Snakes Word Search
Snakes have no legs and no eyelids, and they shed their outer skin in one piece several times a year. Most of the snakes named here are harmless to people.
Snakes word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- adder
- anaconda
- boa
- cobra
- fangs
- mamba
- python
- rattler
- venom
- viper
Snakes word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- adder
- anaconda
- boa
- cobra
- corn snake
- fangs
- garter
- kingsnake
- mamba
- python
- rattler
- scales
- slither
- venom
- viper
Snakes word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- adder
- anaconda
- boa
- cobra
- constrictor
- copperhead
- corn snake
- cottonmouth
- fangs
- garter
- kingsnake
- mamba
- python
- rattler
- scales
- sidewinder
- slither
- taipan
- venom
- viper
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Words in the Snakes word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- cobra
- Venomous snake that rears up and spreads a hood.
- python
- Heavy-bodied snake that coils around its prey.
- viper
- Snake with folding fangs that inject venom.
- boa
- Constricting snake of the Americas, often tree dwelling.
- adder
- Europe's common venomous snake, marked with a zigzag.
- venom
- Toxic fluid delivered through a bite.
- fangs
- Long teeth that carry venom into the prey.
- mamba
- Fast slender African snake with strong venom.
- anaconda
- Huge water snake of South American swamps and rivers.
- rattler
- Everyday name for the rattlesnake and its buzzing tail.
- garter
- Common striped North American snake of gardens and ponds.
- scales
- Dry plates covering a snake and helping it grip.
- slither
- The way a snake moves by curving its body.
- kingsnake
- Snake that hunts and eats other snakes.
- corn snake
- Gentle orange North American snake kept as a pet.
- copperhead
- Venomous American snake with a coppery head.
- cottonmouth
- Semi-aquatic snake that gapes to show a white mouth.
- sidewinder
- Desert rattlesnake that loops sideways across sand.
- constrictor
- Snake that squeezes prey until it cannot breathe.
- taipan
- Australian snake with some of the strongest venom known.
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