Bullying Word Search Printable

A bullying prevention puzzle of upstander words that prints with its answer key and a short writing task.

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Bullying Word Search

Find every word hidden in the grid. Words go across and down.

0 of 15 words found

JTARGETVSNRKTXA

PATELLSIZFTIUSN

ECHPYLBYSTANDER

PAUOYPSOPEMDCIS

TBTRLCNPEARNOTC

NTSTRUSTACAEUSR

REAOEARFKHASRTA

ERFOADOMUEGSAAH

XEEBSTOPPRROGNR

TPLEDGEXCLUDEDE

ZKQJAOTELSHMSUD

LAMSTVILDGOREPM

TLIPDUIBTCQZTOP

SLDOTGLDEPYRAHL

PYFAOSCINACRBNB

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BystanderBYSTANDER
TargetTARGET
AllyALLY
ExcludeEXCLUDE
ReportREPORT
TellTELL
Speak upSPEAK UP
Stand upSTAND UP
StopSTOP
CourageCOURAGE
TeacherTEACHER
KindnessKINDNESS
TrustTRUST
SafeSAFE
PledgePLEDGE

15 of 24 words from the Bullying Prevention list.

Write one thing an upstander could say or do. Use two words from the list.

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Answer key: Bullying Word Search

JTARGETVSNRKTXA

PATELLSIZFTIUSN

ECHPYLBYSTANDER

PAUOYPSOPEMDCIS

TBTRLCNPEARNOTC

NTSTRUSTACAEUSR

REAOEARFKHASRTA

ERFOADOMUEGSAAH

XEEBSTOPPRROGNR

TPLEDGEXCLUDEDE

ZKQJAOTELSHMSUD

LAMSTVILDGOREPM

TLIPDUIBTCQZTOP

SLDOTGLDEPYRAHL

PYFAOSCINACRBNB

BYSTANDER, TARGET, ALLY, EXCLUDE, REPORT, TELL, SPEAK UP, STAND UP, STOP, COURAGE, TEACHER, KINDNESS, TRUST, SAFE, PLEDGE

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All 120 words

Who Is Who 15

Ally A person who is on your side and backs you up.
Buddy A pal who sticks with you.
Bystander Someone who sees a thing happen and takes no part in it.
Crowd Many people gathered around, some watching and some joining in.
Defender A person who steps in to protect someone else.
Follower One who goes along with what a leader does.
Leader A person others follow, who can set a good example.
Newcomer A student who has only just joined the school.
Onlooker A person who watches without joining in.
Partner The classmate you are paired with for a task.
Student Any child enrolled at a school.
Target The person an unkind act is aimed at.
Teammate A member of the side you play on.
Upstander Someone who speaks or acts to help a person who is being picked on.
Witness Someone who saw or heard what happened.

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What Bullying Can Look Like 23

Bullying Unwanted, hurtful behavior that is repeated and where one side holds more power.
Exclude To shut someone out of a game, a table or a group.
Hurtful Causing pain to a person's body or feelings.
Imbalance A lack of evenness, as when one person is bigger, older or more popular.
Intimidate To frighten someone into doing or not doing a thing.
Left out Not asked to join when the others are.
Mean Nasty to others when there is no need to be.
Name calling Using rude or hurtful labels for a person.
On purpose Meant to happen; not by accident.
Physical Having to do with the body, such as a push or a grab.
Pick on To treat one person badly again and again.
Prank A trick played on someone, which stops being funny when it hurts.
Repeated Done again and again.
Rumor Talk that travels from one person to the next without anyone knowing it is true.
Shove To push someone roughly.
Social Having to do with friendships and how people get along in groups.
Taunt To say things meant to make someone angry or upset.
Teasing Joking about someone in a way they do not find funny.
Threat A statement that someone means to cause harm.
Tripping Making someone stumble or fall on purpose.
Unkind Not caring about how others feel.
Unwanted Not asked for and not welcome.
Verbal Done with words, spoken or written.

Standing Up and Speaking Up 17

Ask To check on someone with a question, such as: are you okay?
Befriend To become a pal to someone who has none nearby.
Brave Ready to face something hard or scary.
Confident Feeling certain that you can handle what comes.
Courage The strength to act well while feeling afraid.
Distract To draw attention away, as by changing the subject or starting a game.
Help To do something that makes things better for another person.
Include To bring someone into the game, the table or the group.
Reach out To offer help or company to someone who seems alone.
Report To let an adult in charge know what happened so it can be dealt with.
Speak up To say out loud that something is not right.
Stand up To take the side of a person who is being treated badly.
Step in To get involved in order to help or to put an end to something.
Stick together To stay close as a group so no one is alone.
Stop A firm word that means do not go on.
Tell To go to a grown-up and say what you saw or what was done to you.
Walk away To leave a bad scene calmly and not fight back.

Trusted Adults 15

Adviser A staff member who guides a club or a grade.
Aide An adult assistant in a classroom, lunchroom or playground.
Babysitter Someone paid to mind children while the parents are out.
Bus driver The adult at the wheel on the ride to and from school.
Counselor A school staff member students can talk with about problems.
Crossing guard The adult who stops traffic so students can walk across the street.
Custodian The staff member who keeps the school building clean and in order.
Grown up Another word for an adult.
Monitor An adult or student given the job of watching a hallway, lunchroom or bus.
Parent Your mom or dad.
Secretary The staff member at the front office desk.
Staff All the adults who work at a school.
Teacher The adult in charge of your lessons.
Tutor A person who gives one student extra teaching.
Volunteer A person who gives time to a school without being paid.

A Kind School 16

Care To feel that someone or something matters to you.
Empathy Understanding and sharing how another person feels.
Equal The same in worth and rights.
Fair Treating everyone by the same standard.
Friendly Warm and easy to be around.
Harmony People getting along smoothly.
Inclusion Making sure nobody is shut out.
Kindness Being friendly, gentle and generous toward others.
Nice Pleasant and good to others.
Peace A state of quiet with no fighting.
Respect Treating each person as someone of worth.
Safe Free from harm or danger.
Sharing Letting others use what you have.
Trust The feeling that a person will be honest and stand by you.
Unique Not like anyone else, which is true of every person.
Unity Many people acting as one.

Kind Online 18

Block To stop someone from being able to contact you on an app or game.
Comment A short written reply under something another person shared.
Delete To erase a post or a note.
Device A phone, tablet, computer or game console.
Digital Having to do with computers, phones and the internet.
Forward To send on to someone else a note you received.
Group chat A typed conversation shared by several people at once.
Log off To sign out and leave an app or site.
Message Words sent from one person to another.
Netiquette Good manners on the internet.
Online Connected to the internet.
Photo An image captured with a phone or camera.
Post To put words or pictures on the internet for others to see.
Private Meant for only you or a few people, not for all to see.
Profile The page that shows who a person is in an app or game.
Screenshot A saved picture of what a device is showing.
Texting Sending short typed notes by phone.
Username The made-up word a person goes by in an app or game.

Prevention Month and Lessons 16

Banner A long sign of cloth or paper hung where all can see.
Circle time A gathering on the rug where a class talks things over.
Conflict A disagreement or fight between people.
Discussion A talk in which people share ideas.
Lesson One session of teaching on a topic.
October The month named National Bullying Prevention Month in the United States.
Pledge A solemn promise a class may recite or sign.
Policy A school's written plan on a subject.
Prevention Stopping a problem before it starts.
Program A planned set of lessons or events.
Promise What you give when you say you will do a thing no matter what.
Resolve To settle a disagreement.
Role play Acting out a made-up scene to rehearse words and choices.
Rules Agreed statements of what is and is not allowed.
Slogan A short, catchy phrase that sums up an idea.
Survey A list of questions given to many students to learn their views.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Spellings and meanings were checked on 11 October 2026 in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (https://www.ahdictionary.com/) and in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upstander and the entries for the other words). Facts were checked the same day against these English Wikipedia articles: Bullying (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying) and October (the list of month-long observances in the United States). Licence: own work

How it works

Bystander, Upstander, Report, Respect, Include, Kindness and Trust are on the list this bullying word search printable opens on. Seven more lists name who is who, what to do and whom to tell: vocabulary for a class talk.

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Seven lists for an anti-bullying lesson

Who Is Who has Target, Ally and Onlooker. What Bullying Can Look Like has Teasing, Rumor and Exclude. Standing Up and Speaking Up has Tell, Step in and Walk away. Trusted Adults has Teacher, Counselor and Bus driver. A Kind School has Respect, Empathy and Inclusion, Kind Online has Block, Screenshot and Netiquette, and Prevention Month and Lessons has Pledge, Slogan and October.

Kindergarten and 2nd grade

For kindergarten, pick Short and Easy: 12 words of 3 to 5 letters, such as Help, Tell, Safe and Stop. For a free anti-bullying word search for 2nd grade, the opening list fits: its longest words, Bystander and Upstander, have 9 letters.

Upstander is the opposite of Bystander: one stands up for someone, the other stays out of it.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month in the United States, and the word is on the Prevention Month and Lessons list.

Questions and answers

Is there a bullying word search puzzle printable with an answer key?

Yes. Print or save as PDF makes two pages on Letter or A4: the puzzle with a name and date line and a writing task about upstanders, then the answer key.

What words are in the bullying word search?

120 words and phrases, from Help and Safe to Stick together and Netiquette. No insult is in the grid, and Bully is not an entry.

Which list has the cyberbullying words?

Kind Online, with 18 entries, among them Post, Comment, Block, Screenshot, Group chat, Private and Log off.

Does the puzzle tell students what to do about bullying?

No. It gives a class the words for the talk, such as Report, Tell and Speak up, and leaves the lesson and any real case to the teacher, the counselor and the school policy.

All 120 words

Who Is Who 15

What Bullying Can Look Like 23

Standing Up and Speaking Up 17

Trusted Adults 15

A Kind School 16

Kind Online 18

Prevention Month and Lessons 16

How it works

Seven lists for an anti-bullying lesson

Kindergarten and 2nd grade

Questions and answers

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