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Australia Word Search
Free Australia word search puzzles to print or play online.
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Aussie Animals
8 words to find
- KANGAROO
- KOALA
- EMU
- WOMBAT
- PLATYPUS
- DINGO
- WALLABY
- ECHIDNA
Drag from the first to the last letter of a word, or tap the first letter and then the last. The PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
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12 printable Australia word search puzzles
twelve puzzles in three levels, from easy 10 by 10 grids with eight words across and down, to medium 13 by 13 grids with twelve words and diagonals, to hard 16 by 16 grids with eighteen words in every direction, backwards too. Themes include Aussie Animals, Great Barrier Reef, Unique Wildlife and Geography and Climate. Every puzzle has an answer key and prints on US Letter or A4. Every one of these 12 puzzles is free: play it online above or print its PDF, with the answer key on page 2. No account, no email.
Easy: across and down 4 puzzles
Medium: across, down and diagonal 4 puzzles
Hard: every direction, backwards too 4 puzzles
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You do not need it: every Australia puzzle above is free to play and to download one by one. The booklet is only for printing them all at once, a 26-page PDF with a cover, a contents page and the answer keys at the back. Buying it also keeps this site free for everyone.
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How to use these Australia word searches
Use the easy puzzles in a geography or social studies unit, or before a class pen-pal exchange. Families planning a trip can print the landmark and city puzzles, and older solvers can try the wildlife and history grids. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Australia word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these australia words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Australia word search
Every Australia puzzle on this page is free to play online and free to print as a PDF with its answer key, one by one. Only the optional booklet, all 12 puzzles bundled into one print-ready file, costs money.
Aussie Animals, Land Down Under, Australian Cities and Down Under Fun are easy 10 by 10 puzzles with words of three to nine letters, such as koala, outback, Sydney and boomerang. They fit ages 6 to 8.
Great Barrier Reef is a medium 13 by 13 puzzle with coral, clownfish, anemone, manta ray, dugong, Cairns and the Whitsundays. Words run across, down and on the diagonals.
First Nations Culture is a hard puzzle with Dreaming, songlines, didgeridoo, corroboree and language names such as Walpiri and Noongar. Mabo and Torres Strait also appear in the Australian History puzzle.
Easy puzzles (10 by 10, words across and down) work from about age 6. Medium puzzles (13 by 13, diagonals added) suit ages 8 to 11. Hard puzzles (16 by 16, every direction, backwards too) are for older kids and adults.
Page 2 of every PDF is the answer key, with each word marked where it hides. When you play online, the Show answers button marks them on the grid.
Every puzzle comes as a US Letter PDF (8.5 by 11 inches) and an A4 PDF (210 by 297 mm). Print at 100% or Actual size.
Every puzzle on this page plays in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer: drag or tap from the first to the last letter of a word. Nothing to install and no account.
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