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This pets word search hides words like cat, dog, hamster to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy pets 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.

  • GOLDFISH
  • TORTOISE
  • AQUARIUM
  • HAMSTER
  • VACCINE
  • GROOMER
  • HARNESS
  • PARROT
  • CAT
  • DOG
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Did you know?

cat
A house cat spends up to 70 percent of its life asleep, and nearly all its meows are aimed at humans.
dog
A dog's sense of smell is tens of thousands of times sharper than ours, thanks to about 300 million scent receptors.
hamster
A mother hamster can tuck her babies into her cheek pouches to carry them to safety when her nest is threatened.
goldfish
Goldfish don't have three-second memories. In experiments, they can learn feeding routines and remember them for much longer.
parrot
An African grey parrot named Alex learned over 100 words and could count, the first bird shown to ask a real question.
tortoise
Some tortoises can live well past a hundred years, outliving the owners who first brought them home as pets.
vaccine
The word vaccine comes from Latin for cow: protection against smallpox began with a related disease called cowpox.
groomer
Coast Salish people raised woolly dogs for blanket-making, shearing carefully tended coats rather than treating all dog hair as grooming waste.
aquarium
Some aquarium octopuses have learned to unscrew containers holding shrimp, turning a closed lid into a puzzle they can solve for dinner.
harness
Some racing sled dogs wear T-shirts beneath their harnesses, preventing the straps from rubbing their chests and armpits.
chinchilla
A chinchilla has the densest fur of any land mammal, so it bathes in fine dust rather than water.
shelter
London's Battersea animal shelter began in a stable yard in 1860; cats joined the dogs more than twenty years later.
whisker
Cats have whiskers on their front legs as well as their faces, helping them feel prey held close.
rabbit
A rabbit's teeth never stop growing, so it must gnaw constantly, wearing them down by a few millimeters every week.
kitten
Every kitten is born with blue eyes, and their true adult color does not settle in until they are several weeks old.

Trivia

  1. What animal is the world's most popular pet, found in roughly one in three households?

    The dog.

  2. A group of kittens born together is known by what two-word term?

    A litter.

  3. Which common pet bird, prized for mimicry, is also called a budgerigar?

    The budgie (parakeet).

  4. What scientific name describes a doctor who treats animals rather than people?

    A veterinarian.

  5. Which small pet rodent is named for an old German word meaning to hoard?

    The hamster.

Trivia · 1 / 5
What animal is the world's most popular pet, found in roughly one in three households?
The dog.

In their words

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Anatole France

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Mahatma Gandhi

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This pets word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like GOLDFISH, TORTOISE, AQUARIUM 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: Bobbie the Wonder Dog (Oregon Encyclopedia) · Oscar the therapy cat (Wikipedia) · Alex the parrot (Wikipedia) · Animals with the biggest cheek pouches (National Geographic)

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