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 topic, 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
A seahorse is one of the few animals where the male carries the young. He keeps the eggs in a pouch until they hatch, which tends to surprise children and adults alike.
Jellyfish and Starfish are not actually fish, and marine scientists sometimes prefer sea jelly and sea star for that reason. Both are on this list, which makes it a nice starting point for a lesson on what a fish really is.
Here the words lie across, down or slanting, never reversed, in a grid of fourteen by fourteen. Jellyfish and Stingray are long. Salt and Wave are short and easy to overlook.
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 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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