Space Word Search — Printable & Free
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Words to find
- JUPITER
- LAUNCH
- MERCURY
- METEOR
- NEBULA
- ORBIT
- PLANET
- SATURN
- STARDUST
- UNIVERSE
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Keyboard: arrows to move, Enter to start a word, arrows to extend, Enter again to confirm, Esc to cancel.
A puzzle to send learners toward the stars, with the planets of the solar system and the vocabulary of the people who study them.
The list covers all eight planets plus a famous dwarf, the sky events students read about, and the gear needed to explore them. Along the way, learners practice spelling tricky names that they will meet again in science class.
This space word search offers three levels, easy, medium and hard, with sizes from 8×8 to 20×20. An easy grid is a gentle first mission for younger students; medium adds diagonals, and hard sends words backward too. Every grid is generated and then checked automatically by software, and prints free with an answer key.
The words in this theme
With the French translation, or a short definition: handy for French immersion or a bilingual class.
- PLANET la planète
- GALAXY la galaxie
- COMET la comète
- ASTEROID l'astéroïde
- METEOR le météore
- ORBIT l'orbite
- ROCKET la fusée
- ASTRONAUT l'astronaute
- SATELLITE le satellite
- TELESCOPE le télescope
- GRAVITY la gravité
- ECLIPSE l'éclipse
- CRATER le cratère
- NEBULA la nébuleuse
- UNIVERSE l'univers
- MERCURY Mercure
- VENUS Vénus
- JUPITER Jupiter
- SATURN Saturne
- URANUS Uranus
- NEPTUNE Neptune
- SPACESUIT la combinaison spatiale
- LAUNCH le lancement
- COSMOS le cosmos
- LUNAR lunaire
- STARDUST la poussière d'étoiles
- PLUTO Pluton
Suggested school level
Grades 2-6 (ages 7-12): easy 10×10, medium 15×15 for advanced readers.
Classroom activity idea
Once the grid is done, sort the list into three columns: what you can see with the naked eye, what needs an instrument, and what travels. Then each student picks one object and prepares a one-minute fact card to present to the group, including one distance and one surprise.
Classroom use is allowed: print as many copies as your students need, free of charge, with no sign-up.
Planet names are the easiest to spot, so find JUPITER and SATURN first, then use their crossing letters to locate neighboring words.