Hobbies Word Search
Hobbies are the things people take up simply because they enjoy them. Studies of older adults link regular hobbies with better mood and sharper memory.
Hobbies word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- baking
- cooking
- dancing
- drawing
- fishing
- hiking
- knitting
- painting
- reading
- singing
Hobbies word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- baking
- chess
- cooking
- dancing
- drawing
- fishing
- gardening
- hiking
- knitting
- painting
- photography
- puzzles
- reading
- sewing
- singing
Hobbies word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- baking
- birdwatching
- camping
- chess
- collecting
- cooking
- dancing
- drawing
- fishing
- gardening
- hiking
- knitting
- painting
- photography
- pottery
- puzzles
- reading
- sewing
- singing
- woodworking
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Words in the Hobbies word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- reading
- Enjoying books, magazines or stories in your free time
- drawing
- Making pictures with pencil, pen or charcoal
- cooking
- Preparing meals from raw ingredients at home
- singing
- Making music with your voice, alone or in a group
- fishing
- Catching fish with a rod, line and baited hook
- dancing
- Moving in time with music, often in set steps
- painting
- Making pictures using brushes and colored paint
- hiking
- Walking long distances on trails or in the hills
- knitting
- Looping yarn with needles to make scarves and sweaters
- baking
- Cooking breads, cakes and cookies in an oven
- gardening
- Growing and caring for plants in soil or pots
- photography
- Taking and editing pictures with a camera
- sewing
- Joining cloth with needle and thread, by hand or machine
- puzzles
- Fitting pieces or solving problems for enjoyment
- chess
- A two-player board game of strategy with sixteen pieces each
- camping
- Staying overnight outdoors in a tent or camper
- collecting
- Gathering and sorting items like stamps, coins or cards
- pottery
- Shaping clay into bowls and pots, then firing it
- birdwatching
- Spotting wild birds and keeping a list of them
- woodworking
- Cutting and joining wood into furniture or small objects
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