Hard pets word search
From the guinea pig and the axolotl to dog registration and the flea treatment nobody remembers. Twenty-eight words in an eighteen by eighteen grid, forwards, backwards and on the diagonal.
- Aquarium
- Axolotl
- Budgie
- Chooks
- Cockatiel
- Collar
- Dog registration
- Flea treatment
- Food bowl
- Goldfish
- Grooming
- Guinea pig
- Hamster
- Hutch
- Kennel
- Kitten
- Lead
- Litter tray
- Mice
- Microchip
- Pet calf
- Pet lamb
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Scratching post
- Turtle
- Vet clinic
- Walkies
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Make your own versionPets, extra hard
Name
| F | N | H | B | L | L | U | L | W | O | B | D | O | O | F | R | T | I |
| M | O | C | M | S | I | S | C | O | C | K | A | T | I | E | L | W | A |
| D | I | T | A | R | G | T | C | A | H | A | O | O | T | X | E | F | M |
| R | T | U | L | A | I | E | T | U | R | O | G | S | I | R | L | M | O |
| T | A | H | T | D | P | P | H | E | S | P | M | D | A | E | T | T | V |
| P | R | G | E | N | A | H | T | N | R | A | I | Q | A | G | R | P | E |
| E | T | R | P | L | E | N | L | A | H | T | U | T | F | C | U | G | T |
| T | S | O | P | G | N | I | H | C | T | A | R | C | S | P | T | L | C |
| C | I | O | F | T | I | S | A | S | R | E | T | A | P | G | U | G | L |
| A | G | M | E | F | U | L | L | I | A | H | H | Y | Y | S | K | R | I |
| L | E | I | A | G | G | S | U | T | S | H | D | S | N | E | K | I | N |
| F | R | N | K | K | I | M | M | I | C | R | O | C | H | I | P | R | I |
| D | G | G | R | E | C | E | F | R | E | C | I | M | A | K | A | D | C |
| W | O | D | H | H | N | D | C | K | I | T | T | E | N | L | S | A | M |
| E | D | L | O | T | L | N | V | H | G | R | A | V | L | A | K | E | T |
| A | X | O | L | O | T | L | E | F | D | U | L | O | I | W | E | L | H |
| E | K | P | G | E | I | I | R | L | U | N | C | G | H | E | S | W | H |
| S | T | O | R | O | N | R | A | B | B | I | T | C | E | C | D | N | T |
Find these words
- Aquarium
- Axolotl
- Budgie
- Chooks
- Cockatiel
- Collar
- Dog registration
- Flea treatment
- Food bowl
- Goldfish
- Grooming
- Guinea pig
- Hamster
- Hutch
- Kennel
- Kitten
- Lead
- Litter tray
- Mice
- Microchip
- Pet calf
- Pet lamb
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Scratching post
- Turtle
- Vet clinic
- Walkies
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About this word search
Keeping a pet in New Zealand comes with a few rules. Every dog has to be registered with the council each year, and most dogs registered for the first time also need a microchip. Chooks and pet lambs are common in the backyard, axolotls and turtles live in a tank or aquarium in plenty of homes, and the cockatiel is a popular choice for a talking bird.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and the words go in all eight directions, backwards included. Dog registration is the longest at fifteen letters, followed by scratching post at fourteen and flea treatment at thirteen. They all appear without spaces, so DOGREGISTRATION is one long chain. Mice and lead are the shortest at four letters. Axolotl has the only X and aquarium the only Q, so they are good starting points.
Use the list as a pet care checklist: which of these words does your own pet need, and which jobs do you do every week? For families thinking about a new pet, it is a light way to talk about the work that comes with one.
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The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, 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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