Dinosaur Wordsearch

Dinosaur wordsearches from easy to hard. Print one and start searching!

Pick a puzzle!

The puzzles and their word lists

The same grids as the PDFs, to check a word or plan a lesson.

Easy puzzle Difficulty: Easy

Dinosaur Wordsearch, easy level: 8 by 8 letter grid
EOHTAILE
FOSSILTU
HDRAEGEH
INOBONES
MEAOTHTT
CSRERNHF
HTOGEHHR
EIMGCLAW

Find these 8 words

  • BONES
  • CLAW
  • EGG
  • FOSSIL
  • NEST
  • ROAR
  • TAIL
  • TEETH

Medium puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Dinosaur Wordsearch, medium level: 12 by 12 letter grid
HUETOVOLCANO
THLRRAPTOREE
EXTINCTRLJSR
CYHCATLTEUEI
ASTEGOSAURUS
RICRREMTHAUN
NTHADBVWSSOF
IOATLUIWESEO
VNTOSEAVRINS
ONLPLLSIOCUS
RIRSCMARLROI
ESKELETONSEL

Find these 12 words

  • CARNIVORE
  • CLAWS
  • EXTINCT
  • FOSSIL
  • HERBIVORE
  • JURASSIC
  • RAPTOR
  • SCALES
  • SKELETON
  • STEGOSAURUS
  • TRICERATOPS
  • VOLCANO

For parents & teachers

About these word searches

These dinosaur wordsearches come in two levels: the easy one hides 8 short words such as Egg, Claw and Nest in an 8 × 8 grid, reading only across and down and the medium one has 12 words in a 12 × 12 grid and adds diagonals.

Easy suits early readers (around ages 5–7) who are learning to spot letter patterns; medium and hard work well for ages 7–9 and up, as a quiet-time activity, an early-morning task or a vocabulary warm-up before a topic lesson.

Every sheet prints on one page in A4 or US Letter, with the word list under the grid and a matching answer sheet. Each grid is checked with a solver, so every word in the list is in it exactly once.

  • Start younger children on easy and let them tick off each word as they find it.
  • Print the answer sheet separately so they can check their own work.
  • Colour in the pictures and the found words with crayons or highlighters.

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