Moon Watching Word Search
The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Moon Watching Word Search
Our nearest neighbor gets a medium grid all to itself: twelve lunar words covering the phases from new moon to full, plus craters and dusty regolith. Waxing and waning share most of their letters, and since words here can run diagonally or backwards, telling them apart takes a careful eye.
| W | L | S | W | M | C | N | U | R | A | N | U | L | E |
| E | I | R | A | R | B | N | G | R | I | E | O | G | O |
| E | I | N | N | O | I | D | N | E | N | W | I | T | C |
| T | H | T | I | L | O | G | E | R | N | M | C | I | L |
| U | E | I | N | E | L | S | I | M | P | O | T | D | O |
| L | P | H | G | R | E | T | A | R | C | O | I | E | H |
| C | U | A | U | H | G | E | O | N | R | N | N | O | G |
| I | W | U | F | U | L | L | M | O | O | N | I | B | H |
| A | N | S | T | P | B | A | I | W | E | A | E | E | E |
| T | C | R | E | S | C | E | N | T | A | A | O | J | T |
| B | E | A | A | G | B | T | E | D | E | X | R | H | O |
| G | I | B | B | O | U | S | R | E | S | B | I | S | N |
| A | E | X | R | R | A | C | F | N | O | R | O | N | C |
| E | S | P | I | L | C | E | Y | P | T | R | G | E | G |
- ☐ Crater
- ☐ Crescent
- ☐ Eclipse
- ☐ Full Moon
- ☐ Gibbous
- ☐ Highlands
- ☐ Lunar
- ☐ New Moon
- ☐ Regolith
- ☐ Tide
- ☐ Waning
- ☐ Waxing
Moon Watching Word Search — Answer Key
| W | L | S | W | M | C | N | U | R | A | N | U | L | E |
| E | I | R | A | R | B | N | G | R | I | E | O | G | O |
| E | I | N | N | O | I | D | N | E | N | W | I | T | C |
| T | H | T | I | L | O | G | E | R | N | M | C | I | L |
| U | E | I | N | E | L | S | I | M | P | O | T | D | O |
| L | P | H | G | R | E | T | A | R | C | O | I | E | H |
| C | U | A | U | H | G | E | O | N | R | N | N | O | G |
| I | W | U | F | U | L | L | M | O | O | N | I | B | H |
| A | N | S | T | P | B | A | I | W | E | A | E | E | E |
| T | C | R | E | S | C | E | N | T | A | A | O | J | T |
| B | E | A | A | G | B | T | E | D | E | X | R | H | O |
| G | I | B | B | O | U | S | R | E | S | B | I | S | N |
| A | E | X | R | R | A | C | F | N | O | R | O | N | C |
| E | S | P | I | L | C | E | Y | P | T | R | G | E | G |