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Forests, rivers and the living world: a general outdoor word search.

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Nature word searchName: ______________________
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Find these words

  • CANYON
  • CAVE
  • COAST
  • DESERT
  • FLOWER
  • GLACIER
  • INSECT
  • ISLAND
  • JUNGLE
  • MEADOW
  • MOUNTAIN
  • MUSHROOM
  • PRAIRIE
  • STREAM
  • VALLEY
  • WIND

About this puzzle

Forests, rivers and the living world: a general outdoor word search.

A good way to use it

Take the list on a hike and see how many of the words you can spot along the trail.

Print the Nature word search

Each PDF is one US Letter page with a name line, the grid and the word list, plus an answer key on page 2. These are the exact puzzles shown above.

S M E A D O W D M US N O W P O N I A AD E S E R T O P N NV O L C A N O O A IF C I L O K C P O ME K E A T L A K E AR G L A C I E R B LN I M O S S I L I LA H H S S A C A R UR E I E L J C T D N
Easy: 10 words10 by 10, words read left to right or top to bottom.Download PDF
F L O W E R I E M S D S UI F E H A M I T O T A T BC S A F F R D R U V J R TR H L V I X T A N A U E JW M E A D O W C T L N A HH I R E N O N M A L G M NS P N D O D O A I E L N IS T C D E O I E N Y E N SR S O S R S K N E T O A UJ E A H I A E D S Y P R CO A S C A V E R N E I C RT U T P I C G A T J C X OM I I G L A C I E R E T I
Medium: 16 words13 by 13, words also run on the diagonal.Download PDF
D S B E L G N U J P E D Z L A PC R F O R E S T L N T M N P H RI T I F A C F H A A A O E I J AW F E B I N S E C T E O A R W PA N E V O L C A N O U R R H A HR T C R G D I M E N I H S N U SS S O M N L P S Y P O S H H T CM A E R T S A N L C X U I E R AL A T L M R O C L A C M S O J NN A E R M E A O I O N T R W A YL N M X Z A U E A E R D O S L OT T N I F D R S H E R B S E L NE T A N N E T C S S N W P O A AN I A F V A A E T I A B L D Q EP O R I O E D Y A M P E R L W NQ O R A B I C R P L E O A V U N
Hard: 22 words16 by 16, words run in all eight directions, backward too.Download PDF

The Nature word list

All 38 words the puzzles draw from. Easy puzzles use the shorter ones; hard puzzles reach for the longest. Want your own list? Open these words in the word search maker.

  • ANIMAL
  • BEACH
  • BIRD
  • CANYON
  • CAVE
  • CLOUD
  • COAST
  • DESERT
  • FERN
  • FLOWER
  • FOREST
  • GLACIER
  • GRASS
  • INSECT
  • ISLAND
  • JUNGLE
  • LAKE
  • MEADOW
  • MOSS
  • MOUNTAIN
  • MUSHROOM
  • NATURE
  • PRAIRIE
  • RAIN
  • RAINBOW
  • RIVER
  • SNOW
  • STREAM
  • SUNSHINE
  • SWAMP
  • TRAIL
  • TREE
  • TUNDRA
  • VALLEY
  • VOLCANO
  • WATERFALL
  • WILDLIFE
  • WIND
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Questions

Is the Nature word search free to print?

Yes. Each level has a PDF with the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key and word list on page 2. There is nothing to sign up for. Print as many copies as you need for home or a classroom.

How many words are in the Nature word search?

The easy puzzle hides 10 words, medium hides 16 and hard hides 22. They are picked from a list of 38 Nature words, so New puzzle gives you a different mix each time.

What is the longest word on this list?

Waterfall, at 9 letters. It does not appear in the three puzzles shown above, but New puzzle can pick it, on the levels with room for a word that long.

Which level should I pick?

Easy is a 10 by 10 grid with words that run left to right or top to bottom, which suits ages 6 to 8. Medium is 13 by 13 and adds diagonals. Hard is 16 by 16 with backward words, for older kids and adults.