Animal and Nature Word Searches with Answer Keys

A word search for each animal or outdoor theme, with easy and hard lists, clues and an answer key.

Each page in this set is a word search on one animal or outdoor theme. Every page opens on a finished puzzle, and the full list below the tool gives a checked one-line fact for each word.

41 pages

Animals 24

Animals by habitat, then a page each for dinosaurs, cats, dog breeds, horses, the farm, penguins, fish, pets, the zoo, sharks, reptiles and amphibians, birds, and butterflies and bugs.

Animal Word Search Printable PDF with Answer Key and CluesPress New puzzle for another grid, or pick one of 11 animal lists, then print it with its answer key.
Dinosaur Word Search Printable with Answer Key and Fact CluesPress New puzzle to draw from 58 real dinosaur names plus fossil words, then print with the answer key.
Cat Word Search Printable with Breeds, Wild Cats and an Answer KeyPress New puzzle for 16 words on cat breeds, coats, sounds and wild cats, then print it with its key.
Dog Breed Word Search Printable with 129 Breed Names in Seven GroupsPress New puzzle for 16 of 129 breed names, sorted by the job each dog was bred for, then print.
Horse Word Search Printable for Riders, Barns and ClassroomsTack, gaits, breeds, coat colors and parts of a horse: press New puzzle, then print it with the answer key.
Farm Word Search Printable with Crops, Tractors, Barns and AnimalsEight lists walk the farm from pasture to kitchen table: press New puzzle for another 16 words, then print.
Penguin Word Search Free Printable for an Antarctica UnitAll 18 penguin species, their bodies, chicks, food chain and Antarctica: press New puzzle, then print with the answer key.
Fish Word Search with Freshwater, Saltwater and Shark ListsFreshwater, saltwater and aquarium fish, sharks, rays and the parts of a fish, in a puzzle to print or play.
Pets Word Search PrintablePress New puzzle for 16 pet words in a fresh grid, then print the sheet with its answer key.
Printable Zoo Word SearchNew puzzle deals 16 zoo and safari words into a fresh grid; print it with the answer key.
Shark Word Search PrintableNew puzzle hides 16 shark words in a fresh grid, to solve on screen or print with its key.
Reptile Word Search PrintableNew puzzle hides 16 reptile and amphibian words; solve the grid on screen or print it with its answer key.
Bird Word Search PrintableNew puzzle hides 16 bird words, from the backyard to birds of prey; print it with the answer key.
Butterfly Word Search Printable WorksheetsNew puzzle hides 16 butterfly and bug words; solve the grid on screen or print it with its answer key.
Invertebrates Word SearchAnimals without backbones, sorted the way a science unit sorts them, with the answer key on a second page.
Easy Zebra Word Search PrintableWell-known zebra words hidden across and down only, on one sheet with its answer key.
Extinct Animals Word Search PrintableIce Age giants, lost birds and ancient sea life on one sheet, with an answer key and a fact each.
Baby Animal Word Search PrintableBaby animal names on one sheet with its answer key, and a clue that matches each baby to its parent.
Bats Word SearchThe words of a bat's world: its wings and its roost, its echoes and its food.
Monkey Word SearchMonkeys of two worlds in one puzzle, the Americas on one side and Africa and Asia on the other.
Chicken WordsearchHens, roosters, chicks, the coop and 19 breeds in one word search, with its answer key.
Elephant Word SearchOne animal in five lists, from its trunk and tusks to its family and the people who protect it.
Dolphin Word SearchFrom pod and blowhole to the open ocean: a dolphin puzzle for a sea unit.
Turtle Word Search PrintableTurtles, tortoises and terrapins, their shells, eggs and homes, on one sheet with its answer key.

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The ocean, the beach, camping, fishing, the natural world, flowers and gardens, the rainforest and the Arctic.

Ocean Word Search for Kids, Printable with an Answer KeyAn ocean word search for a sea life unit: press New puzzle, then print it with its answer key.
Beach Word Search Printable with an Answer Key and Shore FactsA beach word search for the last week of school or a rainy vacation day, printed with its answer key.
Camping Word Search Printable with Fact Clues and a KeyPrint a camping word search for the tent, the cabin porch or the meeting before the trip, answer key included.
Fishing Word Search Printable with an Answer KeyA fishing word search for a camp tackle talk or a rainy cabin day, printed with its answer key.
Nature Word Search Free Printable for Hikes and Science UnitsA nature word search for a hike or a unit on landforms, weather or rocks, printed with its answer key.
Flower Word Search Printable with Garden and Plant ListsA flower word search for a plant unit, a garden club or the Mother's Day table, answer key included.
Gardening Word SearchGarden tools, the jobs they do and the vegetables they grow, to print with a key or solve on screen.
Free Printable Tree Word SearchKinds of trees and the parts of a tree on one sheet, with its answer key.
Forest Word SearchThe trees, plants and animals of a temperate forest on one sheet, with its answer key.
Free Printable Rainforest Word SearchNew puzzle hides 16 rainforest words across and down; solve on screen or print the grid with its answer key.
Arctic Word Search PrintableNew puzzle hides 16 Arctic words, from animals to ice; print the grid with its answer key.
Desert Word Search PrintableDesert animals, plants, landforms and the world's deserts on one sheet, with its answer key.
Mountains Word SearchPeaks, ranges, glaciers and the animals that live up high on one sheet, with its answer key.
Free Printable Harvest Word SearchCrops, harvest work and harvest festivals on one sheet, with its answer key.
Apple Word SearchApple parts, orchard words and old variety names for a September apple unit, with an answer key.
Pumpkin Word Search PrintableThe pumpkin from vine to pie, with squash, carving and giant pumpkin contests, on one sheet with its key.
Rainbow Puzzles and Word Search PrintableThe seven colors, how a rainbow forms and where to look for one, on a sheet with its answer key.

More about these tools

Each page also has an easy list of 3 to 5 letter words, a hard list of long ones, fact clues, and a printout with its answer key on Letter or A4. To mix themes, use the word search maker.

How the lists were made: every clue is our own wording for readers of about 7 to 13, and its fact was checked against the English Wikipedia article for the word. An entry of more than one word is hidden as one run of letters. No clue names a brand, film, character, product or living person.

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