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Hard superheroes word search

Force field, shapeshifter, time travel and a mastermind with a plan: twenty-eight superhero words in an eighteen by eighteen grid, in all eight directions. For older kids and grown-up comic fans.

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  • Arch enemy
  • Cape
  • Comic book
  • Costume
  • Emblem
  • Flying
  • Force field
  • Gadget
  • Headquarters
  • Hero
  • Invisible
  • Lair
  • Laser
  • Mask
  • Mastermind
  • Mind reading
  • Rescue
  • Secret identity
  • Shapeshifter
  • Sidekick
  • Speed
  • Strength
  • Superpower
  • Teleport
  • Time travel
  • Utility belt
  • Villain
  • X-ray vision

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Superheroes, extra hard

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  • Arch enemy
  • Cape
  • Comic book
  • Costume
  • Emblem
  • Flying
  • Force field
  • Gadget
  • Headquarters
  • Hero
  • Invisible
  • Lair
  • Laser
  • Mask
  • Mastermind
  • Mind reading
  • Rescue
  • Secret identity
  • Shapeshifter
  • Sidekick
  • Speed
  • Strength
  • Superpower
  • Teleport
  • Time travel
  • Utility belt
  • Villain
  • X-ray vision

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About this word search

Superhero stories began in American comic books in the 1930s, and the same ideas still drive the films: a secret identity, hidden headquarters, a mastermind with a plan and a hero with a power nobody else has. Kiwi readers find shelves of comics and graphic novels in their local library.

The grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Secret identity is the longest with fourteen letters, then Shapeshifter and Headquarters with twelve. Cape, Mask, Hero and Lair have only four letters. Look for the X in X-ray vision and the Q in Headquarters, each the only one on the board. Two-word names run together without a space.

Make it a challenge for teenagers: for each word, name a hero or villain from a comic or film that fits. Shapeshifter and Teleport should spark a debate.

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 ferry or the bach. 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.

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