Teamwork Word Search

Find the teamwork words, then print the puzzle with a writing strip and its answer key.

Name Date

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

0 of 15 words found

STSTBZTPOMSQESU

DEHTUEOLMSCJDHN

NATTDPGAEFOSPAB

EMLISTENSLNTZRR

LMRGERTISETTGEE

AAELCUHDUIRCOLS

NTCSGSEJPFIOARP

RELAYTRLPUBOLRE

IEDSMZHNORUPERC

PCOLLABORATEFIT

ADMEFSQSTOERFAJ

ACOMPROMISEAOIN

ITCSSLMQOSVTRAP

FPXFFATRNEYETII

ZNFSYIFCDIEYBVH

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TogetherTOGETHER
CooperateCOOPERATE
CollaborateCOLLABORATE
TeammateTEAMMATE
ListenLISTEN
CompromiseCOMPROMISE
ShareSHARE
TrustTRUST
SupportSUPPORT
RespectRESPECT
GoalGOAL
PlanPLAN
ContributeCONTRIBUTE
EffortEFFORT
RelayRELAY

15 of 23 words from the Teamwork list.

Write about a time your group did what no one could do alone.

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Answer key: Teamwork Word Search

STSTBZTPOMSQESU

DEHTUEOLMSCJDHN

NATTDPGAEFOSPAB

EMLISTENSLNTZRR

LMRGERTISETTGEE

AAELCUHDUIRCOLS

NTCSGSEJPFIOARP

RELAYTRLPUBOLRE

IEDSMZHNORUPERC

PCOLLABORATEFIT

ADMEFSQSTOERFAJ

ACOMPROMISEAOIN

ITCSSLMQOSVTRAP

FPXFFATRNEYETII

ZNFSYIFCDIEYBVH

TOGETHER, COOPERATE, COLLABORATE, TEAMMATE, LISTEN, COMPROMISE, SHARE, TRUST, SUPPORT, RESPECT, GOAL, PLAN, CONTRIBUTE, EFFORT, RELAY

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Working Together 20

Alliance An agreement between groups to help each other.
Bond A tie that holds people close.
Camaraderie Warm trust among people who have worked or played side by side.
Cohesion The way the members of a group stick to one another.
Collaborate To make or plan something jointly, as two writers do on one book.
Combine To put separate things or efforts into one.
Cooperate To act with others toward the same end. It comes from a Latin verb meaning to work with.
Harmony Different parts fitting pleasantly with one another, in music or in a group.
Join To become part of a group.
Morale The mood and confidence of a group.
Partnership Two people or groups sharing a job and its results.
Pitch in To add your help to a shared job.
Solidarity Standing by one another because you share an aim.
Synergy What a group has when it does more as one than its members could do apart.
Team spirit Pride in the group you belong to, and the will to help it do well.
Teamwork The joined effort of a group toward one shared goal.
Together With one another, not alone.
Unison Everyone doing or saying the same thing at the same moment.
Unite To join into one.
Unity The state of being one.

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Team Roles 20

Captain The player chosen to speak for the side. The word goes back to the Latin for head.
Checker The group member who makes sure that everyone understands and the answers are right.
Coach The person who trains a team. The word first meant a carriage and is linked to the Hungarian town of Kocs.
Facilitator The group member who keeps the talk on track and sees that everyone gets a turn.
Leader The one who guides the group and keeps it moving.
Manager The person in charge of the supplies, or of the day-to-day running of a team.
Member One of the people who belong to a group.
Navigator The member of a crew who works out the route.
Organizer The one who arranges who does what, and when.
Presenter The one who shows the group's finished work to an audience.
Recorder The group member who writes down ideas and answers.
Reporter The group member who tells the class what the group found.
Researcher The one who looks things up.
Role The part each person plays in a group.
Rookie A player in a first season.
Scribe Another name for the note taker. Long ago, a person who copied books by hand.
Substitute A player who steps in for another.
Teammate Someone on the same side as you.
Timekeeper The group member who watches the clock.
Veteran A person with long experience.

Talking It Through 19

Agenda The list of things to talk about at a meeting.
Agree To hold the same view as someone else.
Brainstorm To pile up ideas quickly as a group, judging none until later. The name was in print by 1942.
Compromise A settlement in which every side gives up part of what it wanted.
Consensus Agreement that the whole group can accept.
Debate To argue two sides of a question by turns.
Decide To make a choice.
Discuss To talk something over as a group.
Explain To make something clear to others.
Feedback Helpful comments on work that is still under way.
Huddle A tight circle in which players plan the next move. Football's first was formed in 1894 at a school for the deaf.
Idea A thought about what could be done.
Input Ideas and opinions offered to the group.
Listen To give your full attention to what someone is saying.
Opinion What a person thinks about something.
Persuade To win someone over with reasons.
Share To give others part of what you have, or to tell them your thoughts.
Suggest To put forward an idea for the group to weigh.
Vote To choose by counting hands or ballots.

Trust and Support 21

Applaud To clap for someone.
Assist To help. In basketball and hockey, a pass that leads to a score.
Backup Help that stands ready in case it is needed.
Cheer A happy shout for your side.
Credit Praise for a job done. Good partners pass it around.
Depend To need someone and count on them.
Encourage To give someone the heart to keep trying.
Fair Giving everyone an equal chance.
Generous Glad to give time, help or praise.
Gratitude Thankfulness for what others did.
Helpful Quick to lend a hand.
Include To bring someone into the group.
Loyal Standing by your group in good times and bad.
Patience Staying calm while waiting, or while others catch up.
Praise Words that say a job was done well.
Reliable Sure to do what was promised, every time.
Rely To lean on someone and expect them to come through.
Respect Treating people as though they matter.
Support To hold someone up, with help or with kind words.
Trust The belief that others will do what they said.
Welcome To greet a newcomer gladly.

Getting the Job Done 19

Assign To give each person a job.
Checkpoint A set moment for seeing how far the work has come.
Contribute To give your part to a shared effort.
Coordinate To make separate parts fit and move smoothly as one.
Deadline The time by which the work must be finished.
Delegate To hand part of your work to someone you trust with it.
Divide To split the work into parts.
Effort The energy you put into a job.
Finish To bring a job to its end.
Goal The result a group is working toward.
Handoff The passing of a job, or a ball, from one person to the next.
Plan A set of steps decided on ahead of time.
Project A big piece of work with a beginning, a middle and an end.
Result What comes out at the end of the work.
Solve To work out the answer to a problem.
Strategy A careful plan for how to win or succeed.
Take part To join in what the group is doing.
Task One piece of work to be done.
Workload The amount of labor to be shared out.

Teams in Action 18

Band A group of musicians, each with a part to play.
Barn raising Neighbors joining to put up a farm building for one family, common in rural North America in the 1700s and 1800s.
Baton The short stick passed from runner to runner.
Bucket brigade A line of people passing pails of water hand to hand to put out a fire.
Cast The whole company of actors in one play.
Choir Many voices singing one song.
Colony A group of ants or bees that lives and works as one.
Conductor The person who keeps a large group of musicians in time.
Ensemble A group of musicians, dancers or actors who perform as one.
Formation A set arrangement, such as the V of flying geese or the lines of a marching band.
Geese Birds that fly in a V. Some scientists think the shape saves energy.
Hive The home of a honeybee colony.
Orchestra A large group of musicians, in sections, playing as one.
Pack A group of wolves that lives and hunts as one.
Pit crew The mechanics who service a race car during a stop.
Relay A race run in legs. Each runner hands a baton to the next.
Rowing Moving a boat with oars. In a racing boat every stroke has to match.
Tug of war Two sides pull opposite ends of a rope. The contest was known in ancient Egypt, China, India and Greece.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Word meanings were checked on 8 October 2026 against each word's entry in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teamwork and the entries for the other words, with the word histories of cooperate, captain and coach). Facts in the clues were checked the same day against these English Wikipedia articles: Teamwork, Huddle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huddle), Brainstorming, Relay race, V formation, Tug of war, Barn raising, Bucket brigade, Pit stop, Orchestra, Beehive and Pack (canine). Licence: own work

How it works

Cooperate, Listen, Share, Trust and Encourage are among the 23 words this teamwork word search opens on, for a teamwork lesson or the first week of a group project. Six lists run from Working Together to Teams in Action.

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Lists for a group project

Team Roles names the jobs a group hands out: Recorder, Timekeeper, Reporter, Facilitator and Checker. Talking It Through has Brainstorm, Compromise and Consensus. Trust and Support has Rely, Praise and Credit, and Getting the Job Done has Divide, Assign, Delegate and Handoff.

Teams in Action

This list takes teamwork outside the classroom: Relay and Baton, Orchestra and Conductor, Hive and Colony, Tug of war, Bucket brigade and Barn raising. Its clues carry checked facts: football's first huddle was formed in 1894 at a school for the deaf, and geese fly in a V that some scientists think saves energy.

Hand out Team Roles before a project, and let each group circle the roles it will use.

Questions and answers

Is there a printable teamwork word search with an answer key?

Yes. Press Print or save as PDF. Page one is the puzzle with a name and date line and the writing strip; page two is the answer key. Both fit Letter and A4.

What words are in the teamwork word search?

117 words and phrases in six lists: Working Together, Team Roles, Talking It Through, Trust and Support, Getting the Job Done and Teams in Action. Kind acts and feeling words are left to the kindness and emotions word searches.

Which list suits a sports team or a team building day?

Teams in Action. Its 21 words include Relay, Baton, Huddle, Assist, Pit crew and Rowing. An assist, its clue says, is a pass that leads to a score in basketball and hockey.

Does it work for first and second grade?

Pick Short and Easy: 12 words of 3 to 5 letters, such as Join, Share, Trust, Cheer and Goal. Leave the level on Easy, which hides words across and down only.

All 117 words

Working Together 20

Team Roles 20

Talking It Through 19

Trust and Support 21

Getting the Job Done 19

Teams in Action 18

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