Florida Word Search
Florida has the longest coastline of any state outside Alaska. The words cover its wildlife, its water features and several familiar places.
Florida word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- alligator
- beach
- dolphin
- flamingo
- manatee
- orange
- palm tree
- pelican
- seashell
- sun
Florida word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- alligator
- beach
- dolphin
- flamingo
- hurricane
- key west
- manatee
- miami
- orange
- orlando
- palm tree
- pelican
- sailfish
- seashell
- sun
Florida word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- alligator
- beach
- coral reef
- dolphin
- everglades
- flamingo
- hurricane
- key west
- manatee
- mangrove
- miami
- orange
- orlando
- palm tree
- pelican
- sailfish
- sawgrass
- sea turtle
- seashell
- sun
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Words in the Florida word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- sun
- Florida is nicknamed the Sunshine State for its warm weather.
- beach
- Florida has more than six hundred miles of sandy beach.
- orange
- Florida grows oranges by the millions, mostly pressed for juice.
- dolphin
- Bottlenose dolphins swim in Florida's bays and coastal waters.
- seashell
- The hard outer case left behind by a sea animal.
- palm tree
- The sabal palm is Florida's state tree.
- alligator
- A large reptile living in Florida's swamps, lakes and canals.
- flamingo
- A tall pink wading bird sometimes seen in south Florida.
- manatee
- A slow plant-eating sea mammal that winters in warm springs.
- pelican
- A big seabird that scoops fish in a throat pouch.
- miami
- A large southeast Florida city set on Biscayne Bay.
- orlando
- An inland Florida city known for its theme parks.
- key west
- The southernmost city in the continental United States.
- sailfish
- A fast ocean fish with a tall fin like a sail.
- hurricane
- A strong tropical storm that can strike Florida from June onward.
- mangrove
- A salt-tolerant tree with tangled roots along tropical shores.
- sawgrass
- A tall sharp-edged sedge that fills much of the Everglades.
- coral reef
- A living ridge of coral, found off the Florida Keys.
- sea turtle
- A shelled reptile that lays eggs on Florida beaches at night.
- everglades
- A wide, slow-moving freshwater marsh in southern Florida.
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