Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- SEAHORSE
- Seahorses are among the only animals in the world where the male carries and gives birth to the young, a single male can deliver over a thousand pups in one season.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- OCTOPUS
- An octopus has three hearts: two pump blood to its gills, while the third keeps circulation moving to the rest of the body.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TRENCH
- The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific is the deepest known point on Earth, plunging nearly 36,000 feet below the ocean's surface.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MANTA
- Manta rays are the largest rays in the ocean, with wingspans that can reach up to 29 feet across, and they are completely harmless to people.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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creatures of the deep word search
Creatures of the Deep: a free online word search
Creatures of the deep word search, free and printable, one clean page ready for a pen, with dolphins and sharks hiding somewhere in the grid.
About Creatures of the Deep
The ocean covers more than seventy percent of our planet's surface, and most of it remains as wild and unhurried as it ever was. Below the shimmering surface, currents carry seahorses past swaying kelp and curious octopuses drift through coral gardens lit by filtered sunlight. Deeper still, where the trenches swallow the light entirely, the deep blue keeps its greatest secrets, ancient, patient, and endlessly alive.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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