Hard transport word search
From the Interislander to the Northern Explorer, twenty-eight ways to travel hide in an eighteen by eighteen grid, backwards and on the diagonal too. For older kids and adults who like a long puzzle.
- Airliner
- Ambulance
- Bicycle
- Bus
- Cable car
- Campervan
- Double decker
- Ferry
- Fire engine
- Gondola
- Helicopter
- Interislander
- Jet boat
- Kayak
- Logging truck
- Motorbike
- Northern Explorer
- Scooter
- Skateboard
- Ski lift
- Taxi
- Tow truck
- Tractor
- Train
- Tram
- Ute
- Waka
- Yacht
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 versionTransport, extra hard
Name
| T | G | I | E | C | N | A | L | U | B | M | A | G | O | I | S | M | I |
| O | O | I | H | A | T | F | B | A | P | E | R | H | N | U | L | I | V |
| N | N | F | I | R | E | E | N | G | I | N | E | T | T | K | N | A | L |
| T | D | I | M | L | A | R | T | P | W | O | E | C | W | R | G | K | P |
| M | O | S | O | A | P | R | S | T | W | R | H | N | I | T | C | I | D |
| T | L | K | T | A | E | Y | E | A | I | T | T | L | I | U | X | E | O |
| U | A | A | O | R | A | C | K | S | O | H | R | E | R | A | E | C | R |
| E | V | T | R | G | L | A | L | W | S | E | E | T | T | R | R | E | E |
| R | T | E | B | D | Y | A | T | N | T | R | G | E | H | R | K | T | T |
| U | L | B | I | A | N | R | A | P | V | N | I | T | B | C | C | R | O |
| N | P | O | K | D | U | V | O | U | I | E | P | U | E | L | A | I | O |
| E | R | A | E | C | R | C | O | G | C | X | S | D | E | M | B | Y | C |
| L | O | R | K | E | I | H | G | Y | M | P | E | F | H | B | L | V | S |
| E | T | D | P | L | R | O | T | F | I | L | I | K | S | Y | E | Y | F |
| V | C | M | E | M | L | P | E | R | B | O | B | I | C | Y | C | L | E |
| F | A | H | N | A | X | E | W | U | E | R | S | U | P | C | A | A | L |
| C | R | T | J | E | T | B | O | A | T | E | H | L | E | I | R | S | O |
| L | T | N | L | H | M | D | K | I | U | R | E | N | I | L | R | I | A |
Find these words
- Airliner
- Ambulance
- Bicycle
- Bus
- Cable car
- Campervan
- Double decker
- Ferry
- Fire engine
- Gondola
- Helicopter
- Interislander
- Jet boat
- Kayak
- Logging truck
- Motorbike
- Northern Explorer
- Scooter
- Skateboard
- Ski lift
- Taxi
- Tow truck
- Tractor
- Train
- Tram
- Ute
- Waka
- Yacht
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About this word search
Some of New Zealand's best-known journeys are on this board. The Interislander ferry crosses Cook Strait, the Northern Explorer train runs between Auckland and Wellington, and logging trucks carry pine from the forests to the ports. In Wellington the cable car climbs from Lambton Quay to Kelburn, and on the ski fields a ski lift does the climbing for you.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Northern Explorer is the longest at sixteen letters, followed by Interislander with thirteen and Logging truck and Double decker with twelve. Ute and Bus have three letters and vanish easily in a big grid. Kayak reads the same in both directions, so it looks right whichever way it runs. The K in Kayak, Skateboard and Ski lift and the Y in Yacht help you find a starting point. Two-word names like Tow truck and Cable car run together without a space.
Try it as a timed challenge: everyone gets fifteen minutes, each word found earns a point and the Northern Explorer earns three. Afterwards, talk about which of these you have actually travelled on and which one is still on your list.
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.
Try it in Spanish too
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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