Seafood Word Search
Shellfish such as shrimp and crab have no backbone, so they are invertebrates rather than true fish. Fish names round out the list.
Seafood word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- clam
- cod
- crab
- lobster
- oyster
- salmon
- scallop
- shrimp
- squid
- tuna
Seafood word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- catfish
- clam
- cod
- crab
- halibut
- lobster
- mussel
- oyster
- salmon
- scallop
- shrimp
- squid
- tilapia
- trout
- tuna
Seafood word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- anchovy
- catfish
- clam
- cod
- crab
- crawfish
- halibut
- lobster
- mackerel
- mussel
- oyster
- salmon
- sardine
- scallop
- shrimp
- squid
- swordfish
- tilapia
- trout
- tuna
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Words in the Seafood word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- shrimp
- Small swimming shellfish with a curved body and thin shell.
- crab
- Shellfish with a wide shell, eight legs and two claws.
- lobster
- Large ocean shellfish with big front claws and a long tail.
- salmon
- Pink fleshed fish that swims from the sea into rivers to spawn.
- tuna
- Large fast ocean fish sold fresh, frozen and canned.
- cod
- Mild white fish from cold northern waters, often fried.
- clam
- Shellfish with two matching shells that burrows in sand.
- oyster
- Shellfish with a rough shell that sometimes holds a pearl.
- scallop
- Shellfish with a fan shaped shell and a sweet round muscle.
- squid
- Soft bodied sea animal with ten arms, served as calamari.
- mussel
- Dark shelled shellfish that clings to rocks and ropes.
- halibut
- Very large flatfish with both eyes on one side.
- tilapia
- Mild freshwater fish widely raised on fish farms.
- catfish
- Whiskered bottom feeding fish common in southern cooking.
- trout
- Freshwater fish related to salmon and popular with anglers.
- anchovy
- Tiny salty fish often cured and stirred into dressings.
- sardine
- Small oily fish usually packed in flat tins.
- mackerel
- Striped oily fish rich in omega three fats.
- swordfish
- Big ocean fish with a long flat pointed bill.
- crawfish
- Small freshwater shellfish that looks like a tiny lobster.
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