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This 40-word Spanish vocabulary word search covers detective fiction and crime terminology for high school Spanish learners. Hidden words include asesinato, investigación, forense, Sherlock, and Watson, spanning investigation methods, legal concepts, and classic mystery references. Use it during a Spanish literature unit on detective novels, as a vocabulary review, or adapt it as a template for other Spanish-language genre studies.

Subject:
Foreign Languages
Topic:
Spanish
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated June 2026

Word List

  • POLICIA
  • DETECTIVE
  • CRIMEN
  • ASESINATO
  • PISTA
  • HIPÓTESIS
  • MISTERIO
  • COARTADA
  • TESTIGO
  • SOSPECHOSO
  • VÍCTIMA
  • VICTIMARIA
  • HUELLA
  • INOCENTE
  • CULPABLE
  • INVESTIGACIÓN
  • CONFESIÓN
  • JUSTICIA
  • TESTIMONIO
  • INDICIO
  • EVIDENCIA
  • DELITO
  • ROBO
  • SECUESTRO
  • ESTAFA
  • JUICIO
  • INTERROGATORIO
  • PERSECUCIÓN
  • PERITAJE
  • INTRIGA
  • SHERLOCK
  • WATSON
  • ENIGMA
  • CASO
  • ANÁLISIS
  • RESOLUCIÓN
  • ASALTO
  • FORENSE
  • SANGRE
  • INFORME

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