Forests Word Search
Forests cover roughly a third of the world's land and hold most of the planet's land-based plant and animal species. Trees, woodland animals and the parts of the woods you walk through make up the list.
Forests word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bark
- deer
- leaf
- moss
- oak
- owl
- pine
- squirrel
- tree
- trunk
Forests word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- acorn
- bark
- branch
- canopy
- deer
- fern
- leaf
- moss
- mushroom
- oak
- owl
- pine
- squirrel
- tree
- trunk
Forests word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- acorn
- bark
- branch
- canopy
- clearing
- deer
- fern
- leaf
- maple
- moss
- mushroom
- oak
- owl
- pine
- sapling
- squirrel
- tree
- trunk
- undergrowth
- woodpecker
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Words in the Forests word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- tree
- A tall woody plant with a trunk and spreading branches
- leaf
- The flat green part of a plant that makes food from sunlight
- oak
- A strong broadleaf tree that grows acorns
- bark
- The tough outer layer protecting a tree trunk
- pine
- An evergreen tree with needles and woody cones
- deer
- A hoofed grazing animal common in woodland
- owl
- A night-hunting bird with large forward-facing eyes
- moss
- A soft low plant growing on damp rocks and bark
- trunk
- The thick main stem holding up a tree
- squirrel
- A bushy-tailed climber that stores nuts for winter
- acorn
- The nut of an oak tree, each one a possible seedling
- branch
- A woody limb growing out from the trunk
- canopy
- The leafy roof formed by the tops of tall trees
- fern
- A leafy plant that spreads by spores, not seeds
- mushroom
- The fruiting body of a fungus growing on soil or wood
- woodpecker
- A bird that drills into bark to find insects
- clearing
- An open patch inside a forest with no trees
- sapling
- A young thin tree still growing toward full height
- undergrowth
- The low plants and shrubs beneath the big trees
- maple
- A broadleaf tree known for bright autumn colour and sap
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