Pirates word search
A galleon on the horizon, a parrot on the shoulder and a treasure chest buried on an island. Twenty pirate words for young buccaneers.
- Anchor
- Cannon
- Captain
- Compass
- Crow's nest
- Cutlass
- Doubloon
- Eye patch
- Galleon
- Gold coins
- Hook
- Island
- Jolly Roger
- Map
- Mutiny
- Parrot
- Plank
- Shipwreck
- Telescope
- Treasure chest
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 versionPirates
Name
| C | T | F | S | C | G | O | L | D | C | O | I | N | S |
| A | R | V | H | A | N | D | O | U | B | L | O | O | N |
| P | L | I | I | N | L | A | N | C | H | O | R | C | I |
| T | T | P | P | N | A | F | E | O | G | E | T | R | U |
| A | T | A | W | O | W | E | M | T | G | N | E | O | K |
| I | T | R | R | N | R | N | H | O | O | K | L | W | C |
| N | T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | C | H | E | S | T |
| B | T | O | C | W | L | Y | L | K | L | K | S | N | N |
| B | E | T | K | M | L | L | S | F | N | D | C | E | E |
| U | C | U | T | L | A | S | S | A | I | E | O | S | P |
| S | T | X | O | G | I | P | L | U | N | E | P | T | P |
| P | W | J | C | O | M | P | A | S | S | S | E | K | T |
| G | C | I | N | E | Y | E | P | A | T | C | H | H | F |
| O | I | S | L | A | N | D | M | U | T | I | N | Y | K |
Find these words
- Anchor
- Cannon
- Captain
- Compass
- Crow's nest
- Cutlass
- Doubloon
- Eye patch
- Galleon
- Gold coins
- Hook
- Island
- Jolly Roger
- Map
- Mutiny
- Parrot
- Plank
- Shipwreck
- Telescope
- Treasure chest
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About this word search
The pirates of the old stories sailed the Caribbean, a long way from New Zealand, but they still turn up everywhere here: at birthday parties, in picture books and on pirate-ship playgrounds. Every child knows the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Treasure chest is the longest with thirteen letters, then Jolly Roger with ten. Map has only three letters and Hook four. Crow's nest loses its apostrophe in the grid. Look for the J in Jolly Roger, the Y in Mutiny, the double S in Cutlass and Compass and the double O in Hook and Doubloon. Eye patch and Gold coins run together without a space.
Hide a small treasure at home and turn the sheet into the map: every word found earns a clue. Treasure chest is the last word to find.
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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