Insects Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
Insects word search puzzles with everyday bug and garden English — bee, beetle, moth and quiet watching words for adults. Easy to hard plus large print.
Insects puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Insects: Garden Watch
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Insects: Quiet Wing
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Insects: Still Room
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard Insects: Full Swarm
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Insects: Soft Bee
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Insects: Meadow Buzz
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Insects: Pond Edge
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Insects: Harbor Light
What words are in the insects word search?
Garden and meadow insect English for adults.
The full insects word bank has 48 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
ABDOMEN · ANT · ANTENNA · APHID · BARK · BEE · BEETLE · BUG · BUTTERFLY · BUZZ · CATERPILLAR · CHIRP · CICADA · COCOON · CRICKET · DAMSELFLY · DRAGONFLY · FIREFLY · FLY · GARDEN · GLOW · GNAT · GRASSHOPPER · HIVE · HONEY · HORNET · INSECT · LADYBUG · LARVA · LEAF · LEG · LOCUST · MANTIS · MEADOW · MIDGE · MOTH · NECTAR · NEST · POLLEN · POND · PUPA · SOIL · SWARM · TERMITE · THORAX · WASP · WEEVIL · WING
Who is this theme good for?
Nature companions to garden and birds.
A solving tip
Long words such as GRASSHOPPER and BUTTERFLY stand out first.
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”
