50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle
Put your knowledge of the 50 states of the USA in these free printable missing vowels puzzles in 2 different levels of difficulty.
I also have a 50 States Word Search Puzzle Printable that you might be interested in. It would be a great opportunity to practice learning the names of the fifty states before starting the missing vowels puzzle.
Looking for more geography-themed activities and puzzles for your classroom? Here’s a few examples of the other geography-related activities I have created.
What is a Missing Vowels Puzzle?
A missing vowels puzzle is a word puzzle that features a list of words related to a certain category in which all of the vowels (A, E, I, O, and U) have been removed.
It is the puzzler’s task to re-create all of the words on the list by inserting an A, E, I, O, or U into the missing spaces to form an appropriate word.
For example, if you had a missing vowels puzzle about pets, you might figure out that C _ T is missing an A to form the word “CAT.”
50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle Instructions
The names of all fifty states have been provided (in random order) without any vowels. Can you figure out which state is which by adding in the missing letters: A, E, I, O, and U?
Two Levels of Difficulty
This 50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle is available to download in two different levels of difficulty. In the beginner level, puzzlers are provided blanks to fill in where each missing vowel is.
If you think having the blanks to fill in will make the puzzle too easy, consider the advanced version where no blanks are provided, and all of the letters are ran together.
Free Download of 50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle
This 50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle is available to download as both a PDF file and an editable PowerPoint file.
Both levels of difficulty are provided in the same file.
50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle (PDF)
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Editable PowerPoint (in ZIP Folder)
Click here to Download50 States Missing Vowels Puzzle (PPT in ZIP)
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Puzzle Solutions
Puzzle solutions are available on a password-protected solution page. I do not openly post the puzzle answer keys because one of my goals as a resource creator is to craft learning experiences for students that are non-google-able. I want teachers to be able to use these puzzles in their classrooms without the solutions being found easily on the Internet.
Please email me at sarah@mathequalslove.net for the password to the answer key database featuring all of my printable puzzles and math worksheets. I frequently have students emailing me for the answer key, so please specify in your email what school you teach at and what subjects you teach. If you do not provide these details, I will not be able to send you the password.
Not a teacher? Go ahead and send me an email as well. Just let me know what you are using the puzzles for. I am continually in awe of how many people are using these puzzles with scouting groups, with senior adults battling dementia, or as fun activities in their workplace. Just give me enough details so I know you are not a student looking for answers to the puzzle that was assigned as their homework!
You could create a third level of difficulty by putting the constants in alphabetical order. So New York would be: KNRWY
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That is a brilliant idea!