Hard playground word search
Monkey bars, the zip line and hopscotch: twenty-eight outdoor games and playground words for older kids. They hide backwards, forwards and diagonally in a large grid.
- Balance beam
- Bubble wand
- Cartwheel
- Climbing wall
- Double Dutch
- Fort
- Four square
- Handstand
- Hopscotch
- Kickball
- Kiddie pool
- Leapfrog
- Merry-go-round
- Monkey bars
- Mud kitchen
- Obstacle course
- Piggyback
- Puddles
- Relay race
- Roller skates
- Rope swing
- Sack race
- Scavenger hunt
- Tire swing
- Tree climbing
- Water balloon
- Wheelbarrow race
- Zip line
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 versionPlaying outside, extra hard
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Find these words
- Balance beam
- Bubble wand
- Cartwheel
- Climbing wall
- Double Dutch
- Fort
- Four square
- Handstand
- Hopscotch
- Kickball
- Kiddie pool
- Leapfrog
- Merry-go-round
- Monkey bars
- Mud kitchen
- Obstacle course
- Piggyback
- Puddles
- Relay race
- Roller skates
- Rope swing
- Sack race
- Scavenger hunt
- Tire swing
- Tree climbing
- Water balloon
- Wheelbarrow race
- Zip line
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About this word search
Double Dutch uses two long ropes turning in opposite directions, with one child skipping in the middle. It has been a sidewalk game in American cities for generations and is now a competitive sport with its own championships. Four square, played with a rubber ball on a court of four chalk boxes, is another recess classic.
Most entries are joined strings, such as MONKEYBARS and OBSTACLECOURSE. In this eighteen-row grid they can also run backwards or slant, so check from both ends. Fort is the shortest word and easy to lose among the long ones.
For a scout troop or a birthday party, the list doubles as a menu of games. Let the kids pick three entries they found, such as Sack race, Leapfrog and Scavenger hunt, and play them in the yard afterward.
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.
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