Free Puzzle Menu
The links below have pages with free puzzles for teachers.
You can design and print great word search puzzles for your students and school, and put on your own pictures and instructions - buy Word Search Wizard, the feature packed word search maker.
Here are some suggestions for additional instructions:
Memorise all the words - try to be able to write them down without checking back.
Make sure you can spell all the words correctly from memory.
Put all the words into pairs - write down how each pair is connected.
Put the words into groups - could they be grouped in another way?
Think of the different ways the words could be grouped - what names would the groups have?
Write a brief definition for each word, to show you know exactly what it is.
Write a sentence for each word, showing you know what it means.
Write a short explanation of each word. Imagine it is for someone who doesn't know about the word.
Write a story that uses each of the words correctly - you may only use each word once!
Write a paragraph about this topic that includes each word only once!
Write a story that uses each of the words correctly - you can't use a word more than twice!
Write all the words down, but in a single sentence that makes sense.
Draw a small picture for each word. Label each picture with the word.
Draw a diagram for each word, labelling each diagram with the word it shows.
Draw a picture that shows what all the words are. Label your picture with the words.
Plan a giant poster that shows all the words in this word search.
Plan the layout of a leaflet, which explains about this topic.
Plan the structure of a television programme about this topic.
Plan the chapter titles for a text book covering this topic - say which words would be discussed in each chapter.
Write the lyrics for a song about this topic. Use as many of the words you found as you can.
Think of 5 other words that could be used in this word search.