Olympics word search
Games, medals and the sports of the summer and winter Olympics.
13 by 13, words also run on the diagonal. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter.
Find these words
- ARCHERY
- CEREMONY
- DIVING
- FENCING
- FLAG
- GYMNASTICS
- HURDLES
- LUGE
- MARATHON
- MEDAL
- PARIS
- SILVER
- SKATING
- SNOWBOARD
- TORCH
- WRESTLING
About this puzzle
Games, medals and the sports of the summer and winter Olympics.
A good way to use it
Use it during the Games. Kids can look for the sport they watched that day.
Print the Olympics 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.
The Olympics word list
All 39 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.
- ANTHEM
- ARCHERY
- ATHLETE
- BOBSLED
- BOXING
- BRONZE
- CEREMONY
- CURLING
- CYCLING
- DISCUS
- DIVING
- FENCING
- FLAG
- FLAME
- GOLD
- GYMNASTICS
- HOST
- HURDLES
- JAVELIN
- JUDO
- LUGE
- MARATHON
- MEDAL
- OLYMPICS
- PARIS
- PODIUM
- RECORD
- RELAY
- ROWING
- SILVER
- SKATING
- SKIING
- SNOWBOARD
- SPRINT
- STADIUM
- SWIMMING
- TOKYO
- TORCH
- WRESTLING
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Questions
Is the Olympics 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 Olympics word search?
The easy puzzle hides 10 words, medium hides 16 and hard hides 22. They are picked from a list of 39 Olympics words, so New puzzle gives you a different mix each time.
What is the longest word on this list?
Gymnastics, at 10 letters. It is in the medium and hard puzzles shown above.
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.