Punctuation Word Search
Free Punctuation word search. We picked 12 themed words — the terms and ideas of a school subject — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: PERIOD, COMMA, QUESTION, EXCLAMATION, APOSTROPHE, QUOTATION, COLON, PARENTHESIS, BRACKET, ELLIPSIS, HYPHEN, DASH.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Punctuation word list, defined
- PERIOD /ˈpɪriəd/ · noun, verb
- A full stop or point at the end of a sentence or line of writing. A specified or fixed point in time or space. Related: full stop, dot, termination, end.
- COMMA /ˈkɒm.ə/ · noun
- A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate a small pause or separation between elements within a sentence, such as items in a list, clauses, or phrases.
- QUESTION /ˈkwestʃən/ · noun, verb
- A sentence or phrase seeking information, explanation, or confirmation, typically beginning with a question word or auxiliary verb. To ask for information or an explanation. Related: inquiry, query, interrogation, petition.
- EXCLAMATION /ˌekskləˈmeɪʃən/ · noun
- A sudden, emphatic cry or remark expressing strong emotion such as surprise, anger, or joy; also, a short utterance — typically ending in an exclamation mark — that conveys such feeling. Related: cry, outcry, ejaculation, utterance.
- APOSTROPHE /əˈpɒstrəfi/ · noun
- A punctuation mark (') used to indicate possession or the omission of letters, as in "the dog's bone" or "don't"; also, in rhetoric, an address to an absent or imaginary person or thing. Related: punctuation mark, mark, symbol, diacritic.
- QUOTATION /ˌkwɒtəˈeɪʃən/ · noun
- A passage or saying repeated from someone else's speech or writing, or a statement or phrase used to illustrate or support an argument. A quotation is often enclosed in quotation marks. Related: citation, reference, quote, passage.
- COLON /ˈkoʊlən/ · noun
- A punctuation mark (:) used in writing to introduce a list, an explanation, a quotation, or a clause that expands on what precedes it; also, in anatomy, the main part of the large intestine running from the cecum to the rectum.
- PARENTHESIS /ˈpærənθɪsɪs/ · noun
- A punctuation mark or pair of marks used to enclose a word, phrase, or clause that is not essential to the meaning of a sentence, or to indicate that a word or phrase is to be read in a different way. Related: brackets, round brackets, square brackets, curly brackets.
- BRACKET /ˈbrækɪt/ · noun and verb
- A bracket is a support fixed to a wall for holding a shelf or other object, one of a pair of marks used to enclose text, or a group or category within a range such as income or age. As a verb, to bracket means to enclose in brackets or to place things together as belonging to the same category. Related: brace, support, group, category.
- ELLIPSIS /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ · noun
- The omission of one or more words from a sentence when they are understood from context, or the mark (…) used in writing to indicate such an omission or a trailing off of thought. Related: omission, elision, apocopation.
- HYPHEN /ˈhaɪfən/ · noun
- A punctuation mark (-) used to join words or parts of words, or to indicate a range of values. It is also used in compound words to show that the words are not separate. Related: dash, minus sign, en dash, em dash.
- DASH /dæʃ/ · noun, verb
- As a verb, to run or move suddenly and with haste; as a noun, a punctuation mark (—) used to indicate a break in thought or sentence structure. Related: rush, sprint, hasten, scramble.
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