Animals word search
Twenty animals from the elephant to the frog, in a fourteen by fourteen grid with words across, down and diagonally. The classic for ages eight to twelve, and the first one parents look for.
- Bear
- Butterfly
- Cat
- Dog
- Dolphin
- Elephant
- Frog
- Giraffe
- Hedgehog
- Horse
- Koala
- Lion
- Monkey
- Otter
- Parrot
- Penguin
- Rabbit
- Snake
- Tiger
- Zebra
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 versionAnimals
Name
| E | B | E | A | R | E | K | L | U | O | E | O | M | L |
| H | Z | E | B | R | A | F | N | N | A | L | L | G | S |
| F | L | K | M | E | T | O | M | M | N | E | E | L | N |
| I | O | V | N | B | E | P | D | O | L | P | H | I | N |
| C | L | I | F | U | T | A | P | H | W | H | H | O | M |
| P | O | N | R | T | H | R | E | O | I | A | O | N | H |
| U | U | E | O | T | A | R | N | S | T | N | R | K | G |
| H | E | D | G | E | H | O | G | C | N | T | S | T | I |
| F | H | L | K | R | M | T | U | T | A | E | E | T | R |
| L | A | A | T | F | U | O | I | R | K | T | A | R | A |
| E | N | A | I | L | D | B | N | H | T | O | S | E | F |
| S | M | N | G | Y | B | O | I | K | V | B | A | D | F |
| E | X | I | E | A | A | N | G | R | E | N | T | L | E |
| R | R | E | R | U | N | I | L | H | X | Y | O | M | A |
Find these words
- Bear
- Butterfly
- Cat
- Dog
- Dolphin
- Elephant
- Frog
- Giraffe
- Hedgehog
- Horse
- Koala
- Lion
- Monkey
- Otter
- Parrot
- Penguin
- Rabbit
- Snake
- Tiger
- Zebra
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About this word search
Nothing hides backwards in this grid. Every animal reads the normal way, either across, down or along a diagonal, so a sharp-eyed third grader can work through it alone. The long names go fastest. Butterfly, Elephant and Hedgehog have so many letters that they are hard to miss, while Cat and Dog can sit quietly in a corner until the very end.
Afterward, try sorting the list by where each animal lives in the wild. The Koala belongs to Australia, most penguins live south of the equator, and you will not find a wild Hedgehog anywhere in the Americas. A world map and a pad of sticky notes turn the puzzle into a small geography lesson.
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 train or a family vacation. 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 English (New Zealand) too
The same theme also exists in English (New Zealand), Spanish, French, and 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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