A small breath of sea air

Seaside word search

A lighthouse, a shingle beach and a changing tide. Take a short paper trip to the shore with twelve original vocabulary choices.

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Seaside word search

12 words · 14 × 14

Find each word in a straight line. Look in all eight directions, including backwards.

PSTLDTAOBLIASX
LELTSACDNASZME
NTBREEZEBAVXVY
RTYGVUVORILKJV
JIPXOWSDNLAPCD
PDZUCAZUEWSOVS
TELIGHTHOUSEXH
VRDUXUSVMDMBPI
HHARBORDJPCZGN
MJQDRIFTWOODAG
HECFJVENREIPGL
UAEZYADAQYDUNE
BIMQZITGNPKOOB
MMXHMUANVAGEWA
  • LIGHTHOUSE
  • SHINGLE
  • DUNE
  • SHELL
  • TIDE
  • HARBOR
  • PIER
  • DRIFTWOOD
  • SAILBOAT
  • SANDCASTLE
  • BREEZE
  • COVE

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Seaside word search — solution

12 words · 14 × 14

Marked letters show the hidden words. Use the coordinates below when words overlap.

PSTLDTAOBLIASX
LELTSACDNASZME
NTBREEZEBAVXVY
RTYGVUVORILKJV
JIPXOWSDNLAPCD
PDZUCAZUEWSOVS
TELIGHTHOUSEXH
VRDUXUSVMDMBPI
HHARBORDJPCZGN
MJQDRIFTWOODAG
HECFJVENREIPGL
UAEZYADAQYDUNE
BIMQZITGNPKOOB
MMXHMUANVAGEWA
  • LIGHTHOUSE
  • SHINGLE
  • DUNE
  • SHELL
  • TIDE
  • HARBOR
  • PIER
  • DRIFTWOOD
  • SAILBOAT
  • SANDCASTLE
  • BREEZE
  • COVE

Start positions (row, column; top left is 1,1): LIGHTHOUSE (7,3) · SANDCASTLE (2,11) · DRIFTWOOD (10,4) · SAILBOAT (1,13) · SHINGLE (6,14) · HARBOR (9,2) · BREEZE (3,3) · SHELL (8,7) · DUNE (12,11) · TIDE (4,2) · PIER (11,12) · COVE (6,5)

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Default puzzle downloads: US Letter PDF · A4 PDF · Puzzle + answer, two pages.

Inside this theme

Find LIGHTHOUSE, SHINGLE, DUNE, SHELL, TIDE, HARBOR, PIER, DRIFTWOOD, SAILBOAT, SANDCASTLE, BREEZE and COVE. The twelve entries are curated as a small connected collection rather than an unfiltered dictionary list. All use A–Z letters in the grid.

A few words to notice

Shingle means the small stones on a beach. Harbor uses US spelling; UK readers usually write harbour. Lighthouse and sandcastle provide long sequences to follow, while tide and cove can hide among the filler. No changing tide times or travel conditions are used.

Make a fresh sheet

Choose forward directions or all eight directions, then generate the puzzle. Each target appears exactly once as a complete straight line, although words can share letters. New puzzle makes another arrangement of this same list. A different theme changes the vocabulary.

Print and keep the answer

Choose Letter or A4 and download the two-page PDF. The first page is the puzzle; the second is its matching marked solution. Large print is on by default. Print at 100% to keep the stated letter size, and keep the seed with the answer if you make copies for a group.