Dinosaurs Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
Dinosaurs word search puzzles with common scientific dinosaur names and fossil English for adults — not a kids cartoon theme. Easy to hard plus large print. No film franchise names.
Dinosaurs puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Dinosaurs: Fossil Dig
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Dinosaurs: Quiet Bone
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Dinosaurs: Soft Path
Hard · 15×15 · 17 words
Hard Dinosaurs: Full Exhibit
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Dinosaurs: Soft Bone
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Dinosaurs: Museum Hall
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Dinosaurs: Ancient Age
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Dinosaurs: Side Shelf
What words are in the dinosaurs word search?
Scientific dinosaur and fossil English — not cartoon franchises.
The full dinosaurs word bank has 49 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
AGE · ALLOSAUR · AMBER · ANKYLOSAUR · BONE · BRACHIOSAUR · CARNIVORE · CAST · CLAW · CRETACEOUS · DIG · DINOSAUR · DIPLODOCUS · EGG · ERA · EXHIBIT · EXTINCT · FOSSIL · HERBIVORE · IGUANODON · JURASSIC · LAYER · MOSASAUR · MUSEUM · NEST · ORNITHOPOD · PALEONTOLOGY · PERIOD · PLESIOSAUR · PREDATOR · PRINT · PTEROSAUR · REPTILE · ROCK · SAUROPOD · SCALE · SEDIMENT · SITE · SKULL · STEGOSAUR · TAIL · TEETH · THEROPOD · TRACK · TRIASSIC · TRICERATOPS · TYRANNOSAUR · VELOCIRAPTOR · WILD
Who is this theme good for?
Curious adults and museum-minded solvers.
A solving tip
Long names like TRICERATOPS and DIPLODOCUS are usually easier than BONE or EGG.
How these puzzles work
Every puzzle is free and plays in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter. Easy grids are 10×10 with words across and down; medium grids are 12×12 and add diagonals; hard grids are 15×15 with words in all eight directions. Press Large print above any grid for bigger letters. Progress is saved on your device, and there is never a timer. New to word searches? Read how to play.
Sources & notes
Word lists on Words at Rest use American English spelling (for example color, not colour). Merriam-Webster records colour as chiefly the British spelling of color. Merriam-Webster: colour.
“chiefly British spelling of color”
