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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.

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  • 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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Pizza and pasta, extra hard

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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

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