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Fields, courts, rinks and pools: the equipment, positions and games of a school gym class or a Saturday afternoon on the couch.

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Sports word searchName: ______________________
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13 by 13, words also run on the diagonal. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter.

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Find these words

  • BASEBALL
  • BASKETBALL
  • BOWLING
  • COACH
  • CRICKET
  • HELMET
  • MEDAL
  • RELAY
  • SCORE
  • SKIING
  • SWIMMING
  • TACKLE
  • TEAM
  • TENNIS
  • VOLLEYBALL
  • WHISTLE

About this puzzle

Fields, courts, rinks and pools: the equipment, positions and games of a school gym class or a Saturday afternoon on the couch.

A good way to use it

Split the class into teams and make the found words a game of charades afterward: act out a word without speaking and let teammates guess.

Print the Sports 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 Sports word list

All 36 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.

  • ARCHERY
  • ATHLETE
  • BASEBALL
  • BASKETBALL
  • BOWLING
  • BOXING
  • COACH
  • COURT
  • CRICKET
  • DRIBBLE
  • FOOTBALL
  • GOAL
  • GOALIE
  • GOLF
  • HELMET
  • HOCKEY
  • MARATHON
  • MEDAL
  • PITCHER
  • RACKET
  • REFEREE
  • RELAY
  • RUGBY
  • SCORE
  • SKIING
  • SLAM
  • SOCCER
  • SPRINT
  • STADIUM
  • SWIMMING
  • TACKLE
  • TEAM
  • TENNIS
  • TROPHY
  • VOLLEYBALL
  • WHISTLE
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Questions

Is the Sports 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 Sports word search?

The easy puzzle hides 10 words, medium hides 16 and hard hides 22. They are picked from a list of 36 Sports words, so New puzzle gives you a different mix each time.

What is the longest word on this list?

Basketball, 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.