Animal Word Puzzles

This is the first and hardest of our African animal word search puzzles. Can you find all 15 animals hidden horizontally, vertically and diagonally in the grid?

Puzzle your way through 16 word star puzzles hiding African animals! Unjumble the letters and then join them across the cirle to form a star shape in the middle. The trick is finding the first letter and working out how the star will take shape!

If you have your own aquarium - or have ever visited a big one - you know that they can full of interesting fish and objects and acquarium paraphernalia. But can you come up with a word for each letter of the alphabet?

Have a go at this word-hunting boggler puzzle. How many Australian animals can you identify in the grid?

Can the kids unscramble the letters to reveal some common British wildlife?

Here's a simple word search for kids, in which they need to find the British wildlife creatures listed below.

These word star puzzles are an interesting variation on your normal word puzzle! Find the hidden word by criss-crossing the cirle. If you do it correctly, you will draw a star. All the words in the 4 puzzles are connected to butterflies.

You will find the rules for our cat boggler puzzle on the print out, and a hidden cat-related word too, for extra points.

When I made this puzzle I discovered that there are over 800 breeds of cattle in the world! There are just a few of them - familiar to us in the UK - in this word search puzzle.

Boggler puzzles are great fun for kids of any age! See how many words they can find in this dog boggler puzzle - there are extra points available for doggy-themed words!

We've broken up the names of some well-known dog breeds into three blocks of letters and scattered the blocks across the three bones on the puzzle. Can you put them back together again?

Find the elephant themed words in our word search puzzle. We've got 2 versions to choose from, with either upper case or lower case letters. Both pdf files include a solution sheet, so make sure to only print the first page if that's all you want!

A crossword full of farmyard fun! Does your child know all the "baby" names of farmyard animals? We have two versions of the crossword, one with prompts for younger children.

How many farm animal words can your child find in this puzzle? Find the rules on our main boggler puzzle page - or make up your own!

This farm animal noises word search would be a lot of fun if you make the noises when you find the word! Beware if using in a group, it could get loud!

Here's a lovely puzzle for younger kids. Can they unscramble the ten farm animals from the jumbled up letters?

Animal lovers will find this farm animal word search a lot of fun, and of course it is perfect for any farmyard theme.

Here's a fun crossword that would be a great activity to try after a farm visit! Can the children solve the crossword using the clues provided?

It is possible to make a surprising number of smaller words using the letters in the word FARMYARD if you put your mind to it! Of course you are rather limited with vowels. Give it a go using this printable.

Are your children learning about hibernation and animal adaptations? Here's a hibernating animals word search to add some fun to the project or just to enjoy on a cold day when the idea of hibernation sounds like a good one!

There is a whole vocabulary around horses and their care - but is there a word for every letter of the alphabet? I'm definitely stuck for one beginning with Z...

Back up your jellyfish project with this jellyfish word search, which includes many of the words you might introduce when learning about these interesting ocean creatures.

Kids can have a go at this minibeast word search - can they find all the words? We have two differences to take into account ladybird (UK) vs ladybug (US).

Love pandas? Then you'll enjoy our fun panda word search! The aims is to look for the 12 words associated with pandas hidden in the word search grid...

We've hidden some different types of pet into this boggler puzzle for the kids to look for, but you get points for all the words you can make, pet related or not. Try this puzzle alone or with friends.

Print this colourful word scramble puzzle with a pet animal theme to keep the kids entertained! Can they un-scramble the letters to find the words then link them to the pictures of pets on the right?

Hunt for the pet words in this fun word search puzzle for kids. There's an answer sheet if you get stuck.

Look for all the pet rabbit related words in this fun word search puzzle. If you can't find them, check the answer sheet!

We've hidden 12 words all to do with pigs in this word search! Can the children find them all?

There are lots of letters in the words "Veterinary Surgeon" so the kids will have fun challenging themselves to make smaller words out of them.

Depending on how you found this puzzle at Activity Village, you might have already guessed what the nine-letter word hidden in the word wheel is! But you might be surprised by how many other words you can make with those letters, including the G in the centre of the wheel...