Prefixes and Suffixes

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I	N	T	E	R	Q	N	P	A	B	L	E
O	N	P	G	U	N	D	E	R	P	T	E
L	E	S	S	F	H	E	H	M	R	T	T
B	I	T	S	S	U	N	Y	N	E	I	R
T	E	E	O	X	T	G	N	E	F	O	H
N	J	R	M	S	I	F	Q	S	I	N	N
S	E	M	I	U	L	A	O	S	X	A	I
H	V	E	H	F	D	X	V	W	I	E	X
A	Y	N	A	F	R	U	H	T	Z	A	N
K	A	T	O	I	O	B	E	A	K	I	I
Z	R	D	N	X	C	S	S	I	H	C	B
W	L	C	E	I	T	R	J	I	O	T	T

ABLE
INTER
LESS
MENT
NESS
PREFIX
SEMI
SUFFIX
TION
UNDER

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Prefixes attach in front, suffixes trail behind. Both change a word's meaning without touching its spelling, and this grid hunts common ones from both sides, semi- and inter- up front, -ness, -ment, and -tion trailing after. Play it in the browser or print it for grammar practice.

Prefixes and Suffixes Word Search Answer Key

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I	N	T	E	R	Q	N	P	A	B	L	E
O	N	P	G	U	N	D	E	R	P	T	E
L	E	S	S	F	H	E	H	M	R	T	T
B	I	T	S	S	U	N	Y	N	E	I	R
T	E	E	O	X	T	G	N	E	F	O	H
N	J	R	M	S	I	F	Q	S	I	N	N
S	E	M	I	U	L	A	O	S	X	A	I
H	V	E	H	F	D	X	V	W	I	E	X
A	Y	N	A	F	R	U	H	T	Z	A	N
K	A	T	O	I	O	B	E	A	K	I	I
Z	R	D	N	X	C	S	S	I	H	C	B
W	L	C	E	I	T	R	J	I	O	T	T

I	N	T	E	R	Q	N	P	A	B	L	E
O	N	P	G	U	N	D	E	R	P	T	E
L	E	S	S	F	H	E	H	M	R	T	T
B	I	T	S	S	U	N	Y	N	E	I	R
T	E	E	O	X	T	G	N	E	F	O	H
N	J	R	M	S	I	F	Q	S	I	N	N
S	E	M	I	U	L	A	O	S	X	A	I
H	V	E	H	F	D	X	V	W	I	E	X
A	Y	N	A	F	R	U	H	T	Z	A	N
K	A	T	O	I	O	B	E	A	K	I	I
Z	R	D	N	X	C	S	S	I	H	C	B
W	L	C	E	I	T	R	J	I	O	T	T

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I	N	T	E	R	Q	N	P	A	B	L	E
O	N	P	G	U	N	D	E	R	P	T	E
L	E	S	S	F	H	E	H	M	R	T	T
B	I	T	S	S	U	N	Y	N	E	I	R
T	E	E	O	X	T	G	N	E	F	O	H
N	J	R	M	S	I	F	Q	S	I	N	N
S	E	M	I	U	L	A	O	S	X	A	I
H	V	E	H	F	D	X	V	W	I	E	X
A	Y	N	A	F	R	U	H	T	Z	A	N
K	A	T	O	I	O	B	E	A	K	I	I
Z	R	D	N	X	C	S	S	I	H	C	B
W	L	C	E	I	T	R	J	I	O	T	T