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Astronomy Word Searches
All items below are categorized by their difficulty level and target audience so you can pick the perfect level of fun and education. We put them in alphabetical order and show the words hidden in the grid so you can quickly page through the list and find one that meets your needs. The words can be in several directions or only forward and down if you need something for the youngsters. To view or print a Astronomy word search puzzle click on its title. Once you've clicked a title you see a link to separate answer grid page with hints for the teachers that show where the words start. Our most important instruction is that we want you to be sure to have fun while you learn!!!
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Instructions / Description |
Puzzle Words |
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Space
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ANTIMATTER, ASTRONOMY, ATOM, BLACK HOLE, COSMOLOGY, DARK MATTER, GEORGES LEMAITRE, HYDROGEN, MATTER, NEBULA, NUCLUES, PLANETS, QUARK, RED SHIFT, SPACE, STARS, SUPERNOVA, THEORY, UNIVERSE, VACUUM
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space and the Universe
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Find all the words in the word search!
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ALIEN, ANDROMEDA, APOLLO, ARMSTRONG, CERES, CRATERS, CRYOVOLCANOES, DIAMOND RAIN, DOPPLER, EARTH, ICE DUST GAS, IRON OXIDE, JUPITER, LAIKA, METHANE, MOON, PLUTO, RINGS, TITAN, URANUS, WATER
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Star Signs Personality
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star signs
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AQUARIUS, ARIES, CANCER, CAPRICORN, GEMINI, LEO, LIBRA, PISCES, SAGITTARIOUS, SCORPIO, TAURUS, VIRGO
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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Find the 10 Closest Stars to Our Solar System
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BARNARDS STAR, EPSILON ERIDANI, LALANDE, LUYTEN, PROXIMA CENTAURI, RIGIL KENTAURUS, ROSS ONE, ROSS TWO, SIRIUS, WOLF
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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ASTEROID, AXIS, BLACK HOLE, BLUE WHITE, COMET, CONSTELLATION, EARTH, ECLIPSE, GALAXY, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, JUPITER, LIGHT YEARS, LITTLE GREEN MEN, MARS, MASS, MERCURY, METEOR, METEORITE, MOON, NEBULA, NEPTUNE, NIGHT SKY, ORBIT, PATTERN, PLANET, PLANISPHERE, PLUTO, RED, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SATELLITE, SATURN, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPACE, SPACE ALIENS, SPACE SHUTTLE, SPACECRAFT, STAR, SUBATOMIC PARTICLES, SUN, TELESCOPE, URANUS, VENUS, YELLOW
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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Find all the hidden words in the puzzle below
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ASTER, BLUE, FUSION, GALAXY, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, LIGHT, MILKYWAY, NAVIGATE, NOVA, RED, STAR, SUN, TWINKLE, WHITE
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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ALCANTARA, BALE, BUFFON, CAVANI, CECH, DROGBA, DZSUDZS K, FALCAO, G NDOGAN, G TZE, GERA, HAZARD, INIESTA, LEWA, MESSI, MOTTA, NEUER, NEYMAR, PIRLO, PODOLSKI, POGBA, REUS, RODRIGUEZ, RONALDO, ROONEY, SUAREZ, VANPERSIE, VIDAL, XAVI, ZLATAN
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars, Galaxies and the Earth
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ATMOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, EIGHT, GALAXY, GASES, GRAVITY, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, HYDROSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE, SOLARSYSTEM, SUPERNOVA, UNIVERSE
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Structure of Stars
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ASTERISMS, ATMOSPHERE, BINARY, BLACK HOLE, CHROMOSPHERE, CONSTELLATIONS, CONVECTION ZONE, GAMMA RAYS, GRAVITY, HELIOSPHERE, HELIUM, HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM, INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, MILKY WAY, NEBULA, NEUTRON STAR, NUCLEAR FUSION, ORBITS, PHOTONS, PHOTOSPHERE, SOLAR ECLIPSE, SPICULES, STELLAR ATMOSPHERE, STELLAR FLARES, STELLAR REMNANT, SUN, THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM, UNIVERSE, WHITE DWARF
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun and Moon Rotation
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AXIS, EARTH, ECLIPSE, EQUATOR, MOON, ORBIT, REVOLVE, ROTATION, SUN, TIME ZONE
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Young Kids
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun Moon Earth
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AXIS, CRATER, EARTH, ECLIPSE, EQUINOX, GRAVITY, HEMISPHERE, HIGHLANDS, INERTIA, LUNAR, MARIA, MOON, ORBIT, PENUMBRA, PHASE, RAYS, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SOLAR, SOLSTICE, SUN, TIDES, TILT, UMBRA, WANING, WAXING
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun, Earth, and Moon
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AXIS, CALENDAR, COMET, CONSTELLATION, CRATER, ECLIPSE, EQUINOX, FORCE, GIBBOUS, GRAVITY, INERTIA, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MARIA, MASS, METEOR, METEOROID, NEAP TIDE, NEWTONS FIRST LAW MOTION, ORBIT, PENUMBRA, PHASE, PLANET, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SATELLITE, SOLAR ECLIPSE, STAR, TIDE, TILT, UMBRA, WANING, WAXING, WEIGHT
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun, Moon, and Earth Systems
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AXIS, CHROMOSPHERE, CORE, CORONA, CRUST, DAY, EARTH, EQUATOR, FULL MOON, LAST QUARTER, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MANTLE, MOON, MOON PHASES, NIGHT, ORBIT, PHOTOSPHERE, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SEASONS, SOLAR ECLIPSE, SOLAR FLARE, SPINS, SUN, TEMPERATURE, TIDES, WANING CRESCENT, WANING GIBBOUS, WAXING CRESCENT, WAXING GIBBOUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Big Bang Theory
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Find and circle all of the Astronomy related words that are hidden in the grid.
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ASTRONOMER, ASTRONOMY, ATOM, BIG BANG, COSMIC, COSMOLOGICAL MODEL, EXPANDING, EXPLOSION, GALAXY, INFLATION, MATTER, PHYSICS, PLANETS, SCIENCE, SPACE, STARS, THEORY, UNIVERSE
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Drought in Australia
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AFFECTED, BUREAU, CLIMATE, COMMUNITIES, CONDITIONS, DECLINING, DEFICITS, DESERT, DRIEST, DROUGHT, DRY, IMPACT, INLAND, LONG TERM, METEOROLOGY, MOISTURE, ONE OFF, PROLONGED, RAINFALL, RECORD, REGION, SEASON, SIGNIFICANT, SPANNED, SPRING, SUMMER, TRENDS, TROPICAL, WEATHER, WINTER AUTUMN
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Great Space Race
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APOLLO, ASTEROID, ASTRONAUT, BLACKHOLE, CELESTIAL, COMET, CONSTELLATION, DEEPSPACE, DWARFSTAR, GALAXY, GEMINI, HALFMOON, HYPERNOVA, INTERSTELLARDUST, JUPITER, LIGHTYEAR, LUNAR, MARS, MERCURY, METEORSHOWER, MILKYWAY, MTLOUSAN, NASA, NEPTUNE, NEWMOON, OBSERVATORY, ORBIT, PARALLAX, PLANETS, PLUTO, PULSAR, QUARTERMOON, RADIATION, REVOLVE, ROCKET, SATELLITE, SATURN, SOLARSYSTEM, SPACE SHUTTLE, STARS, SUMMERCAMP, TELESCOPE, UNIVERSE, URANUS, VACUUM, VENUS, WANING, XRAYS, ZENITH, ZEROGRAVITY
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Jewel of the Solar System - Saturn
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ALADIN, ALI BABA, CASSINI, DIAMETER, DIONE, EARS, ENCELADUS, ENCKE, FLOAT, GALILEO, HUYGENS, HYPERION, IAPETUS, MAGNETIC, MET DR THIP, MIMAS, ORANGE CLOUDS, ORBIT, PHOEBE, RHEA, RINGS, SATURN, SECOND LARGEST MOON, SEEING, STAR WARS, TETHYS, THOUSANDS, TITAN
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Milky Way
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APPEARANCE, ASTRONOMER, BAND, BILLION, CENTER, CIRCLE, COMPONENT, CONCENTRATION, CONTAINED, DARK, DIAMETER, DISK, DISTINGUISHED, EARTH, EDGE, ESTIMATED, EYE, FORM, GALAXY, GALILEO, GREAT, GREEK, GROUP, HUBBLE, INDIVIDUAL, LATIN, LIGHT, LOCAL, MATTER, MILKY, NAKED, NIGHT, NUMBER, PART, PLANET, RADIUS, SATELLITE, SHAPED, SHAPLEY, SKY, SOLAR, SPIRAL, STAR, STRUCTURE, SYSTEM, THOUGHT, TRANSLATION, UNIVERSE, VISIBLE, YEAR
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Moon
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FIRST QUARTER, FULL MOON, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MOON, NEW MOON, SOLAR ECLIPSE, THIRD QUARTER, WANING CRESCENT, WANING GIBBOUS, WAXING CRESCENT, WAXING GIBBOUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Moon
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ASTRONAUT, CRATERS, DAY, DUST, GRAVITY, LUNAR, METEORITE, MOONLANDING, NEILARMSTRONG, NIGHT, ORBIT, REFLECT, ROCK, ROCKET, ROTATE, SOLAR, SPACECRAFT, SUN, TIDES, UNITEDSTATES
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Planet Pluto
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Discover words relating to Pluto
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CHARON, DWARF, GOD, HYDRA, ICE, KUIPER BELT, NEW HORIZONS, NIX, ROCK, ROMAN, SECOND, SMALL, UNDERWORLD
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Planet Word Search Puzzle
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ANGLE, AXIS, EARTH, EQUATOR, GLOBE, LANDMARKS, MAPS, NORTH POLE, PLANISPHERE, SOUTH POLE, TRAVEL
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Moderately Challenging
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Planets
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EARTH, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MOON, NEPTUNE, SATURN, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Young Kids
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Planets
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AIR, BALL, BODY, CALLED, CLOSEST, COLDEST, CONSIDERED, CRATER, DESERT, DOESN, DRY, DWARF, EARTH, GALAXY, GAS, GRAVITY, HOLD, HOT, JUPITER, LARGE, MAIN, MAR, MERCURY, MILKY, MOON, MOVE, NEPTUNE, ORBIT, ORDER, OUTER, PART, PATH, PLANET, PLUTO, RED, REVOLVE, RING, ROCKY, SATURN, SMALL, SOLAR, STAR, SUN, SURFACE, SURROUNDED, SYSTEM, URANUS, VENUS, WATER
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Sky
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DAY, MOON, NIGHT, STAR, SUN
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Simple
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Forward Only
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The Solar System
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ASTEROIDS, COMETS, EARTH, FULL MOON, GALAXY, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MILHY WAY, MOON, NEPTUNE, NEW MOON, PLUTO, SATURN, STARS, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Solar System
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CERES, CHARON, EARTH, ERIS, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MOON, NEPTUNE, PLUTO, SATURN, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward Only
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The Solar System
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ASTEROID BELT, ATMOSPHERE, AURORA, BINARY STAR SYSTEM, BOLIDE, CHROMOSPHERE, COMET, CRATER, DARK DUST CLOUD, EARTH, EROSION, EXTRATERRESTRIAL, GALAXY, GASEOUS NEBULA, GLOBULAR CLUSTER, GRAVITY, GREENHOUSE EFFECT, INTERPLANETARY MATTER, INTERSTELLAR DUST, INTERSTELLAR SPACE, IONOSPHERE, JUPITER, LITHOSPHERE, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MAGNETIC FIELD, MARS, MERCURY, METEOR, METEORITE, MILKY WAY, MOON, NEBULAR THEORY, NEPTUNE, NOVA, OZONE LAYER, PHOTOSPHERE, PLANET, PULSAR, SATURN, SEISMIC WAVE, SOLAR CONSTANT, SOLAR CYCLE, SOLAR ECLIPSE, SPECTRAL LINE, STAR, SUN, SUNSPOT CYCLE, TRITON, URANAS, VENUS
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Sun
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ASLEEP, AWAKE, BURNING, CENTER, CLOSER, CONTROL, DIRECTLY, EARTH, EYE, FACT, FAST, FIT, FROZEN, GAS, GRAVITATIONAL, GRAVITY, GROW, HURT, INSIDE, KING, LARGEST, LIFE, LINE, MADE, MILLION, MOON, PLANET, PULL, SAFE, SCIENTIST, SEASON, SIZE, SMALL, SOLAR, SPACE, SPINNING, STAR, STRONG, STUDY, SUN, SURVIVE, SYSTEM, TELESCOPE, WASTELAND
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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Find the words that describe the planet Uranus.
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ARIEL, ASTRONOMERS, BLUE, ELEMENTS, GASES, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, METHANE, MOONS, OBERON, ORBIT, PLANETS, RINGS, ROCKS, SCIENTISTS, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPACE, SUN, TILTED, TITANIA, UMBRIEL, URANUS, WILLIAM HERSCHEL
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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CLOUDS, HERSCHEL, ICE GIANT, MAGNETIC, MOONS, ORBIT, RINGS, SEVENTH, TILT, URANUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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AROUD, ATMOSPHERE, DISTANCE, GAS GIANT, MOONS, ORBIT, REVOLUTION, RINGS, ROTATE, ROTATION, SIDE, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPINS, SUN, URANUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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AMMONIA, ANCIENT, ATMOSPHERE, AXIS, BOUNDARY, CLOUD, COMPLEX, GASGIANT, GREEK, HERSCHEL, ICE, MAGNETOSPHERE, METHANE, MOONS, RING, ROTATION, SEVENTH, SOLARSYSTEM, TEMPERATURE, WATER
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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AMMONIA, ASTRONOMER, ATMOSPHERE, AVERAGE, AXIS, BLUE, BRIGHT, CIRCLING, COLOR, DARK, DIAMETER, DISCOVER, DISTANT, EARTH, FAST, FINDING, GAS, GIANT, HUBBLE, ICE, ICY, LONG, MADE, MATERIAL, METHANE, MOON, NASA, OUTER, PAST, PLANET, REVOLUTION, REVOLVE, RING, ROTATE, ROTATION, SEASON, SEVENTH, SIDE, SMALL, SPACE, SUN, SYSTEM, TELESCOPE, TEMPERATURE, TILTED, TURNED, URANUS, VOYAGER, WATER, YEAR
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus moons
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Find 21 Uranus moons
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ARIEL, BELINDA, BIANCA, CALIBAN, CORDELIA, CRESSIDA, DESDEMONA, JULIET, MIRANDA, OBERON, OPHELIA, PORTIA, PROSPERO, PUCK, ROSALIND, SETEBOS, STEPHANO, SYCORAX, TITANIA, TRINCULO, UMBRIEL
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus
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AMOUNT, CLOSEST, CLOUD, COMPRISED, CONDITION, CONTRAST, EARTH, EFFECT, EXTREME, EYE, FLOW, FORCE, GREENHOUSE, HEAT, HEIGHT, HIGH, INTENSE, LAVA, LAYER, LONG, MASSIVE, MILE, MOUNTAIN, NOXIOUS, PLANET, POUND, PRESSURE, RADIATE, RAISE, RELATIVE, SIMILAR, SIZE, SPOT, STAR, SUN, SURFACE, TEMPERATURE, THICK, VENUS, VOLCANIC
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Easy
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus
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ACID, ATMOSPHERE, BRIGHTEST, CARBON DIOXIDE, CLOUDS, COUNTER CLOCKWISE, GODDESS, ORBIT, SECOND, SISTER, SULFURIC, VENUS, VOLCANOES
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Easy
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus
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ASSIGNMENT, ATMOSPHERE, BRIGHTEST, CALLED, CARBON, CELSIUS, CLOUD, COMPLETE, COPY, COVERED, DAY, DAYLIGHT, DAYS, DEGREES, DIAMETER, DIOXIDE, EARTH, HEAT, HOLD, HOTTEST, INTERESTING, LONGER, MADE, MAKING, MILE, MORNING, NEIGHBOR, PASTE, PLANET, READING, REVOLVE, ROTATE, SMALL, SOLAR, SPIN, STAR, SUN, SURFACE, SYSTEM, VENUS, YEAR
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Jumbo
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus the Planet
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Looking for words to describe Venus
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ACID, ATMOSPHERE, BRIGHTEST, CARBON DIOXIDE, CLOUDS, DENSE, DENSEST, EARTH, EVENING, GODDESS, MORNING, ROCKY, ROMAN, SECOND, SISTER, STAR, SULFURIC, TERRESTRIAL, VOLCANOES
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Water on Planets
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AGE, AMOUNT, ARGON, ART, ASSOCIATE, AUTHOR, BACK, BALDWIN, COLLEGE, CONDITION, CRYSTAL, DEGREES, DETERMINE, DEVELOPMENT, EARTH, EXPERIMENT, FAHRENHEIT, FORM, GAS, GOOD, ISSUE, JAROSITE, KULA, LIFE, MAR, MARTIAN, MEANING, MINERAL, PARAMETER, PAST, PLANET, POINT, PRESENCE, PRESENT, PROFESSOR, PROVIDE, PUBLISHED, RECENT, ROCK, SCIENCE, SCIENTIST, SOMEDAY, STUDY, SURFACE, TEAM, TEMPERATURE, TERM, TIME, WATER, YEAR
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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