Dinosaurs word search word list

49 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell. One thing to know if you build grids by hand: RAPTOR sits inside VELOCIRAPTOR — never put both in the same puzzle, or the shorter one is found twice. The generator keeps them apart automatically.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Allosaurus
• Amber
• Ancient
• Ankylosaurus
• Archaeology
• Armor
• Bones
• Brachiosaurus
• Carnivore
• Claws
• Crest
• Cretaceous
• Dig
• Dinosaur
• Diplodocus
• Eggs
• Extinct
• Ferns
• Fossil
• Gigantic
• Herbivore
• Horns
• Iguanodon
• Jaws
• Jurassic
• Meteor
• Museum
• Omnivore
• Paleontology
• Predator
• Prehistoric
• Pterodactyl
• Raptor
• Reptile
• Roar
• Sauropod
• Scales
• Skeleton
• Skull
• Spikes
• Stegosaurus
• Swamp
• Tail
• Teeth
• Triassic
• Triceratops
• Tyrannosaurus
• Velociraptor
• Volcano

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Allosaurus — Large Jurassic meat-eater with a three-fingered hand
• Amber — Fossilised resin that traps insects
• Ancient — Very old
• Ankylosaurus — Armoured dinosaur with a club tail
• Archaeology — Study of the past through digging
• Armor — Bony plates for protection
• Bones — What a skeleton is made of
• Brachiosaurus — Long-necked giant with front legs longer than its back
• Carnivore — Meat-eater
• Claws — Curved nails for gripping
• Crest — Ridge on top of the head
• Cretaceous — Last period of the dinosaurs
• Dig — Excavation site
• Dinosaur — Terrible lizard
• Diplodocus — Whip-tailed long-necked giant
• Eggs — Dinosaurs hatched from these
• Extinct — No longer living
• Ferns — Fronded plants dinosaurs ate
• Fossil — Remains preserved in rock
• Gigantic — Enormous
• Herbivore — Plant-eater
• Horns — Pointed growths on the head
• Iguanodon — Early-named dinosaur with a thumb spike
• Jaws — Bones that hold the teeth
• Jurassic — Middle period of the dinosaurs
• Meteor — Shooting star
• Museum — Building where treasures are displayed
• Omnivore — Eats plants and meat
• Paleontology — Science of fossils
• Predator — Hunter of other animals
• Prehistoric — Before written history
• Pterodactyl — Flying reptile with leathery wings
• Raptor — Sickle-clawed hunter, for short
• Reptile — Cold-blooded scaly animal
• Roar — Loud bellow
• Sauropod — Long-necked plant-eating giant
• Scales — Covering of a reptile's skin
• Skeleton — Frame of bones
• Skull — Bony head
• Spikes — Sharp points along a tail
• Stegosaurus — Dinosaur with plates down its back
• Swamp — Marshy wetland
• Tail — It trails behind
• Teeth — Used for biting
• Triassic — First period of the dinosaurs
• Triceratops — Three-horned dinosaur with a frill
• Tyrannosaurus — Tyrant king with tiny arms
• Velociraptor — Fast, feathered pack hunter
• Volcano — Mountain that erupts

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.