Deer and Moose Word Search
Play a Deer and Moose word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: HERD, ANTLERS, HOOVES, RUMINANT, GRAZE, BROWSE, MIGRATE, CALF, FAWN, HIND, STAG, BUCK.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
Deer and Moose word list, defined
- HERD /hɜːd/ (British); /hɝd/ (US) · noun and verb
- As a noun, a herd is a group of animals, especially grazing or herd-forming mammals, living or moving together; it can also refer to a large, undifferentiated group of people. As a verb, it means to gather, drive, or move animals as a group, often with the sense of controlling or directing their movement. Related: group, flock, drove, pack.
- ANTLERS /ˈænt.lərz/ · noun (plural)
- The branched, bony outgrowths on the heads of deer and related animals, which are typically grown and shed annually by males. Related: horns, racks, crowns.
- HOOVES /huːvz/ · noun
- The plural form of hoof, referring to the terminal growth on the feet of horses and other hoofed animals. It can also refer to the feet of such animals collectively.
- RUMINANT /ˈruːmɪnənt/ · noun and adjective
- A ruminant is a hoofed mammal that chews cud, including cattle, sheep, goats, and deer. As an adjective, ruminant means relating to or characteristic of these animals or their digestive process. Related: cud-chewer, ruminating animal, cud-chewing animal.
- GRAZE /ɡreɪz/ · verb
- To feed on grass or other pasture, or to move lightly along or touch something briefly. It can also mean to scrape or injure the skin lightly. Related: browse, crop, brush, skim.
- BROWSE /braʊz/ · verb
- To look casually through or over things, such as goods in a shop, pages of a book, or content on the internet, without a specific goal or with only a vague one. As a noun, it denotes such an act of casual looking or grazing. Related: skim, scan, peruse, rummage.
- MIGRATE /maɪˈɡreɪt/ · verb
- To move from one place to another, especially in order to settle somewhere else. It can also describe seasonal movement by people or animals, or figurative movement to a new system, platform, or way of working. Related: relocate, move, emigrate, immigrate.
- CALF /kæf/ · noun
- A young cow, bull, or other bovine animal; also the fleshy back part of the human leg below the knee. Related: youngling, yearling, heifer.
- FAWN /fɔːn/ · noun, verb
- A fawn is a young deer, typically one still spotted and dependent on its mother; it is also a pale yellowish-brown colour. As a verb, to fawn means to show slavish or excessive affection, flattery, or servile attention, usually to win favour. Related: cudgel, grovel, toady, truckle.
- HIND /haɪnd/ · adjective; noun
- As an adjective, hind means situated at the back or toward the rear, or remote in time. As a noun, it means a female red deer. Related: rear, back, posterior, remote.
- STAG /stæɡ/ · noun
- A stag is an adult male deer, especially a male red deer with branching antlers. By extension, it can refer to a man taking part in an all-male social gathering. Related: buck, male deer, hart, antlered deer.
- BUCK /bʌk/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a buck is an adult male deer, goat, or rabbit, and informally a US dollar. As a verb, it means to jump or jerk suddenly with the back arched (as a horse does), or to resist or oppose something forcefully. Related: dollar, male deer, stallion, oppose.
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