Free Printable Outdoors & Nature Word Search Puzzles
Woods, water, weather and wildlife, for anyone happiest with a view out the window or a trail underfoot.
70 puzzles · 12 words on a 12 × 12 grid, or 8 on a 10 × 10 in the Gentle line · always free, no account
Woods, water, weather and wildlife, for people who like the view out the window as much as the trail itself. Garden birds and butterflies for close to home; national parks, mountain trails and the night sky for further out. The word lists lean on names you already know — the common birds, the familiar trees — rather than field-guide Latin, so the puzzle stays a pleasure and not a quiz.
Every outdoors & nature puzzle, A to Z
- Outdoors & Nature
A Country Lane
A slow walk down the dirt road past the mailbox, the split rail fence and the cornfield, with hollyhocks and hay bales by the stone wall and birdsong overhead.
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A Long Winter Walk
A footpath past brambles and a stile, hoarfrost on furrows and a rookery beyond the coppice.
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A Walk in the Autumn Woods
Boots on a leafy footpath, woodsmoke in the air, and squirrels busy overhead — a slow October walk through the autumn woods.
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Along the Hedgerow
Blackberry and hawthorn tangle with honeysuckle while sparrows, songbirds and a goldfinch flit above the rose hips, and a cottontail slips into the hedgerow.
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Autumn Leaves
Amber and golden leaves on the oaks and beech, crisp underfoot and drifting down until the boughs are bare.
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Beach Day
Head to the shore for seashells, sunshine, waves, tide pools, and everything needed for a relaxed beach day.
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Bees in the Clover
Droning wingbeats foraging nectar and pollen over purple heads and white bloom in warm grassland.
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Butterflies and Bees
Follow the monarch and the bumblebee through nectar, pollen, milkweed, and a honeycomb tucked inside the beehive.
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Camping Trip
Set up camp: drive the tent stake, stack the firewood, warm the skillet over the coals, and keep the canteen close as a chipmunk raids the picnic table.
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Cardinals in the Snow
Scarlet plumage against a wintry thicket, crested birds perched at the sunflower seed and the hedgerow.
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Cicadas at Dusk
A rising shrill from the oak branches at nightfall, husks left clinging to the bark.
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Daffodils on the Verge
Yellow trumpets in clumps along the roadside, narcissi swaying in drifts on a grassy bank.
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Dawn Chorus
Skylark and song thrush at first light, blackcap and chaffinch trilling in orchestral half light.
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Desert in Bloom
Spring rain brings the dry country into bloom: poppies open beneath the saguaro, a roadrunner darts past the mesquite, a hummingbird visits the prickly pear.
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Down by the Creek
Wade the shallows past the footbridge and the old swimming hole, looking for crayfish, a kingfisher, and watercress along the creekbed.
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Dragonflies and Damsels
Hawkers and darters hovering over still water, gauzy iridescent wings skimming the pond edge.
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Fishing Trip
Spend a quiet day near the water with tackle, casting, minnows, trout, and the patient work of an angler.
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Garden Birds
Look around the feeder and garden for a colorful collection of familiar birds, nests, and songs in the trees.
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Grasshoppers and Crickets
Rasping and chirping from dry grass, long antennae and hind legs leaping camouflaged at nightfall.
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Hot-Air Balloon Morning
The burner roars and liftoff comes at daybreak, the balloons drifting on an updraft over the treetops and through the morning mist above the wicker basket.
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Lambing Season
Ewes bleating in the meadow, newborns on a straw bed, hurdles and collies out on the hillside.
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Lavender Drying
Clipped stems bundled on string from the beams, purple haze crumbled into linen scent sachets.
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Leaf Peeping
A fall drive on the scenic loop at peak color: sugar maple and scarlet oak, golden aspen and yellow birch, and a country inn by dark.
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Lilacs by the Gate
Mauve panicles heavy with scent by the latch gate, deep purple blooms cut from old bushes in May.
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Limestone Caverns
Stalactite and stalagmite, flowstone and calcite, a lantern by the guide rail, dripping in the cool air of a stone chamber.
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Mountain Trail
Follow a mountain path through forests, meadows, switchbacks, wildflowers, and wide views from the summit.
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Mushroom Foraging
A mesh bag and a field guide on the forest floor: a morel by an oak stump, a chanterelle in damp leaves, and a spore print at home.
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National Parks
Travel across a grid filled with the names of celebrated national parks from mountains to wetlands and redwood forests.
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Nesting Boxes
Chickadees and wrens at the entrance hole, mosses and feathers, brooding and fledglings on the rooftops.
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Night Sky and Stars
Step outside at nightfall for moonlight, a crescent moon, a passing comet, and starlight waiting at the end of the telescope.
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Prairie in High Summer
Tallgrass and coneflower ripple for miles while a meadowlark sings, a grasshopper leaps, and a thunderhead builds beyond the windmill and water tower.
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Rhododendrons
Azaleas and tall shrubs in magenta trusses, leathery evergreens massed along a shady dappled edge.
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Roadside Wildflowers
Cow parsley and oxeye daisy along the lane edge, vetch, knapweed and buttercups in a summer meadow mix.
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Rock Hounding
A rock hammer and a field bag along a gravel bar: a geode split open, quartz and agate, a fossil bed, and a mineral vein in the creek.
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Rock Pools at Low Tide
Anemones and limpets in clear water, crabs and shrimps between barnacles, mussels and a starfish.
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Seed Catalogs
Ordering tomatoes and marigolds by the packet, heirloom varieties illustrated and a trellis planned.
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Snowdrops and Crocuses
Earliest bulbs nodding on the verges, purple clusters and hardy petals springing through the snowmelt.
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Snowy Woods
Snowshoes crunch past evergreens and pine boughs, with deer tracks by the woodpile, a cardinal in the branches, and hoarfrost on every twig.
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Sweet Peas on Canes
Tendrils climbing a wigwam of canes, pastel perfume picked into a jugful of cut flowers.
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Swifts and Swallows
Forked tails wheeling high above, mud nests on barn beams and sickle wings swooping the summer long.
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Tadpoles and Newts
Frogspawn jelly in the shallows, hatchlings wriggling through pondweed and mottled newts basking.
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The Barn Owl
A heart face pale in moonlight, silent flight hovering over field edges on dusk patrol from the hayloft.
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The Bird Table
Crumbs and mealworms on a wooden roof, blackbirds and finches squabbling with robins and doves.
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The Blackberry Hedge
Berries picked from thorny canes in late August, stained fingers past nettles for the pie filling.
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The Bluebell Wood
A carpeted glade under beeches, dappled sunbeams on mossy pathways and fragrance in an ancient canopy.
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The Butterfly Border
Red admiral and painted lady alighting on buddleia and lavender, marbled wingspans on a sunny wall.
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The Dogwood in Bloom
Four white bracts layered along the woodland edge, red berries later on a small shaded tree.
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The Flower Bed
A small bed of spring colour, turned over with a spade: tulips, pansies, daisies and a hose coiled nearby.
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The Garden Bench
Slatted teak weathered under an arbour of honeysuckle, cushions in a suntrap beside the birdbath.
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The Garden Sprinkler
A rotating arc of fine spray from the hosepipe, droplets glistening over a green lawn and flowerbeds.
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The Hammock
Knotted rope and canvas swung between two trees, creaking and shaded for dozing over book pages.
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The Hanging Basket
Potting mix firmed around lobelia and trailing ivy, hooked on a bracket by a sunny porch.
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The Kitchen Cat
A tabby curled purring by the warm stove, whiskers at the milk dish and paw prints on the windowsill.
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The Lily Pond
Waterlilies cupped on flat pads, goldfish and frogs among irises with the sunlit deck reflected.
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The Long Grass
Seed tops swishing on a sunny bank, meadow browns and field mice along a trodden path in hay scent.
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The Potting Shed
Clay pots and seed packets on a dusty worktop, twine, a hand fork and old boots under cobwebbed panes.
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The Robin on the Fence
A bold red breast on the fence post, sharp winter song and bright eye at the suet ball in the garden.
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The Rose Garden
Ramblers on the pergola, hybrid teas pruned with secateurs and deep red blooms scenting the arbour.
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The Seed Tray
Modules of sieved compost in a propagator, sprouting cotyledons thinned and marked as they germinate.
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The Sugarhouse
Sap buckets on the maples and steam over the evaporator, boiling down through cold nights.
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The Vegetable Basket
A trug of fresh dug beetroot and shallots, cucumbers and runner pods, a glut with supper plans.
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The Vegetable Plot
Raised beds and crop rows, radishes and scallions under a cloche, mulched from the water butt.
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The Village Pond
Cattails, reeds and willows ring the pond, where a heron waits, a mallard glides past, and tadpoles dart beneath the water lily pads.
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The Watering Can
A galvanized can with a rosehead, dampening seedlings and bedding from the rain barrel in the greenhouse.
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Tomatoes Ripening
Cordons pinched of side shoots, beefsteak and cherry vine blushing red behind warm glass for salads.
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Wild Geese Returning
Honking formations over the estuary, ganders arriving on the flyway to the marshes and stubble.
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Wildflower Meadow
A meadow walk in word form, with buttercup, foxglove, thistle and goldenrod waiting in the tall grass.
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Windowsill Herbs
Basil, chives and mint potted in terracotta on a sunny ledge, snipped fragrant with sage and tarragon.
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Winter Thrushes
Fieldfare and redwing arriving from Scandinavia to strip a berry hedge of hawthorn in cold fields.
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Woodpeckers and Jays
Drumming on a tree trunk, blue jays chattering over acorns and a flicker rattling through the timber.
Printing these puzzles
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