Hard pizza and pasta word search
Tagliatelle, bruschetta and panna cotta: Italian dishes with long names in a large grid. For older kids and adults, with twenty-eight words hiding backwards and diagonally.
- Antipasti
- Bolognese
- Bruschetta
- Calzone
- Cannelloni
- Cannoli
- Carbonara
- Espresso
- Focaccia
- Fusilli
- Gnocchi
- Macaroni
- Margherita
- Mascarpone
- Minestrone
- Olive oil
- Oregano
- Panna cotta
- Penne
- Pepperoni
- Pine nuts
- Pizza oven
- Pizzeria
- Prosciutto
- Ricotta
- Risotto
- Tagliatelle
- Tortellini
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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| R | O | U | T | G | O | L | I | V | E | O | I | L | N | B | N | A | P |
| I | S | N | S | N | C | A | L | Z | O | N | E | H | N | R | E | N | R |
| C | C | E | E | C | W | N | P | A | O | N | I | S | A | I | E | I | I |
| O | I | N | S | N | H | S | N | L | O | T | T | D | C | V | S | H | M |
| T | U | I | R | T | N | E | L | R | S | P | R | M | O | O | I | A | P |
| T | T | P | E | L | L | E | T | A | I | L | G | A | T | C | S | T | G |
| A | T | G | Y | H | N | S | P | T | E | M | Z | T | T | C | O | B | A |
| R | O | F | A | N | E | I | E | K | A | Z | O | I | A | R | O | B | I |
| A | E | A | A | N | T | E | E | G | I | O | R | R | T | N | O | M | R |
| N | S | C | I | N | E | S | N | P | E | L | P | E | W | L | N | W | E |
| O | F | M | A | C | P | O | N | A | E | O | L | H | O | E | A | S | Z |
| B | G | E | V | R | C | L | H | R | N | L | N | G | T | U | G | L | Z |
| R | E | K | E | C | H | A | Y | E | I | I | N | R | T | L | E | O | I |
| A | I | S | H | U | S | R | C | N | A | E | S | A | R | E | R | T | P |
| C | S | I | O | T | F | T | I | O | S | K | I | M | T | R | O | G | W |
| O | C | A | N | N | O | L | I | E | F | U | S | I | L | L | I | E | W |
Find these words
- Antipasti
- Bolognese
- Bruschetta
- Calzone
- Cannelloni
- Cannoli
- Carbonara
- Espresso
- Focaccia
- Fusilli
- Gnocchi
- Macaroni
- Margherita
- Mascarpone
- Minestrone
- Olive oil
- Oregano
- Panna cotta
- Penne
- Pepperoni
- Pine nuts
- Pizza oven
- Pizzeria
- Prosciutto
- Ricotta
- Risotto
- Tagliatelle
- Tortellini
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About this word search
Cannoli are fried pastry tubes from Sicily, filled with sweet ricotta. Prosciutto, Mascarpone and Focaccia are other names that can be tricky to spell, which is part of what makes this list harder than it looks.
With words in eight directions, start with the double letters. Cannelloni has two pairs, NN and LL. Pizzeria and Espresso have ZZ and SS. Antipasti and Minestrone are long and help fill in the rest.
For a language lesson or a dinner party, the list can be sorted into first courses, main dishes and desserts. Espresso fits at the very end.
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 Italian too
The same theme also exists in 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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