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Fifty US States: Bending-Path Word Search

Find all fifty US state names using paths that can turn at right angles. A completed sheet shows the answers.
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2
File type
PDF

Updated Jan 26, 2025

Subject
Geography, Social Studies
Resource types
Word Searches, Activities, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables

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Find all fifty US state names using paths that can turn at right angles. A completed sheet shows the answers.

  • A word-search grid containing all fifty state names
  • Special movement rules allowing right-angle bends
  • A completed answer sheet with marked paths

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognise and spell U.S. state names
  • Follow non-diagonal word paths that may turn
  • Apply puzzle constraints systematically

Teaching tips

  • Review the turning rule with a short invented example before starting.
  • Cross off each state name only after tracing its full path.

Skills covered

  • Letter-path tracking — follow state-name spellings through permitted right-angle turns.

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Core concepts

Core concepts

  • Fifty states
  • Word search
  • Right-angle paths

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