Word searches you can play or print
Every puzzle here works both ways: play it right on the page, or print the free PDF and solve it with a pencil. Each one comes with its own solution sheet, from easy grids for kids to trickier boards for adults. You can also make your own word search from any list of words.
Try "animals", "Christmas" or "easy"
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All crossword puzzles
See allClues and crossing squares instead of hidden words. Every crossword plays in the browser and prints as a PDF with a separate answer key.
All rebus puzzles
See allPicture puzzles where the way the words are placed spells out an everyday phrase. Sixty in all, across two pages.
Brain teasers
See allThirty word and letter teasers in five kinds, from odd one out to mirror words. Play them here or print the five sheets.
Word scrambles
See allThirty scrambles in five kinds: animals, food, Christmas, shuffled sayings and a hard set for adults. Type the answer or print the sheets.
Cryptograms
See allThirty six coded messages in six kinds: easy ones with hints, animals, Christmas, famous quotes, number codes and a hard set for adults. Crack them here or print the sheets.
How it works
- Pick a themed puzzle. Each one is built from its own hand-picked word list.
- Play it on the page by dragging across the letters, or print the PDF to solve it on paper.
- Stuck? Every puzzle has a separate solution PDF with all the words marked.