Ocean animals word search
Sharks, jellyfish and seahorses in a grid full of water, twenty sea words with lobster and squid among them. For an ocean unit, or simply because the sea is the best subject there is.
- Coral
- Crab
- Diver
- Dolphin
- Jellyfish
- Lobster
- Mussel
- Octopus
- Salt
- Seahorse
- Seal
- Seaweed
- Shark
- Shell
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Starfish
- Stingray
- Wave
- Whale
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 versionIn the ocean
Name
| L | L | H | I | E | M | H | B | O | T | B | T | L | E |
| S | T | W | F | H | N | Y | T | L | X | A | N | S | A |
| O | E | E | A | H | I | X | A | S | V | O | F | E | C |
| B | D | A | E | V | M | S | T | I | N | G | R | A | Y |
| D | O | N | L | J | E | L | L | Y | F | I | S | H | S |
| S | L | O | B | S | T | E | R | S | Y | B | B | O | K |
| H | P | L | N | E | L | N | E | H | V | B | C | R | H |
| R | H | R | D | A | N | O | H | A | A | E | H | S | L |
| I | I | N | H | W | B | C | O | R | A | L | I | E | G |
| M | N | W | W | E | R | T | C | K | G | F | S | S | N |
| P | L | A | O | E | T | O | P | I | R | S | H | Q | D |
| W | H | C | V | D | E | P | B | A | U | I | E | U | D |
| A | O | I | L | F | X | U | T | M | A | R | L | I | X |
| K | D | T | E | T | A | S | R | H | T | L | L | D | P |
Find these words
- Coral
- Crab
- Diver
- Dolphin
- Jellyfish
- Lobster
- Mussel
- Octopus
- Salt
- Seahorse
- Seal
- Seaweed
- Shark
- Shell
- Shrimp
- Squid
- Starfish
- Stingray
- Wave
- Whale
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About this word search
An Octopus has three hearts and blue blood, which is usually enough to win over a class at the start of an ocean unit. Crab, Shrimp and Lobster are all crustaceans, cousins with hard shells and jointed legs, while the Squid is a close relative of the octopus.
Diagonal words are mixed in with straight ones on the fourteen-row board, but none is spelled in reverse. Seaweed and Stingray are a good place to begin, because once you spot SEA or STING the rest follows quickly.
Afterward, let students sort the twenty words into animals, plants and things that are neither, such as Wave, Salt and Diver. Coral is the fun one to argue about, since it looks like a plant but is built by tiny animals.
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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