Flamingo Word Search
A free Flamingo word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: BEAK, WING, NECK, HEAD, LEGS, PLUMAGE, FEATHER, WETLAND, LAGOON, MARSH, SALTWATER, FLATS.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Flamingo word list, defined
- BEAK /biːk/ · noun
- The hard, pointed projecting mouth of a bird, consisting of upper and lower jaws covered in keratin, used for eating, grooming, and manipulating objects. Informally, also any similar beak-like structure in other animals such as turtles, squid, or octopuses. Related: bill, neb, muzzle, snout.
- WING /wɪŋ/ · noun, verb
- A part of an animal's body that is used for flying, or a control surface on an aircraft. To extend or add something to a project or activity. Related: fin, side, extension, projection.
- NECK /nɛk/ · noun, verb
- The part of the body connecting the head to the torso, or to turn or twist something so that the front or top is facing in a different direction. Related: throat, nape, chin, collar.
- HEAD /hɛd/ · noun, verb
- The upper part of the human body, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. To be in charge or control of something. Related: brain, mind, skull, chief.
- LEGS /lɛɡz/ · noun
- The lower limbs of a human or animal, extending from the hip to the ankle. A support or base for something, especially a table or stand. Related: limbs, lower limbs, stumps, shanks.
- PLUMAGE /ˈpluːmɪdʒ/ · noun
- The feathers of a bird, or the arrangement of these feathers in a particular pattern. The distinctive appearance or style of a bird's feathers. Related: feathers, down, plumes, fluff.
- FEATHER /ˈfɛðər/ · noun
- One of the light, flat structures growing from a bird's skin, consisting of a slender hollow shaft with a network of fine barbs, forming the plumage and serving for flight and insulation. Also used figuratively for anything light, trivial, or delicate. Related: plume, quill, plumage.
- WETLAND /wɛtlænd/ · noun
- A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally, such as a marsh, swamp, or bog. Wetlands are characterized by their unique plant and animal communities that are adapted to living in saturated conditions. Related: marsh, swamp, bog, fen.
- LAGOON /lɑːɡoʊn/ · noun
- A body of water, usually a shallow one, that is separated from a larger body of water by a barrier of land or sand, or a small body of water, often a part of a larger body of water, such as a sea or ocean. Related: bay, cove, gulf, harbor.
- MARSH /mɑːʃ/ · noun
- A wetland area dominated by soft-stemmed plants, such as cattails and sedges, and often found near rivers, lakes, or coastal areas. A marsh can be freshwater or saltwater. Related: swamp, bog, fen, wetland.
- SALTWATER /ˈsɔːltwɔːtər/ · noun
- Water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts, typically found in oceans and seas. Related: seawater, brine, ocean water, sea water.
- FLATS /flæts/ · noun
- Flats is the plural of 'flat' and refers to several things depending on context: in British English, apartments or self-contained residential units; in footwear, shoes with little or no heel; and in geography, level expanses of low-lying land such as salt flats or mudflats. Related: apartments, units, dwellings, shoes.
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