Frequently Asked Questions
What is a word search?
A word search is a puzzle where there are rows of letters placed in the shape of a square, and there are words written forwards, backwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. There will be a list of words for the player to look for and the goal of the player is to find those words hidden in the word search puzzle, and highlight them.
How do I choose the words to use in my word search?
Once you’ve picked a theme, choose words that have a variety of different lengths, difficulty levels and letters. You don’t need to worry about trying to fit the words together with each other because WordMint will do that for you!
How are word searches used in the classroom?
Word search games are an excellent tool for teachers, and an excellent resource for students. They help to encourage wider vocabulary, as well as testing cognitive abilities and pattern-finding skills.
Because the word search templates are completely custom, you can create suitable word searches for children in kindergarten, all the way up to college students.
Who is a word search suitable for?
One of the common word search faq’s is whether there is an age limit or what age kids can start doing word searches. The fantastic thing about word search exercises is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need.
Word searches can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.
How do I create a word search template?
For the easiest word search templates, WordMint is the way to go!
Pre-made templates
For a quick an easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!
Create your own from scratch
- Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
- Head to ‘My Puzzles’
- Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Word Search’
- Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen words
- That’s it! The template builder will create your word search template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a Word document or PDF and print!
How can I print my word search template?
All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!
Can I create a word search in other languages?
Word searches are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as it tests their reading comprehension skills in a fun, engaging way.
We have full support for word search templates in Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images.
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Word Search – Water
Water is one of the most important elements in our daily lives, and a vital resource for humankind. In fact, the more we learn about water, the more we understand its importance. Use this fun printable science worksheet for 2nd grade to enhance your water vocabulary.
Don’t forget to browse through these equally interesting 2nd grade science activities for second grade scientists like you.
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Worksheet details
worksheet summary
This is an interesting worksheet to check the knowledge of children about water. Children will learn the vocabulary for the different forms of water. This is a science lessons.
Language goals
Vocabulary practice
General topic
Other pedagogical goals
Level
The above lesson is a great teaching resource for:Elementary (A1)
Student type
This resource is intended for:Elementary schoolers
Elementary schoolers
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This resource does not contain any images, words or ideas that would upset a reasonable person in any culture.
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Published 19/12/2012
Mansikapoor is from/lives in India and has been a member of iSLCollective since 2012-08-05. Mansikapoor last logged in on 2013-10-07, and has shared 2 resources on iSLCollective so far.
Teachers and homeschooling parents can download a free copy of this printable water cycle word search for kids.
The word search is perfect for 5th grade students and older who are learning about the water cycle in science class.
The water cycle worksheet has 40 hidden words for kids to find. The words to find are grouped into the 4 steps of the water cycle and are shown as part of a water cycle diagram.
When all the words are found, the remaining letters will spell a mystery message.
Difficulty Level
The skill level of this water cycle word search is between medium and difficult.
There are 40 words hidden in a 16 X 18 grid of letters.
The words can be found in every possible direction: forwards, backwards, upside down – horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
The puzzle is a perfect spelling activity for children working on the water themed 5th grade spelling list. 10 of the 15 words on the list are included in the puzzle.
Water Cycle Words
This activity sheet has 40 water cycle themed words. There are words like:
- water
- cycle
- earth
- weather
- solid
- ice
- melt
The remaining words are grouped into the 4 stages of the water cycle.
There are evaporation words like:
- sun, heat, evaporates, air, transpiration, vapour, steam, mist, gas
Condensation words such as:
- clouds, droplets, atmosphere, dew, fog, liquid
Precipitation words:
- rain, snow, hail, sleet, drizzle, freezing rain
And collection words:
- lakes, oceans, river, runoff, stream, groundwater, aquifers, glacier
Mystery Message
This science word puzzle has 40 words for kids to find and circle.
Once all the words have been found, there will be 43 letters left over.
The remaining letters can be written on the lines provided at the top of the puzzle. It will reveal an educational mystery message about the water cycle.
Printable Water Cycle Word Search
The water cycle word search pdf can be downloaded free below.
The 2 page pdf includes an answer sheet.
The word puzzle is black and white to make it economical to print.
Check out these other fun water cycle activities for kids.
Or this water cycle crossword puzzle to work on the vocabulary of water cycle themed words.
Try to find the words in the word search.
| W | L | R | O | P | S | V | L | RAIN CHLORINE RESERVOIR MAIN STREAM TAP WET LEAK NITRATES SOURCE WATER |
| R | A | A | P | T | K | E | S | |
| M | S | T | R | E | A | M | C | |
| A | U | A | E | X | E | H | S | |
| I | I | P | S | R | L | E | E | |
| N | I | T | E | O | F | C | N | |
| S | T | W | R | N | R | A | V | |
| S | S | I | V | U | S | T | L | |
| M | N | B | O | G | D | H | W | |
| E | C | S | I | E | I | E | B | |
| N | I | T | R | A | T | E | S |
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