Hard zoo word search
Siamangs, a serval, tamarins and the breeding programme behind the scenes: twenty-eight zoo words in an eighteen by eighteen grid. Words run in all eight directions, backwards included.
- Breeding programme
- Capybara
- Cheetah
- Chimpanzee
- Elephant
- Enclosure
- Feeding time
- Flamingo
- Giraffe
- Hippo
- Kea
- Kiwi house
- Lemur
- Lion
- Meerkat
- Nocturnal
- Orangutan
- Otter
- Red panda
- Rhino
- Serval
- Siamang
- Tamarin
- Tiger
- Tuatara
- Veterinarian
- Zebra
- Zookeeper
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 versionZoo, extra hard
Name
| I | H | F | F | W | X | R | R | H | I | N | O | P | P | I | H | N | H |
| I | H | W | E | V | F | L | A | M | I | N | G | O | T | N | H | S | G |
| I | N | M | M | E | N | C | L | O | S | U | R | E | F | A | A | L | F |
| E | S | E | F | P | Z | G | R | A | T | R | E | T | T | O | Y | R | C |
| B | R | E | E | D | I | N | G | P | R | O | G | R | A | M | M | E | C |
| K | O | R | E | L | Y | O | A | H | A | T | E | E | H | C | P | P | P |
| E | H | K | D | C | A | N | L | P | L | D | V | N | I | M | L | E | B |
| A | R | A | I | A | X | V | N | E | M | E | K | O | A | R | B | E | Z |
| D | H | T | N | P | Y | U | R | O | T | I | M | C | E | N | E | K | W |
| N | V | I | G | Y | U | G | U | E | W | T | H | U | O | I | N | O | I |
| A | O | F | T | B | N | S | R | I | S | T | T | C | R | H | S | O | I |
| P | D | R | I | A | I | I | H | H | R | P | T | E | C | E | R | Z | S |
| D | D | T | M | R | N | O | T | E | T | U | A | T | A | R | A | L | G |
| E | F | A | E | A | U | H | G | I | R | A | F | F | E | E | T | N | S |
| R | I | U | R | S | I | I | H | N | A | T | U | G | N | A | R | O | U |
| S | V | I | E | R | T | N | A | H | P | E | L | E | E | I | K | A | L |
| N | A | V | U | I | E | L | F | T | C | T | T | R | I | R | E | N | F |
| N | I | E | L | I | O | N | I | R | A | M | A | T | L | K | T | D | I |
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- Breeding programme
- Capybara
- Cheetah
- Chimpanzee
- Elephant
- Enclosure
- Feeding time
- Flamingo
- Giraffe
- Hippo
- Kea
- Kiwi house
- Lemur
- Lion
- Meerkat
- Nocturnal
- Orangutan
- Otter
- Red panda
- Rhino
- Serval
- Siamang
- Tamarin
- Tiger
- Tuatara
- Veterinarian
- Zebra
- Zookeeper
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About this word search
Zoos in New Zealand do much more than show animals. They take part in breeding programmes for endangered species, run vet hospitals that also treat injured native wildlife, and help raise kiwi chicks for release into the wild. Alongside the familiar animals, you may meet siamangs, gibbons famous for their loud calls, or lemurs from Madagascar.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and the words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Breeding programme is the longest at seventeen letters, reading BREEDINGPROGRAMME without a space, followed by veterinarian at twelve. Kea is just three letters and lion four. Zebra, zookeeper and chimpanzee have the only Z's, and capybara is the only word with a Y.
This is a good sheet for older children before a school trip. Ask them to pick one animal from the list and find out where it comes from in the wild and whether it is endangered.
Ways to use this word search
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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 German too
The same theme also exists in German, 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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