Hard spring word search
Frogspawn, catkins and the equinox: a big eighteen by eighteen spring grid for older children who know their nature. Twenty-eight words hide across, down, backwards and diagonally.
- Allotment
- April
- Birdsong
- Bluebell
- Bumblebee
- Buttercup
- Butterfly
- Catkins
- Cherry blossom
- Dandelion
- Daylight
- Equinox
- Frogspawn
- Greenhouse
- Hatching
- Ladybird
- Lambing
- March
- Nesting
- Pollen
- Primrose
- Puddle
- Seedling
- Showers
- Snowdrop
- Sprout
- Tadpole
- Wellies
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 versionSpring, extra hard
Name
| R | N | R | R | G | T | I | I | M | T | A | D | P | O | L | E | U | S |
| R | L | A | D | T | L | R | Y | E | U | V | R | T | B | W | S | R | L |
| S | F | R | O | G | S | P | A | W | N | B | I | N | I | E | U | M | L |
| S | M | L | L | E | B | E | U | L | B | U | B | E | R | D | O | E | A |
| D | G | C | E | G | G | S | I | T | H | M | Y | M | D | S | H | E | M |
| A | B | A | S | N | X | N | T | L | N | B | D | T | S | R | N | S | B |
| Y | T | T | W | I | O | T | I | O | L | L | A | O | O | E | E | O | I |
| L | R | K | C | T | N | I | I | L | E | E | L | L | N | W | E | R | N |
| I | B | I | R | S | I | P | L | T | D | B | W | L | G | O | R | M | G |
| G | I | N | A | E | U | U | N | E | Y | E | O | A | A | H | G | I | N |
| H | T | S | E | N | Q | C | M | R | D | E | E | D | P | S | E | R | I |
| T | B | T | Y | T | E | R | R | A | T | N | C | S | N | A | E | P | H |
| K | O | Y | L | F | R | E | T | T | U | B | A | H | G | E | P | A | C |
| X | E | A | G | E | H | T | V | S | N | O | W | D | R | O | P | P | T |
| N | C | N | P | C | A | T | H | N | A | S | C | P | O | C | I | R | A |
| T | F | I | R | T | T | U | O | R | P | S | L | I | H | G | C | I | H |
| O | U | A | E | A | P | B | E | L | D | D | U | P | A | H | O | L | P |
| W | M | R | S | I | O | G | A | S | R | L | R | P | O | L | L | E | N |
Find these words
- Allotment
- April
- Birdsong
- Bluebell
- Bumblebee
- Buttercup
- Butterfly
- Catkins
- Cherry blossom
- Dandelion
- Daylight
- Equinox
- Frogspawn
- Greenhouse
- Hatching
- Ladybird
- Lambing
- March
- Nesting
- Pollen
- Primrose
- Puddle
- Seedling
- Showers
- Snowdrop
- Sprout
- Tadpole
- Wellies
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About this word search
Equinox comes from the Latin for equal night, and the spring equinox around 20 March is the point where day and night are roughly the same length. Daylight is on the list too, along with March and April, so the puzzle keeps half an eye on the calendar.
Other words come straight from the British countryside: Frogspawn, Catkins, Bluebell and Allotment. With eighteen squares a side and words in every direction, look first for the rare letters, such as the Q in Equinox, the K in Catkins and the Y in Ladybird.
Older pupils can turn the list into a seasonal timeline afterwards, putting Snowdrop, Frogspawn, Tadpole and Bluebell in the order they usually appear.
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.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German, and 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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