Goldfish Word Search
A free Goldfish 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: FINS, GILLS, SCALES, TAIL, MOUTH, EYES, FRESHWATER, AQUARIUM, POND, LAKE, ALGAE, PELLETS.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Goldfish word list, defined
- FINS /fɪnz/ · noun
- Plural of fin: the flat or wing-like appendages that fish, whales, and other aquatic animals use for steering, balance, and propulsion; also, similar projecting parts on aircraft, submarines, surfboards, cars, and other devices used for stability, control, or heat dissipation. Related: flippers, paddles, appendages, blades.
- GILLS /ˈɡɪlz/ · noun
- A gill is a respiratory organ used for breathing in fish, amphibians, and some invertebrates. It is typically a pair of feathery or filamentous structures that extract oxygen from the water. Related: branchiae, respiratory organs, gill slits, branchial respiration.
- SCALES /skɛɪlz/ · noun, verb
- A series of musical notes or a device for measuring weight or thickness. To change or adjust something, especially a musical instrument, to a different pitch or key. Related: series, sequence, range, octave.
- TAIL /tɛɪl/ · noun, verb
- The back part of an animal's body, typically extending from the hips to the end of the spine. To follow or come after something. Related: rear, hindquarters, aft, end.
- MOUTH /mɔʊθ/ · noun, verb
- The opening through which food passes into the body and out of which speech and saliva are emitted. To utter or express something, typically in a loud voice. Related: lip, oral cavity, gape, utter.
- EYES /aɪz/ · noun
- The plural of "eye": the paired organs of sight in humans and animals, or the individual organs regarded collectively. It is also used figuratively to mean a person's attention, judgment, or way of seeing something. Related: sight, vision, gaze, view.
- FRESHWATER /ˈfrɛʃwɔːtə/ · noun
- Water that contains little or no dissolved salt, as found in rivers, lakes, streams, and most groundwater, in contrast to seawater. As an adjective, it describes things relating to, living in, or consisting of such water. Related: potable water, inland water, sweet water.
- AQUARIUM /əˈkweəriəm/ (British); /əˈkwɛriəm/ (US) · noun
- A transparent tank or container of water in which fish and other aquatic animals and plants are kept and displayed; also, a public building where such collections are exhibited. Related: fish tank, tank, vivarium, oceanarium.
- POND /pɒnd/ · noun
- A small body of standing water, usually fresh, either natural or artificial, often surrounded by vegetation and providing a habitat for plants and animals. A small pool of water, especially one that is artificial or man-made. Related: lake, pool, watering hole, marsh.
- LAKE /leɪk/ · noun
- A body of fresh or saltwater surrounded by land, typically smaller than an ocean or sea. A lake may be a natural depression or a man-made reservoir. Related: pond, reservoir, waterbody, waterhole.
- ALGAE /ˈæl.dʒiː/ · noun
- Algae are simple, typically aquatic organisms that photosynthesize but lack the true roots, stems, leaves, and vascular tissues of plants, ranging from single-celled phytoplankton to large seaweeds. Related: seaweed, phytoplankton, kelp.
- PELLETS /ˈpɛlɪts/ · noun
- Small, usually cylindrical, masses of material, especially fuel or animal feed, made by compressing and shaping a powder or granular substance. Related: granules, crumbs, fragments, particles.
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