Dinosaur Word Puzzles

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Hint: Gone for good, with none left alive

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Dinosaur Word Puzzles

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  1. C T X T N E I.Hint: Gone for good, with none left alive
  2. O U N O A N D I G.Hint: A plant-eater with a spike on each thumb
  3. I S U A S C J R.Hint: The middle period of the Age of Reptiles
  4. K L L U S.Hint: The bones of the head
  5. E S C R T.Hint: A bony shape on the head of some of these animals
  6. R I A T D E S O.Hint: A space rock; one hit Earth about 66 million years ago
  7. R I T S A C S I.Hint: The first period of the Age of Reptiles
  8. E M M U U S.Hint: Where you can see real fossil skeletons
  9. D P O S O A U R.Hint: A huge plant-eater with a long neck and tail
  10. O A R R M.Hint: Hard plates that protect a body

Sheet 469611

10 of 12 words from the Medium list.

Answer key: Dinosaur Word Puzzles

  1. CTXTNEIEXTINCT
  2. OUNOANDIGIGUANODON
  3. ISUASCJRJURASSIC
  4. KLLUSSKULL
  5. ESCRTCREST
  6. RIATDESOASTEROID
  7. RITSACSITRIASSIC
  8. EMMUUSMUSEUM
  9. DPOSOAURSAUROPOD
  10. OARRMARMOR

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All 30 words

Easy: short words 8

  • Claw A sharp, curved nail on a foot
  • Fern A leafy green plant much older than dinosaurs
  • Herd A group of plant-eaters living together
  • Horn A pointed growth on the head
  • Roar A loud, deep animal sound
  • Spike A sharp point on a tail or back
  • Swamp Wet, muddy land full of plants
  • Tooth A meat-eater had rows of sharp ones

Medium 12

  • Armor Hard plates that protect a body
  • Asteroid A space rock; one hit Earth about 66 million years ago
  • Crest A bony shape on the head of some of these animals
  • Dinosaur A reptile from millions of years ago
  • Extinct Gone for good, with none left alive
  • Iguanodon A plant-eater with a spike on each thumb
  • Jurassic The middle period of the Age of Reptiles
  • Museum Where you can see real fossil skeletons
  • Sauropod A huge plant-eater with a long neck and tail
  • Skull The bones of the head
  • Triassic The first period of the Age of Reptiles
  • Volcano A mountain that can erupt lava

Hard: long words 10

  • Ankylosaurus An armored dinosaur with a club at the end of its tail
  • Carnivore An animal that eats meat
  • Cretaceous The last period of the age of dinosaurs
  • Diplodocus A very long sauropod with a whip-like tail
  • Herbivore An animal that eats only plants
  • Paleontologist A scientist who studies fossils
  • Stegosaurus A plant-eater with tall plates along its back
  • Triceratops Its name means three-horned face
  • Tyrannosaurus A huge meat-eater with tiny arms
  • Velociraptor A small, fast, feathered meat-eater

How it works

These dinosaur word puzzles are word scrambles of 30 dinosaur words: body parts, the three periods of the age of dinosaurs and seven dinosaur names. A hint sits under each jumble, and the answer key prints on its own page.

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From Roar to Tyrannosaurus

The easy list is body parts and sounds: Claw, Horn, Spike, Roar. Medium, the opening sheet, names the Triassic and Jurassic and holds Sauropod and Iguanodon. The hard list is the long names, with Paleontologist at 14 letters.

Hints that teach

Many hints teach a fact: the Iguanodon had a spike on each thumb, and Triceratops means three-horned face. Leave Hints on for a lesson, or turn them off to test spelling.

  • Put the three period names in order after the sheet: Triassic, then Jurassic, then Cretaceous.

Questions and answers

Which dinosaurs are in these puzzles?

Seven by name: Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Diplodocus, Ankylosaurus and Iguanodon. The rest are dinosaur words such as Crest, Herbivore and Extinct.

What age are these dinosaur word puzzles for?

The easy list suits kindergarten and grade 1 with hints on. The long names on the hard list, 9 to 14 letters, suit grade 3 and up, and a word bank helps younger fans.

When did the dinosaurs die out?

About 66 million years ago, when an asteroid hit the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous. Asteroid and Extinct are both on the medium list.

Do the dinosaur word puzzles come with answers?

Yes. The answer key prints on a separate page after the puzzle, so a young dinosaur fan can check the long names, such as Ankylosaurus and Diplodocus, letter by letter.

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