Fruits Word Search
Fruit, in the botanical sense, is the part of a plant that holds its seeds, which is why tomatoes and cucumbers count too. The names run from the ones young readers know best to a few that turn up later at the market.
Fruits word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- apple
- banana
- cherry
- grape
- lemon
- melon
- orange
- peach
- pear
- plum
Fruits word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- apple
- apricot
- banana
- cherry
- grape
- kiwi
- lemon
- lime
- mango
- melon
- orange
- peach
- pear
- pineapple
- plum
Fruits word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- apple
- apricot
- banana
- cherry
- coconut
- fig
- grape
- kiwi
- lemon
- lime
- mango
- melon
- nectarine
- orange
- papaya
- peach
- pear
- pineapple
- plum
- pomegranate
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Words in the Fruits word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- apple
- Crisp round fruit that grows on trees in cool climates
- banana
- Long curved fruit with a thick yellow peel
- grape
- Small round fruit growing in bunches on a vine
- orange
- Round citrus fruit with a thick peel and juicy segments
- pear
- Sweet fruit that is narrow at the stem end
- peach
- Soft fuzzy fruit with a single large stone inside
- lemon
- Sour yellow citrus fruit used for juice and flavour
- cherry
- Small red fruit with a stone, growing on long stems
- plum
- Smooth skinned fruit with sweet flesh around one stone
- melon
- Large fruit with sweet flesh and many flat seeds
- mango
- Tropical fruit with orange flesh and one flat stone
- kiwi
- Brown fuzzy fruit with green flesh and tiny black seeds
- lime
- Small green citrus fruit with a sharp, sour juice
- apricot
- Small orange fruit, related to the peach, often dried
- pineapple
- Tropical fruit with a spiky skin and a leafy crown
- coconut
- Hard brown palm fruit holding white flesh and liquid
- fig
- Soft sweet fruit packed with many tiny edible seeds
- papaya
- Tropical fruit with orange flesh and black round seeds
- nectarine
- Peach relative with smooth skin instead of fuzz
- pomegranate
- Round fruit filled with juicy red seed pockets
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