Free printable · 18 words · answer key included

Animals Word Search: Free Printable, Large Print

Elephants, giraffes, koalas and cheetahs: a tour of the animal kingdom in one grid. It is one of our most all-purpose puzzles, good for any season and any age.

Preview of the easy animals word search page

Easy: 12 x 12 grid, extra large print

12 words that read across or down only. Big letters with plenty of space, and a tick box beside each word.

Print: US LetterPDF · 1 page · 43 KB Print: A4PDF · 1 page · 43 KB

Answer key: LetterPDF · 1 page · 44 KB Answer key: A4PDF · 1 page · 44 KB

Preview of the medium animals word search page

Medium: 15 x 15 grid, large print

All 18 words, running across, down or diagonally. No backwards words.

Print: US LetterPDF · 1 page · 44 KB Print: A4PDF · 1 page · 44 KB

Answer key: LetterPDF · 1 page · 45 KB Answer key: A4PDF · 1 page · 45 KB

How to print

Open the PDF for your paper size and print at 100% / Actual size (not “fit to page”) for the biggest letters. Every sheet keeps a half-inch margin, so it prints cleanly on home printers. The answer key is a separate file.

Words in this puzzle

The medium grid hides all 18 words. The easy grid uses the first 12 (shown in bold).

ELEPHANT
GIRAFFE
ZEBRA
KANGAROO
PANDA
TIGER
LION
DOLPHIN
RABBIT
SQUIRREL
CAMEL
OTTER
HIPPO
RHINO
KOALA
GORILLA
CHEETAH
RACCOON

Checked by our software

Every grid is generated and then verified by our own puzzle software: each word appears exactly once, and the filler letters are screened so they do not spell anything unfortunate.