Five Senses Word Search
The five senses gather information about the world and send it to the brain for sorting. Taste and smell work closely together, which is why food seems flat when your nose is stuffed up. A friendly topic for early grades and for anyone who likes thinking about how the body works.
Five Senses word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- ears
- eyes
- hearing
- nose
- sight
- skin
- smell
- taste
- tongue
- touch
Five Senses word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- ears
- eyes
- hearing
- light
- nose
- salty
- sight
- skin
- smell
- sound
- sour
- sweet
- taste
- tongue
- touch
Five Senses word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- bitter
- brain
- ears
- eyes
- fingers
- hearing
- light
- loud
- nose
- salty
- sight
- skin
- smell
- sound
- sour
- sweet
- taste
- texture
- tongue
- touch
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Words in the Five Senses word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- sight
- The sense that lets you see shapes and colors
- hearing
- The sense that picks up sounds around you
- touch
- The sense that feels pressure, heat and texture
- taste
- The sense that identifies flavors in food
- smell
- The sense that detects odors carried in the air
- eyes
- Organs of sight that focus light onto the retina
- ears
- Organs that catch sound and help with balance
- nose
- Organ of smell with millions of scent receptors
- tongue
- Muscle covered in taste buds inside the mouth
- skin
- Largest organ, packed with touch receptors
- sound
- Vibrations traveling through air to your ears
- light
- Energy that eyes detect to form images
- sweet
- Taste of sugar, honey and ripe fruit
- sour
- Sharp taste of lemons and vinegar
- salty
- Taste of salt found in many foods
- texture
- How a surface feels under your fingers
- bitter
- Strong taste found in coffee and dark greens
- fingers
- Fingertips are among the most touch-sensitive body parts
- loud
- Describes sound with a strong volume
- brain
- Organ that interprets every signal the senses send
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