Weeds
- Wheelbarrow
- Wheelie bin
- Worm farm
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- Backyard cricket
- Barbecue
- Cabbage tree
- Chooks
- Clothesline
- Compost
- Feijoa tree
- Fence
- Glasshouse
- Hammock
- Harakeke
- Hedge
- Hose
- Lawnmower
- Lemon tree
- Paddling pool
- Sandpit
- Shed
- Slip and slide
- Sprinkler
- Swing
- Trampoline
- Tree hut
- Veggie patch
- Weeds
- Wheelbarrow
- Wheelie bin
- Worm farm
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About this word search
The quarter-acre section with a big backyard is part of the Kiwi dream. Harakeke, New Zealand flax, grows in many gardens and is used for weaving, and the cabbage tree, tī kōuka, is a native tree with a tuft of long leaves on top. A glasshouse for the tomatoes, a wheelie bin by the gate and a game of backyard cricket after dinner complete the picture.
This grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards too. Backyard cricket is the longest with fifteen letters. Paddling pool and slip and slide have twelve. Hose and shed are just four letters. Tree appears in four words, so look carefully. The J of feijoa tree is the only J in the grid.
Use it on a wet weekend with older kids: for each word, decide if it is a job or a treat, and plan the next sunny day around it.
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