How it works
Pick a level
Easy for early readers. Hard hides words in all eight directions, including backwards.
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One clean US Letter page, with the answer key on page two. Nothing to sign up for.
Grab a pencil
Or solve on screen: tap the first and last letter of each word you find.
About this puzzle
Big, bold letters and fewer, longer words: an easier-on-the-eyes twelve disciples word search. Peter and Andrew left their fishing nets on the Sea of Galilee to follow Jesus. On the Hard level this word search hides the names of all twelve disciples, from James and John, the sons of Zebedee, to Bartholomew and Thaddaeus: a handy way to learn the names before a lesson on the apostles.
The large print edition uses an 11×11 grid that fills a letter-size page, and words only run across, down or diagonally down.
All 20 words in this theme: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas, Zealot, Zebedee, Alphaeus, Fishermen, Nets, Galilee, Follow, Apostles, Twelve.
Talk about it
Questions to share while solving, for activity groups, memory care or a visit with family:
- Did you learn a song or rhyme to remember the twelve disciples?
- Which disciple do you feel you have the most in common with?
- Peter and Andrew were fishermen. Have you ever gone fishing?
- Who in your life has been a faithful friend, like the disciples were to Jesus?
- Is there a church or school named after one of the disciples near you?
Activity tip: After solving, see if the group can say all twelve names from memory. Writing them on a whiteboard as they are called out makes it a friendly team effort.
Questions
How big are the letters?
The grid fills most of a letter-size page, with letters about one and a half times the size of a regular (Medium) word search, and the word list is printed in large type too.
Are these suitable for memory care or activity groups?
Yes. Words only run left to right, top to bottom or diagonally down, so the puzzles are relaxing rather than tricky. Print as many copies as your group needs.
Is there a harder version?
Every theme also has a regular print edition with Easy, Medium and Hard levels.