PE Word Search Printable

Press New puzzle for 16 PE words, from Gallop to Teamwork, then print the sheet with its answer key.

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PE Word Search

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OIEXERCISEYGASF

ZPRLFBSGORHWSIO

MRYNIWZBKWOOGFE

NFYHTWEUIHGPTWP

CONERLSFCCKIEAI

TSXDBATIKKCOACH

EKRVIDRIBBLEMRT

CQDODGEBALLNWMI

WTNIADNPLANKOPB

MBWVYNGALLOPRQJ

QXZIGBTHROWAKQR

MECATCHOOPDSASD

HMDBEANBAGOEAGE

ODHPRNRWHISTLEB

TEIJDREFEREEGJJ

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GallopGALLOP
ThrowTHROW
CatchCATCH
DribbleDRIBBLE
ConeCONE
HoopHOOP
BeanbagBEANBAG
WhistleWHISTLE
KickballKICKBALL
DodgeballDODGEBALL
PlankPLANK
TeamworkTEAMWORK
RefereeREFEREE
CoachCOACH
StrengthSTRENGTH
ExerciseEXERCISE

16 of 22 words from the PE Key Terms list.

Write about your favorite PE game. Use three words from the list.

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Answer key: PE Word Search

OIEXERCISEYGASF

ZPRLFBSGORHWSIO

MRYNIWZBKWOOGFE

NFYHTWEUIHGPTWP

CONERLSFCCKIEAI

TSXDBATIKKCOACH

EKRVIDRIBBLEMRT

CQDODGEBALLNWMI

WTNIADNPLANKOPB

MBWVYNGALLOPRQJ

QXZIGBTHROWAKQR

MECATCHOOPDSASD

HMDBEANBAGOEAGE

ODHPRNRWHISTLEB

TEIJDREFEREEGJJ

GALLOP, THROW, CATCH, DRIBBLE, CONE, HOOP, BEANBAG, WHISTLE, KICKBALL, DODGEBALL, PLANK, TEAMWORK, REFEREE, COACH, STRENGTH, EXERCISE

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All 128 words

Movement Skills 29

Balance To hold your body steady.
Bend To curl your body forward or drop into a crouch.
Cartwheel A sideways turn of the whole body: hand, hand, foot, foot.
Catch To close your hands around a flying ball.
Chase To go after the players who are running from you.
Climb To pull yourself up a rope or a wall.
Direction The way you are moving: forward, backward or sideways.
Dribble To keep a ball moving with small bounces or kicks as you travel.
Flee To run away from the tagger.
Footwork The way you place and move your feet.
Gallop To move forward with the same foot always leading, like a horse.
Hop To spring up and land on the same foot.
Leap A long jump through the air from one foot to the other.
Locomotor The teacher's word for skills that carry you from place to place.
Overhand A throw with the arm coming down from above the shoulder.
Pitch To throw the ball to the batter.
Pivot To swing around while one shoe stays glued to the floor.
Punt A kick made on a ball dropped from the hands.
Roll To turn over and over along the floor.

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Movement Skills, continued

Run To move fast on foot.
Shoot To send a ball at the hoop or the net to score.
Skip A step and a little hop, switching feet each time.
Slide To step sideways and bring the other foot to meet it.
Stride One long step.
Swing To move a bat, a racket or your arms in a curve.
Throw To fling a ball with your arm.
Tumble To do rolls and flips on a mat.
Twist To turn the top of your body while your feet stay still.
Underhand A throw with the arm swinging forward below the shoulder.

PE Equipment 24

Beanbag A small cloth sack that is easy to toss and catch.
Bench A long seat where players wait.
Birdie The feathered cone hit back and forth in badminton.
Bleachers Rows of seats that fold out from the gym wall.
Chalk What draws the squares on the blacktop.
Clipboard What the teacher writes scores on.
Cone A bright orange marker with a pointed top, set out to mark a course.
Equipment All the gear used in class.
Gymnasium The big indoor room where class is held.
Hoop A big plastic ring to spin, jump through or stand in.
Hurdle A low bar to jump over while running.
Locker A metal cupboard for clothes and shoes.
Mat A padded floor cover for tumbling.
Paddle A solid bat with a short handle.
Parachute A huge circle of cloth that a whole class lifts and shakes.
Pinnie A bright mesh vest that shows which side you are on.
Puck A flat disk hit across the floor with a stick.
Racket A frame with strings for hitting a ball or a birdie.
Scarf A light square of cloth for learning to juggle.
Scooter A small square board on four wheels that you sit on.
Scoreboard The sign that shows the points for each side.
Springboard A bouncy ramp for jumping onto the vault.
Stopwatch A handheld clock that times a race.
Whistle It hangs on the teacher's lanyard and shrieks to stop the game.

Gym and Playground Games 18

Badminton A racket game that uses a birdie, not a ball.
Capture the flag Two sides each try to grab a cloth from the other's base.
Dodgeball A game of soft throws across a center line and quick sidesteps.
Double Dutch Rope jumping with two long ropes turning in opposite directions.
Floor hockey A stick game played in sneakers in the gym.
Four square A ball game on a grid of boxes, one player in each.
Juggling Keeping several objects in the air at once.
Kickball A diamond game where the pitch is rolled and booted, with no bat.
Obstacle course A path of things to climb over, crawl under and run around.
Pickleball A paddle game played over a low net on a small court.
Red rover A game where a runner tries to break through a line of joined hands.
Relay A team race: run your leg, then pass the baton.
Scrimmage A practice game between two halves of one class.
Simon says A game of doing only the moves the leader names in a special way.
Tag A game where one player is it and chases the rest.
Tee ball Baseball for beginners, hit off a stand.
Tug of war Two sides pull on a rope in opposite directions.
Wall ball A game of throwing at the bricks and catching the rebound.

Warm-Up Words 22

Arm circles Round sweeps with both hands held out to the sides.
Bear crawl Walking on hands and feet with your hips high.
Burpee A squat, a kick back, and a jump up, done in one go.
Cool down Slow moves at the end of class.
Crab walk Moving on hands and feet with your tummy facing up.
Frog jump A leap forward from a deep crouch.
High knees Running in place with the legs lifted to hip height.
Jog A gentle run, slow enough to talk.
Jumping jack A hop with arms up and legs apart, then together.
Lap Start at the door, circle the gym and end at the door again.
Lunge A giant step with a deep dip.
Plank To hold your body straight and stiff, propped on your arms.
Push-up To lower and raise a straight body with your arms.
Reach To stretch an arm out as far as it goes.
Shuffle Quick sideways steps without crossing the feet.
Sit-up To rise from lying on your back until you are upright.
Squat To bend both knees and sit back, then stand up.
Stretch To reach and lengthen a muscle.
Toe touch Reaching down toward your feet.
Wall sit Holding a seated pose with your back pressed flat.
Warm-up Easy moves that get the body ready.
Windmill Touching each hand to the opposite foot in turn.

Fair Play 17

Coach The adult who teaches and guides a team.
Effort Trying your hardest.
Foul A move that breaks the rules.
Goalie The last defender, who blocks shots in front of the net.
Honesty Telling the truth, such as when you were tagged.
Hustle To move quickly and try hard.
Include To make sure everyone gets to play.
Listen To keep your ears on the teacher while the game is explained.
Patience Waiting calmly for your turn.
Practice What makes a hard skill easier each week.
Referee The person who makes sure the rules are followed.
Respect Treating others, and the rules, with care.
Rules They say what is allowed in a game and what is not.
Share To give others a turn with the ball.
Sportsmanship Playing fair and being gracious, win or lose.
Strategy A plan for how to play.
Teamwork When a whole side helps each other play well.

Fitness Words 18

Agility Quick, light footwork: stopping, starting and dodging.
Biceps The arm muscle you show when you make a fist and flex.
Circuit A loop of activity stations done in order.
Coordination Getting your eyes, hands and feet to work together.
Endurance Being able to keep going for a long time.
Exercise Activity that works the body.
Fitness Being in good shape for activity.
Flexibility How easily your body bends and reaches.
Interval A short burst of activity followed by a pause.
Motion Movement.
Muscle What tightens in your arm when you lift something heavy.
Pace How fast you go over a distance.
Power Strength used quickly.
Reps How many times you do a move.
Rhythm A steady, repeating beat to move to.
Speed How fast you move.
Strength How much force your muscles can make.
Workout A session of exercise.

How this list was compiled: Physical education words chosen and defined for this site: movement skills, equipment, gym and playground games, warm-up words, fair play and fitness words, with a key terms list, an easy list and a hard list. The lists name things and give no health or training advice. No brand of ball, game or fitness test is named. Every spelling was checked in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, on 2026-10-03. Meanings are our own wording in pupil language. Licence: own work

How it works

This PE word search printable opens on key terms such as Dribble, Gallop, Relay and Referee. Six more lists cover movement skills, equipment, class games, warm-ups, fair play and fitness, and every word has a pupil-level meaning.

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Physical education word searches, printable list by list

Under Start from a list, Movement Skills has Gallop, Pivot and Cartwheel, PE Equipment has Pinnie, Birdie and Parachute, and Gym and Playground Games has Four square, Pickleball and Capture the flag. Warm-Up Words has Burpee, Crab walk and High knees, and Fair Play has Sportsmanship, Honesty and Include.

Middle school and fitness versions

For a PE word search middle school printable, pick Hard PE Words: entries of nine letters or more, such as Coordination, Flexibility and Scrimmage. Fitness Words makes a fitness word search printable of names only, such as Agility, Endurance and Interval.

Easy PE Words holds short words such as Run, Hop, Tag and Cone.

Questions and answers

What words are in the PE word search?

Physical education words in six themes: movement skills such as Skip and Dribble, equipment such as Cone and Hoop, class games such as Kickball and Tag, warm-ups, fair play and fitness words. No team, league or brand is named.

Why are Jump and Kick missing from the list?

JUMP sits inside JUMPING JACK and KICK inside KICKBALL, so a grid holding both would give the short word two right answers. Type Jump or Kick at the end of the word list to add it.

Does the fitness list give health advice?

No. Fitness Words names things a PE class talks about, such as Strength, Speed, Pace, Reps and Circuit, each with a plain meaning. What to do and how much is for the teacher.

How is this different from the sports word search?

The sports word search names the sports themselves, from Soccer and Baseball to Lacrosse. This page is the class: skills, equipment, warm-ups and fair play.

All 128 words

Movement Skills 29

Movement Skills, continued

PE Equipment 24

Gym and Playground Games 18

Warm-Up Words 22

Fair Play 17

Fitness Words 18

How it works

Physical education word searches, printable list by list

Middle school and fitness versions

Questions and answers

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