Sports Word Search
Sports range from playground games to Olympic events, and both ends of that range turn up here. Soccer is the most widely played of them all, with national teams in more than 200 countries.
Sports word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- baseball
- basketball
- cycling
- football
- golf
- hockey
- running
- soccer
- swimming
- tennis
Sports word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- baseball
- basketball
- bowling
- boxing
- cycling
- football
- golf
- hockey
- running
- skating
- skiing
- soccer
- swimming
- tennis
- volleyball
Sports word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- archery
- baseball
- basketball
- bowling
- boxing
- cycling
- football
- golf
- gymnastics
- hockey
- rowing
- running
- skating
- skiing
- soccer
- surfing
- swimming
- tennis
- volleyball
- wrestling
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Words in the Sports word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- soccer
- Team game moving a ball into a goal without hands.
- baseball
- Bat and ball game with nine innings and four bases.
- basketball
- Five players a side shooting into a raised hoop.
- tennis
- Racket game hitting a ball over a low net.
- golf
- Striking a small ball toward a distant hole in few strokes.
- swimming
- Racing or exercising by moving through water.
- hockey
- Skaters use sticks to drive a puck into a net.
- football
- American game advancing an oval ball toward an end zone.
- running
- Racing on foot over short or long distances.
- cycling
- Riding a bicycle for sport, racing or fitness.
- volleyball
- Teams hit a ball over a high net using their hands.
- bowling
- Rolling a heavy ball to knock down ten pins.
- boxing
- Two opponents trade punches inside a roped ring.
- skiing
- Sliding downhill or across snow on two long skis.
- skating
- Gliding on ice blades or on wheeled boots.
- wrestling
- Two athletes grapple to pin or control each other.
- gymnastics
- Routines of tumbling, balance and strength on apparatus.
- archery
- Shooting arrows from a bow at a target.
- rowing
- Propelling a narrow boat with oars, alone or in crews.
- surfing
- Riding ocean waves while standing on a board.
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bat · ball · glove · home run · pitcher
hoop · dribble · pass · shot · basket
chess · checkers · dice · board · player
ball · pins · lane · strike · spare
ring · bell · punch · glove · boxer
ace · king · queen · jack · deck
ride · clown · ticket · prize · balloon
cheer · clap · jump · chant · pom poms
clown · tent · lion · elephant · balloon
bike · wheel · pedal · helmet · chain
fish · rod · hook · bait · lake
touchdown · helmet · field · punt · tackle