Geology Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
Geology word search puzzles with rock and earth-science English for adults — mineral, fault, stratum and calm lab-field words. Easy to hard plus large print.
Geology puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Geology: Rock Desk
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Geology: Quiet Strata
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Geology: Still Room
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard Geology: Full Layer
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Geology: Soft Stone
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Geology: Fault Line
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Geology: Field Sample
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Geology: Harbor Light
What words are in the geology word search?
Rock and earth-science English for adults.
The full geology word bank has 47 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
BASALT · BEDROCK · BOULDER · CANYON · CLAY · CLIFF · CORE · CRUST · CRYSTAL · EROSION · FAULT · FELDSPAR · FIELD · FOLD · FOSSIL · GEOLOGY · GLACIER · GRANITE · GRAVEL · LAB · LAVA · LAYER · LIMESTONE · MAGMA · MANTLE · MAP · MARBLE · MICA · MINERAL · MORAIN · OUTCROP · PEBBLE · QUARTZ · RIFT · ROCK · SAMPLE · SAND · SANDSTONE · SEDIMENT · SHALE · SILT · SLATE · SOIL · STONE · STRATA · SURVEY · WEATHER
Who is this theme good for?
Curious adults who like field vocabulary.
A solving tip
Long words such as SANDSTONE and SEDIMENT anchor the hard grid.
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”
