Inventions Word Search
Inventions from the wheel to the barcode changed how ordinary days go. The printing press appeared in Europe around 1440, and printed books spread reading far beyond wealthy households.
Inventions word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bicycle
- bulb
- camera
- clock
- computer
- engine
- phone
- printer
- radio
- wheel
Inventions word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- airplane
- battery
- bicycle
- bulb
- camera
- clock
- computer
- elevator
- engine
- phone
- printer
- radio
- telescope
- television
- wheel
Inventions word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- airplane
- battery
- bicycle
- bulb
- camera
- clock
- compass
- computer
- elevator
- engine
- microscope
- phone
- plastic
- printer
- radio
- refrigerator
- telegraph
- telescope
- television
- wheel
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Words in the Inventions word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- wheel
- Round turning part that made carts and machines possible
- radio
- Device that receives sound carried on invisible radio waves
- phone
- Device that carries speech between people far apart
- camera
- Device that records an image using light and a lens
- clock
- Machine that measures and displays the passing hours
- bulb
- Glass lamp that glows when electricity heats a wire inside
- printer
- Machine that puts words and pictures onto paper
- engine
- Machine that turns fuel into movement for work
- bicycle
- Two wheeled machine driven by pedals and a chain
- computer
- Machine that stores data and follows programmed instructions
- television
- Device that receives moving pictures along with sound
- battery
- Portable store of chemical energy that supplies electricity
- airplane
- Powered machine with wings that carries people through the air
- telescope
- Tube with lenses or mirrors for viewing distant objects
- elevator
- Cab that lifts people between floors of a tall building
- microscope
- Instrument that magnifies objects too small to see
- telegraph
- Early system sending coded messages along electric wires
- refrigerator
- Cabinet that keeps food cold so it lasts longer
- plastic
- Human made material moulded into countless everyday objects
- compass
- Magnetic needle pointing north to guide travellers and sailors
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