12 word searches for middle school
Word searches for sixth, seventh and eighth grade, built from the words of each year's social studies, math, science and English. Every grid runs in every direction, backwards too, and grows with the grade. Solve on screen, or print one to a page with its answer key. Each puzzle has a vocabulary list with definitions to study first.
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12 puzzles · Word searches for middle school · answers included
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Sixth grade: 15 × 15, any direction
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Sixth grade: Ancient civilizations word search. Find the 15 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 15 by 15 grid of letters hiding 15 words.
- Cuneiform
- Dynasty
- Empire
- Euphrates
- Hieroglyphics
- Mesopotamia
- Mummy
- Nile
- Papyrus
- Pharaoh
- Pyramid
- Scribe
- Sumer
- Tigris
- Ziggurat
Hint: Start with HIEROGLYPHICS, the longest word at 13 letters: it begins in row 15.
Answer1. CUNEIFORM: row 3, column 4, down 2. DYNASTY: row 7, column 5, down 3. EMPIRE: row 7, column 7, up 4. EUPHRATES: row 9, column 3, up 5. HIEROGLYPHICS: row 15, column 15, right to left 6. MESOPOTAMIA: row 3, column 12, down to the left 7. MUMMY: row 5, column 13, down to the left 8. NILE: row 1, column 13, down to the left 9. PAPYRUS: row 11, column 15, up 10. PHARAOH: row 5, column 12, down to the left 11. PYRAMID: row 7, column 1, down 12. SCRIBE: row 4, column 2, down 13. SUMER: row 13, column 6, across 14. TIGRIS: row 14, column 8, right to left 15. ZIGGURAT: row 5, column 14, down to the left
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Sixth grade: Ratios and expressions word search. Find the 15 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 15 by 15 grid of letters hiding 15 words.
- Absolute
- Coefficient
- Equation
- Exponent
- Expression
- Factor
- Inequality
- Integer
- Mean
- Median
- Percent
- Quotient
- Rate
- Ratio
- Variable
Hint: Start with COEFFICIENT, the longest word at 11 letters: it begins in row 1.
Answer1. ABSOLUTE: row 3, column 6, across 2. COEFFICIENT: row 1, column 4, down 3. EQUATION: row 15, column 8, right to left 4. EXPONENT: row 3, column 5, down to the right 5. EXPRESSION: row 5, column 14, down to the left 6. FACTOR: row 10, column 5, up 7. INEQUALITY: row 13, column 1, up 8. INTEGER: row 4, column 9, across 9. MEAN: row 15, column 10, up 10. MEDIAN: row 7, column 15, down 11. PERCENT: row 2, column 13, right to left 12. QUOTIENT: row 13, column 8, up to the right 13. RATE: row 14, column 12, across 14. RATIO: row 1, column 5, across 15. VARIABLE: row 15, column 13, up
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Sixth grade: Weather and climate word search. Find the 15 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 15 by 15 grid of letters hiding 15 words.
- Atmosphere
- Barometer
- Climate
- Convection
- Cyclone
- Front
- Humidity
- Hurricane
- Monsoon
- Ozone
- Precipitation
- Pressure
- Stratosphere
- Tornado
- Troposphere
Hint: Start with PRECIPITATION, the longest word at 13 letters: it begins in row 1.
Answer1. ATMOSPHERE: row 15, column 15, up 2. BAROMETER: row 2, column 15, down to the left 3. CLIMATE: row 2, column 1, down to the right 4. CONVECTION: row 12, column 2, up to the right 5. CYCLONE: row 8, column 2, up to the right 6. FRONT: row 1, column 1, across 7. HUMIDITY: row 7, column 14, down 8. HURRICANE: row 5, column 13, down 9. MONSOON: row 15, column 11, right to left 10. OZONE: row 7, column 4, down 11. PRECIPITATION: row 1, column 9, down 12. PRESSURE: row 14, column 6, across 13. STRATOSPHERE: row 14, column 1, up 14. TORNADO: row 12, column 10, right to left 15. TROPOSPHERE: row 3, column 12, down
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Sixth grade: Reading a story word search. Find the 15 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 15 by 15 grid of letters hiding 15 words.
- Antagonist
- Climax
- Conflict
- Dialogue
- Foreshadowing
- Genre
- Imagery
- Metaphor
- Narrator
- Plot
- Protagonist
- Resolution
- Setting
- Simile
- Theme
Hint: Start with FORESHADOWING, the longest word at 13 letters: it begins in row 1.
Answer1. ANTAGONIST: row 5, column 13, down 2. CLIMAX: row 13, column 12, up 3. CONFLICT: row 15, column 6, across 4. DIALOGUE: row 7, column 15, down 5. FORESHADOWING: row 1, column 14, right to left 6. GENRE: row 6, column 15, up to the left 7. IMAGERY: row 9, column 9, up 8. METAPHOR: row 8, column 1, down 9. NARRATOR: row 2, column 6, down 10. PLOT: row 14, column 4, across 11. PROTAGONIST: row 11, column 5, up to the right 12. RESOLUTION: row 12, column 7, up 13. SETTING: row 13, column 9, right to left 14. SIMILE: row 2, column 2, down 15. THEME: row 7, column 3, down
Seventh grade: 16 × 16, any direction
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Seventh grade: Medieval times word search. Find the 16 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 16 by 16 grid of letters hiding 16 words.
- Castle
- Cathedral
- Charter
- Chivalry
- Crusade
- Feudalism
- Guild
- Knight
- Lord
- Manor
- Monastery
- Plague
- Samurai
- Serf
- Shogun
- Vassal
Hint: Start with CATHEDRAL, the longest word at 9 letters: it begins in row 3.
Answer1. CASTLE: row 14, column 8, right to left 2. CATHEDRAL: row 3, column 5, down 3. CHARTER: row 15, column 13, up to the left 4. CHIVALRY: row 7, column 13, down 5. CRUSADE: row 8, column 16, down 6. FEUDALISM: row 10, column 10, up 7. GUILD: row 1, column 9, right to left 8. KNIGHT: row 15, column 8, right to left 9. LORD: row 7, column 4, up 10. MANOR: row 8, column 15, down 11. MONASTERY: row 3, column 2, down 12. PLAGUE: row 6, column 16, up to the left 13. SAMURAI: row 2, column 1, down 14. SERF: row 4, column 11, up to the right 15. SHOGUN: row 12, column 12, up 16. VASSAL: row 14, column 1, up to the right
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Seventh grade: Pre-algebra word search. Find the 16 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 16 by 16 grid of letters hiding 16 words.
- Absolute
- Circumference
- Coefficient
- Diameter
- Discount
- Distributive
- Equation
- Inequality
- Interest
- Opposite
- Probability
- Proportion
- Radius
- Sample
- Scale
- Variable
Hint: Start with CIRCUMFERENCE, the longest word at 13 letters: it begins in row 2.
Answer1. ABSOLUTE: row 11, column 8, up to the left 2. CIRCUMFERENCE: row 2, column 15, down 3. COEFFICIENT: row 4, column 12, down to the left 4. DIAMETER: row 6, column 12, down 5. DISCOUNT: row 4, column 8, down to the left 6. DISTRIBUTIVE: row 13, column 16, up 7. EQUATION: row 3, column 11, right to left 8. INEQUALITY: row 3, column 13, down 9. INTEREST: row 12, column 11, up to the left 10. OPPOSITE: row 16, column 4, up to the right 11. PROBABILITY: row 1, column 3, across 12. PROPORTION: row 16, column 14, right to left 13. RADIUS: row 11, column 2, across 14. SAMPLE: row 6, column 14, up 15. SCALE: row 4, column 7, right to left 16. VARIABLE: row 14, column 8, across
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Seventh grade: Cells and life word search. Find the 16 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 16 by 16 grid of letters hiding 16 words.
- Bacteria
- Cell
- Chloroplast
- Chromosome
- Cytoplasm
- Enzyme
- Gene
- Membrane
- Mitochondria
- Mitosis
- Nucleus
- Organism
- Photosynthesis
- Ribosome
- Tissue
- Vacuole
Hint: Start with PHOTOSYNTHESIS, the longest word at 14 letters: it begins in row 2.
Answer1. BACTERIA: row 16, column 16, up 2. CELL: row 2, column 6, across 3. CHLOROPLAST: row 1, column 11, down to the left 4. CHROMOSOME: row 14, column 9, up 5. CYTOPLASM: row 3, column 6, down 6. ENZYME: row 8, column 1, up 7. GENE: row 9, column 2, up 8. MEMBRANE: row 8, column 3, up 9. MITOCHONDRIA: row 13, column 12, up 10. MITOSIS: row 16, column 10, right to left 11. NUCLEUS: row 9, column 11, up 12. ORGANISM: row 1, column 13, down 13. PHOTOSYNTHESIS: row 2, column 15, down 14. RIBOSOME: row 14, column 8, right to left 15. TISSUE: row 14, column 13, up 16. VACUOLE: row 15, column 1, across
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Seventh grade: World geography word search. Find the 16 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 16 by 16 grid of letters hiding 16 words.
- Archipelago
- Basin
- Canyon
- Continent
- Delta
- Equator
- Hemisphere
- Isthmus
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Monsoon
- Peninsula
- Plateau
- Savanna
- Strait
- Tundra
Hint: Start with ARCHIPELAGO, the longest word at 11 letters: it begins in row 4.
Answer1. ARCHIPELAGO: row 4, column 6, down 2. BASIN: row 16, column 1, across 3. CANYON: row 2, column 7, right to left 4. CONTINENT: row 9, column 15, up 5. DELTA: row 3, column 1, down 6. EQUATOR: row 6, column 2, down 7. HEMISPHERE: row 14, column 1, up to the right 8. ISTHMUS: row 9, column 13, up to the left 9. LATITUDE: row 12, column 13, up 10. LONGITUDE: row 7, column 14, down 11. MONSOON: row 8, column 8, down 12. PENINSULA: row 15, column 9, up 13. PLATEAU: row 10, column 16, up 14. SAVANNA: row 16, column 6, across 15. STRAIT: row 1, column 10, right to left 16. TUNDRA: row 2, column 8, across
Eighth grade: 18 × 18, any direction
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Eighth grade: The Constitution word search. Find the 18 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 18 by 18 grid of letters hiding 18 words.
- Amendment
- Balances
- Bill
- Checks
- Citizen
- Congress
- Democracy
- Electoral
- Executive
- Federalism
- Judicial
- Legislative
- Preamble
- Ratify
- Republic
- Senate
- Suffrage
- Veto
Hint: Start with LEGISLATIVE, the longest word at 11 letters: it begins in row 5.
Answer1. AMENDMENT: row 1, column 5, down to the right 2. BALANCES: row 11, column 13, down 3. BILL: row 11, column 9, up to the left 4. CHECKS: row 5, column 2, down to the right 5. CITIZEN: row 17, column 4, up 6. CONGRESS: row 6, column 1, down 7. DEMOCRACY: row 3, column 2, down to the right 8. ELECTORAL: row 10, column 16, down 9. EXECUTIVE: row 11, column 17, up 10. FEDERALISM: row 16, column 3, up 11. JUDICIAL: row 8, column 13, up to the left 12. LEGISLATIVE: row 5, column 18, down 13. PREAMBLE: row 9, column 16, up 14. RATIFY: row 15, column 14, up 15. REPUBLIC: row 7, column 15, down 16. SENATE: row 13, column 2, down 17. SUFFRAGE: row 16, column 7, up to the right 18. VETO: row 5, column 14, right to left
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Eighth grade: The Civil War word search. Find the 18 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 18 by 18 grid of letters hiding 18 words.
- Abolition
- Amendment
- Appomattox
- Confederacy
- Douglass
- Emancipation
- Freedmen
- Gettysburg
- Grant
- Lincoln
- Reconstruction
- Secession
- Sherman
- Slavery
- Surrender
- Tubman
- Union
- Vicksburg
Hint: Start with RECONSTRUCTION, the longest word at 14 letters: it begins in row 5.
Answer1. ABOLITION: row 4, column 9, across 2. AMENDMENT: row 13, column 18, up 3. APPOMATTOX: row 14, column 13, up 4. CONFEDERACY: row 6, column 3, down to the right 5. DOUGLASS: row 11, column 6, down to the right 6. EMANCIPATION: row 17, column 14, up 7. FREEDMEN: row 3, column 10, right to left 8. GETTYSBURG: row 2, column 1, down to the right 9. GRANT: row 18, column 7, right to left 10. LINCOLN: row 11, column 12, up to the left 11. RECONSTRUCTION: row 5, column 1, down to the right 12. SECESSION: row 17, column 10, up to the left 13. SHERMAN: row 11, column 3, down 14. SLAVERY: row 12, column 16, down 15. SURRENDER: row 2, column 16, right to left 16. TUBMAN: row 6, column 1, down 17. UNION: row 17, column 8, up to the left 18. VICKSBURG: row 3, column 1, down to the right
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Eighth grade: Chemistry word search. Find the 18 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 18 by 18 grid of letters hiding 18 words.
- Acid
- Atom
- Base
- Catalyst
- Compound
- Electron
- Element
- Isotope
- Mixture
- Molecule
- Neutron
- Oxidation
- Periodic
- Polymer
- Proton
- Reaction
- Solution
- Valence
Hint: Start with OXIDATION, the longest word at 9 letters: it begins in row 8.
Answer1. ACID: row 15, column 9, right to left 2. ATOM: row 5, column 8, up to the right 3. BASE: row 10, column 8, across 4. CATALYST: row 18, column 11, right to left 5. COMPOUND: row 17, column 11, across 6. ELECTRON: row 8, column 10, up to the left 7. ELEMENT: row 1, column 17, right to left 8. ISOTOPE: row 16, column 11, right to left 9. MIXTURE: row 17, column 4, across 10. MOLECULE: row 13, column 2, across 11. NEUTRON: row 11, column 17, up 12. OXIDATION: row 8, column 5, down to the right 13. PERIODIC: row 2, column 2, down 14. POLYMER: row 2, column 18, down to the left 15. PROTON: row 8, column 18, up 16. REACTION: row 11, column 18, up to the left 17. SOLUTION: row 9, column 7, across 18. VALENCE: row 10, column 16, up to the left
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Eighth grade: Forces and motion word search. Find the 18 words in the list under the grid. Words go in any direction, backwards too.
A 18 by 18 grid of letters hiding 18 words.
- Acceleration
- Distance
- Energy
- Force
- Frequency
- Friction
- Gravity
- Inertia
- Joule
- Kinetic
- Mass
- Momentum
- Newton
- Potential
- Speed
- Velocity
- Wave
- Weight
Hint: Start with ACCELERATION, the longest word at 12 letters: it begins in row 7.
Answer1. ACCELERATION: row 7, column 5, down 2. DISTANCE: row 4, column 6, down to the right 3. ENERGY: row 6, column 1, down 4. FORCE: row 12, column 10, up to the left 5. FREQUENCY: row 1, column 14, right to left 6. FRICTION: row 8, column 4, down 7. GRAVITY: row 2, column 11, right to left 8. INERTIA: row 18, column 12, across 9. JOULE: row 4, column 17, down to the left 10. KINETIC: row 10, column 17, down to the left 11. MASS: row 9, column 8, up to the right 12. MOMENTUM: row 16, column 16, up to the left 13. NEWTON: row 4, column 2, down 14. POTENTIAL: row 8, column 16, down to the left 15. SPEED: row 7, column 8, up to the left 16. VELOCITY: row 16, column 6, up 17. WAVE: row 17, column 18, up to the left 18. WEIGHT: row 14, column 18, up
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Team Lime: 0
Team Violet: 0
Team Tangerine: 0
Team Sky: 0
Team Lemon: 0
Team Bubblegum: 0
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