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This clothes word search hides words like jacket, sweater, sandals to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy clothes vocabulary activity.

10 words · 11×11 grid · Medium · Answer key included · Free printable PDF

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Tap the first and last letter of a word — or use arrow keys and Enter. Dragging works too.

  • CARDIGAN
  • LEGGINGS
  • TROUSERS
  • SLIPPERS
  • OVERALLS
  • SWEATER
  • SANDALS
  • MITTENS
  • PAJAMAS
  • JACKET
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jacket
A tuxedo takes its name from Tuxedo Park, New York, where the short dinner jacket became fashionable in the 1880s.
sweater
The sweater earned its name in the 1890s gym, when athletes wore heavy wool knits on purpose to sweat off extra weight.
sandals
Ancient Egyptians sometimes painted images of enemies on the soles of their sandals, so they trampled their foes with every step.
cardigan
The cardigan is named after the Earl of Cardigan, a British commander whose troops wore knitted wool jackets during the Crimean War.
leggings
Leggings began as separate coverings for each leg, worn by soldiers and laborers for warmth long before they became stretchy modern sportswear.
trousers
Pants is short for pantaloons, whose name came from a comic stage character famous for wearing long trousers.
slippers
Japanese homes often have separate slippers for the toilet, so the footwear that enters the bathroom stays out of other rooms.
overalls
In 1920, Americans formed overalls clubs and wore work clothes to protest high clothing prices, turning practical garments into a public statement.
mittens
Mittens keep hands warmer than gloves because the fingers share one pocket and warm each other instead of being separated.
pajamas
The word pajamas comes from a Persian phrase meaning leg garment, light loose trousers brought to the West from South Asia.
shirt
The word shirt and the word skirt come from the same old root meaning a short garment; one rose, the other dropped.
dress
Queen Victoria's white wedding dress helped start a fashion, but brides often wore colorful dresses they could use again.
scarf
Roman soldiers wore a cloth neckband called a focale to stop armor from chafing, an early ancestor of today's scarf and tie.
glove
Medieval knights threw down a glove to challenge a rival, the origin of the phrase to throw down the gauntlet.
boots
A cowboy boot's raised heel helps stop the foot slipping through a stirrup, making its distinctive shape useful in the saddle.

Trivia

  1. Denim fabric is named after a city in France where it was first woven. Which city?

    Nimes (from serge de Nimes).

  2. On a man's dress shirt, the buttons are usually on the right; on a woman's blouse they are usually on which side?

    The left.

  3. The cravat, the ancestor of the necktie, took its name from soldiers of which country who wore knotted neckcloths?

    Croatia.

  4. What stretchy synthetic fiber, an anagram of the word it improves, gives leggings and swimwear their snap-back?

    Spandex (an anagram of expands).

  5. High heels were first worn for practical reasons by horse riders in which ancient empire?

    Persia (modern Iran).

Trivia · 1 / 5
Denim fabric is named after a city in France where it was first woven. Which city?
Nimes (from serge de Nimes).

In their words

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Mark Twain

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

Coco Chanel

Is this clothes word search free to print?

This clothes word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like CARDIGAN, LEGGINGS, TROUSERS hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.

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Sources: Knitting runner sets marathon scarf record (NPR) · History of the cravat / necktie (Britannica) · Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis blue jeans patent, 1873 (History.com) · 1,700-year-old Egyptian sock (Smithsonian)

Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.