Hard playground word search
Monkey bars, the zip wire 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
- Conkers
- Den
- Handstand
- Hopscotch
- Leapfrog
- Monkey bars
- Mud kitchen
- Obstacle course
- Paddling pool
- Piggyback
- Puddles
- Relay race
- Roller skates
- Rope swing
- Roundabout
- Rounders
- Sack race
- Scavenger hunt
- Skipping
- Tree climbing
- Tyre swing
- Water fight
- Wheelbarrow race
- Zip wire
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
Name
| F | G | M | U | D | K | I | T | C | H | E | N | W | G | W | D | I | L |
| T | S | B | A | L | A | N | C | E | B | E | A | M | T | A | N | D | E |
| H | K | T | S | R | E | K | N | O | C | D | S | E | I | T | A | S | R |
| V | I | L | O | U | U | R | E | L | A | Y | R | A | C | E | T | R | H |
| P | P | D | O | B | S | T | A | C | L | E | C | O | U | R | S | E | A |
| A | P | D | A | N | T | Y | R | E | S | W | I | N | G | F | D | D | E |
| D | I | K | E | L | W | E | Z | I | P | W | I | R | E | I | N | N | C |
| D | N | A | W | E | L | B | B | U | B | E | E | O | I | G | A | U | A |
| L | G | I | C | D | S | H | O | P | S | C | O | T | C | H | H | O | R |
| I | S | C | A | V | E | N | G | E | R | H | U | N | T | T | A | R | K |
| N | W | H | E | E | L | B | A | R | R | O | W | R | A | C | E | N | C |
| G | R | O | P | E | S | W | I | N | G | O | R | F | P | A | E | L | A |
| P | A | E | O | O | M | R | O | L | L | E | R | S | K | A | T | E | S |
| O | N | C | A | R | T | W | H | E | E | L | P | U | D | D | L | E | S |
| O | P | I | I | P | I | G | G | Y | B | A | C | K | S | T | P | I | G |
| L | L | A | W | G | N | I | B | M | I | L | C | E | E | R | T | P | I |
| U | E | F | D | E | N | M | O | N | K | E | Y | B | A | R | S | T | S |
| O | V | F | E | I | T | U | O | B | A | D | N | U | O | R | U | L | A |
Find these words
- Balance beam
- Bubble wand
- Cartwheel
- Climbing wall
- Conkers
- Den
- Handstand
- Hopscotch
- Leapfrog
- Monkey bars
- Mud kitchen
- Obstacle course
- Paddling pool
- Piggyback
- Puddles
- Relay race
- Roller skates
- Rope swing
- Roundabout
- Rounders
- Sack race
- Scavenger hunt
- Skipping
- Tree climbing
- Tyre swing
- Water fight
- Wheelbarrow race
- Zip wire
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About this word search
Leapfrog, Piggyback and Wheelbarrow race need nothing more than other people, which is part of their charm. Conkers belongs to autumn and Water fight to summer, so the list covers the whole school year.
With every direction possible over eighteen squares, Wheelbarrow race and Obstacle course are the best anchors. The Z in Zip wire and the Y in Tyre swing help after that.
In a school setting, the list is a good prompt for planning an outdoor games day. Pupils pick five activities and write the rules for each.
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, pupils check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. 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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