Hard family word search
Whakapapa, kaumātua, tūpuna and great-grandma: twenty-eight whānau words in English and te reo Māori in an eighteen by eighteen grid, in all eight directions. For older kids working on a family tree and the grown-ups helping them.
- Aunty
- Baby
- Brother
- Cousin
- Dad
- Family tree
- Granddaughter
- Grandparents
- Great-grandma
- Kaumātua
- Koro
- Kuia
- Māmā
- Mokopuna
- Mum
- Nana
- Nephew
- Niece
- Pōtiki
- Sister
- Tamariki
- Teina
- Tuakana
- Tūpuna
- Twins
- Uncle
- Whakapapa
- Whānau
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 versionWhānau and family, extra hard
Name
| O | T | T | I | T | I | A | N | A | N | I | T | Y | H | M | O | X | D |
| M | K | K | H | D | K | K | S | I | I | A | T | E | Y | N | R | T | C |
| E | U | I | O | S | I | A | S | L | D | A | D | S | B | O | S | O | T |
| D | I | M | Y | R | T | U | H | A | A | N | A | K | A | U | T | N | A |
| O | A | R | H | R | O | M | V | T | P | Y | M | M | B | W | U | H | E |
| L | E | L | S | C | P | A | S | E | A | M | D | A | I | S | N | O | T |
| E | N | H | S | U | T | T | T | O | P | N | O | N | M | T | P | W | G |
| I | B | W | R | T | O | U | A | D | A | I | S | K | S | A | T | E | I |
| U | N | C | L | E | N | A | G | R | K | I | R | L | O | M | T | H | A |
| R | S | O | D | X | H | E | G | I | A | E | D | A | C | P | E | P | D |
| E | X | A | U | D | O | T | R | F | H | L | N | C | N | H | U | E | H |
| T | D | H | X | I | A | A | O | A | W | U | A | N | A | H | W | N | O |
| S | T | L | E | E | M | T | O | R | P | E | L | L | T | L | K | I | A |
| I | W | I | R | A | E | E | L | U | B | D | L | O | E | A | M | E | O |
| S | S | G | T | A | U | N | T | Y | R | A | N | I | E | T | T | C | E |
| R | C | R | E | T | H | G | U | A | D | D | N | A | R | G | F | E | T |
| U | E | E | R | T | Y | L | I | M | A | F | U | A | R | T | E | R | E |
| I | G | A | R | U | A | M | L | I | P | I | A | T | I | G | M | X | F |
Find these words
- Aunty
- Baby
- Brother
- Cousin
- Dad
- Family tree
- Granddaughter
- Grandparents
- Great-grandma
- Kaumātua
- Koro
- Kuia
- Māmā
- Mokopuna
- Mum
- Nana
- Nephew
- Niece
- Pōtiki
- Sister
- Tamariki
- Teina
- Tuakana
- Tūpuna
- Twins
- Uncle
- Whakapapa
- Whānau
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About this word search
Whakapapa, genealogy, is central to Māori identity, and many people can trace their lines back to the waka their tūpuna arrived on. Kaumātua and kuia are respected elders who speak for the whānau, and mokopuna are grandchildren. These words sit alongside the English ones in many New Zealand families.
This grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Granddaughter is the longest with thirteen letters. Grandparents and great-grandma have twelve, and grand appears in all three, so check carefully. Mum and dad are three letters each. Māmā becomes MAMA and kaumātua becomes KAUMATUA in the grid. Whakapapa has the pattern APAPA, which catches the eye.
Use it with older kids working on a family tree or a pepeha. Each word they find can lead to a question for a grandparent.
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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