Animals word search
Every child has a favourite animal, and this puzzle rounds up a whole zoo of them. Lions, tigers, elephants and more hide across the grid in every direction. Hunt them down to build reading and spelling while having a bit of fun.
Easy hides words across and down; Hard adds diagonals, backwards words and heavier camouflage.
Smaller grids print larger.
How the answer key marks each hidden word.
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Clean drops the page-number footer.
Two pages: the puzzle and its answer key. Loop each hidden word or shade its letters, the answer page updates as you choose.
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The puzzle and its answer key, as they print.
Words to find in this animals word search
These 15 words are hidden in the grid above, and they print alongside the puzzle so solvers know what to look for.
- Lion
- Tiger
- Bear
- Elephant
- Giraffe
- Zebra
- Monkey
- Kangaroo
- Rabbit
- Panda
- Wolf
- Fox
- Deer
- Horse
- Leopard
Making a whole animals book?
This page makes one animals puzzle. To publish a themed book on Amazon KDP, the KDP word-search maker generates hundreds of puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF. Generate once, export unlimited sizes.
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Questions
- Is this animals word search free to print?
- Yes. Generate the animals puzzle above, with its 15 hidden words and an answer key, and print it at no cost and with no sign-up. It is free for classroom, home and personal use.
- Can I change the animals word list?
- Yes. The generator is pre-filled with a themed list, but you can edit the words or the title and generate a fresh grid. It runs entirely in your browser.
- Can I make a animals word search book to sell on KDP?
- Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. Publisher Studio generates hundreds of puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF, so you can publish a themed book.