Free printable · 18 words · answer key included

Sports Word Search: Free Printable, Large Print

Basketball, bowling, archery and lacrosse: eighteen sports from the backyard to the arena. A fun one to hand out during the big game, whichever game that happens to be.

Preview of the easy sports word search page

Easy: 12 x 12 grid, extra large print

12 words that read across or down only. Big letters with plenty of space, and a tick box beside each word.

Print: US LetterPDF · 1 page · 43 KB Print: A4PDF · 1 page · 43 KB

Answer key: LetterPDF · 1 page · 44 KB Answer key: A4PDF · 1 page · 44 KB

Preview of the medium sports word search page

Medium: 15 x 15 grid, large print

All 18 words, running across, down or diagonally. No backwards words.

Print: US LetterPDF · 1 page · 44 KB Print: A4PDF · 1 page · 44 KB

Answer key: LetterPDF · 1 page · 45 KB Answer key: A4PDF · 1 page · 45 KB

How to print

Open the PDF for your paper size and print at 100% / Actual size (not “fit to page”) for the biggest letters. Every sheet keeps a half-inch margin, so it prints cleanly on home printers. The answer key is a separate file.

Words in this puzzle

The medium grid hides all 18 words. The easy grid uses the first 12 (shown in bold).

BASKETBALL
SOCCER
TENNIS
BASEBALL
GOLF
HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
SWIMMING
BOWLING
CYCLING
RUGBY
BADMINTON
ARCHERY
SKIING
ROWING
WRESTLING
LACROSSE
GYMNASTICS

Checked by our software

Every grid is generated and then verified by our own puzzle software: each word appears exactly once, and the filler letters are screened so they do not spell anything unfortunate.