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This jobs word search hides words like doctor, teacher, dentist to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy jobs vocabulary activity.

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

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  • SCIENTIST
  • CARPENTER
  • ENGINEER
  • MECHANIC
  • GARDENER
  • TEACHER
  • DENTIST
  • PLUMBER
  • FLORIST
  • DOCTOR
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Did you know?

doctor
Doctor originally meant teacher, not physician. Universities awarded the title to scholars long before medicine became its everyday meaning.
teacher
The word school comes from the Greek skhole, which actually meant leisure, since only those with spare hours could study.
dentist
George Washington never wore wooden teeth; his dentures were built from ivory, gold, lead, and even real human and animal teeth.
engineer
The word engineer shares its root with ingenious, both from the Latin ingenium, meaning cleverness or natural talent.
mechanic
During an early road trip, Bertha Benz became her own mechanic, clearing a blocked fuel pipe with a hatpin.
plumber
The word plumber comes from the Latin plumbum, meaning lead, because early pipes were made of that soft, heavy metal.
gardener
Darwin tested a gardener's underground helpers with piano and bassoon music, using an unusually musical experiment to investigate whether earthworms could hear.
florist
Japanese flower arranging can include withered flowers, finding beauty in fading petals instead of using only blossoms at their freshest and brightest.
scientist
The word scientist was coined only in the 1830s; before that, such thinkers were usually called natural philosophers.
carpenter
Some traditional Japanese carpenters join wood without nails, fitting interlocking pieces together like a carefully cut three-dimensional puzzle.
lawyer
Lawyers call the bar an actual wooden railing in old courtrooms that separated the public from the judge and the working attorneys.
soldier
The word soldier comes from solidus, a Roman gold coin, because troops in the empire were once paid in that money.
singer
A trained opera singer can project over a whole orchestra without a microphone, using a booming overtone called the singer's formant.
painter
An artist's paintbrush can use hair from a squirrel or an ox, turning animal coats into tools for delicate strokes.
butcher
A butcher can cut oysters from a chicken: these are little pieces of meat on its back, borrowing their name from shellfish.

Trivia

  1. What is the name of the tall white pleated hat traditionally worn by a head cook?

    The toque.

  2. Florence Nightingale is famous for founding modern nursing during which 1850s war?

    The Crimean War.

  3. What ancient Greek physician's name is attached to the oath many doctors take?

    Hippocrates.

  4. In England, what is the informal name for the demanding street-memory exam that taxi drivers must pass?

    The Knowledge.

  5. The chemical symbol Pb for lead, and the job of plumber, both come from which Latin word?

    Plumbum (meaning lead).

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What is the name of the tall white pleated hat traditionally worn by a head cook?
The toque.

In their words

People who love to eat are always the best people.

Julia Child

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

William Arthur Ward

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This jobs word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like SCIENTIST, CARPENTER, ENGINEER 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: Frank Wills, the Watergate guard (Washington Post) · Raymonde de Laroche, first licensed woman pilot (FAI) · London taxi drivers and The Knowledge (BBC/UCL study) · George Washington's teeth, not wooden (Mount Vernon)

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