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Volcanoes Word Search

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Volcanoes word search puzzles with geology English — magma, crater, ash and calm earth-science words for adults. Easy to hard plus large print.

Volcanoes puzzles

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

Volcanoes: Crater Rim

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

Volcanoes: Quiet Ash

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

Volcanoes: Soft Path

Hard · 15×15 · 18 words

Hard Volcanoes: Full Eruption

Large print · 9×9 · 8 words

Large Print Volcanoes: Soft Ash

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

Volcanoes: Lava Flow

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

Volcanoes: Geology Day

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

Volcanoes: Side Shelf

What words are in the volcanoes word search?

Geology English — magma, crater, ash.

The full volcanoes word bank has 48 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:

ARC · ASH · BASALT · BOMB · CALDERA · CHAMBER · CINDER · CLOUD · CONE · CORE · CRATER · CRUST · CRYSTAL · DIKE · ERUPT · FAULT · FIERY · FIRE · FLOW · GAS · GEOLOGY · HEAT · HOT · ISLAND · LAPILLI · LAVA · MAGMA · MANTLE · MINERAL · MOUNTAIN · OBSIDIAN · PLUME · PRESSURE · PUMICE · QUAKE · RIDGE · RING · ROCK · SILL · SLOPE · SMOKE · STEAM · SULFUR · SUMMIT · TEPHRA · TREMOR · VENT · VOLCANO

Who is this theme good for?

Earth-science minded adults.

A solving tip

Long words such as OBSIDIAN and CALDERA are easier than ASH or HOT.

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”

— Merriam-Webster

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