Easter word search
Twelve Easter words are hidden in this grid, and unlike the eggs in the garden, nobody will find these for you. The word hunt before the egg hunt.
Curated by 
Esme Rook
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Updated August 2026
Play it right here
Drag across the letters to select a word. Words hide across and down, forwards and backwards. Works with mouse and touch.
In the basket
Bunny, eggs, basket, chocolate, spring, chick, flowers, jellybean, carrot, tulip, lamb and hunt. CHOCOLATE is the nine letter anchor: find its rare CH opening and the rest unrolls. EGGS, on the other hand, is four letters of pure camouflage in a grid that is legally required to contain plenty of E, G and S.
Before the egg hunt
An Easter word search is the perfect holding pattern while the actual eggs are being hidden: it keeps sharp eyes busy indoors and away from the windows. Print one per child; whoever finishes first gets the first basket. Teachers use the same sheet for the last class before the spring break.
Print it or play it
Play it right here or print the free PDF, and keep the solution sheet in a pocket for when someone insists that LAMB is not in the grid. It is. The solution shows exactly where.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Easter word search free to print for my class?
Yes. The Easter word search prints free for classrooms, Sunday schools, egg hunts and kitchen tables, in any number of copies and with no attribution. There is no sign-up. You may not sell it or re-upload the PDF to another site, which is the one rule in our licensing policy.
What age is the Easter puzzle for?
Ages 6 to 10, or US grades 1 to 4. The 12x12 grid holds twelve spring and Easter words from four letters (EGGS) up to nine (CHOCOLATE), and none of the vocabulary is obscure. It is a fair five to ten minute puzzle for a primary class, and a nice one to slip into an Easter basket.
Can we play the Easter word search online?
Yes. The grid at the top of this page is playable in the browser, so it works on a tablet during a rainy Easter weekend without a printer. Drag across the letters to mark a word. If you want paper anyway, the free printable PDF is right beside the puzzle.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. A separate solution PDF circles all twelve Easter words on the same grid. Download it with the Solution button. Because it lives on its own sheet, you can print a stack of puzzles for an egg hunt and keep the answers to yourself as the adult in charge.
Seven Easter word searches to print, one for each part of the weekend
Easter is two holidays wearing one name, and the six extra boards keep them apart instead of blurring them: there is the egg (decorating it, then hunting it), and there is Holy Week. The other three are the food, the craft table and the rabbit. Spring animals are deliberately missing here, because they belong to the spring word search and that page has them. Two word terms run together on the grid: hot cross buns is HOTCROSSBUNS, egg and spoon is EGGANDSPOON, empty tomb is EMPTYTOMB.
The 12x12 board on this page
The board above as a printable sheet: twelve Easter words with a nine letter CHOCOLATE to start from and an EGGS that camouflages itself in a grid full of E, G and S.
The eggs: decorating them
The kitchen table before the hunt, on a 12x12 board: the dye bath, the splash of vinegar that fixes the colour, the wax resist, the marbling, the speckles and the Ukrainian pysanky.
The hunt: the ten minutes in the garden
A 13x13 board for the hunt and the two games that come with it, egg rolling and egg and spoon: the clues, the bushes, the tiptoeing, the counting and the golden egg that decides it.
Holy Week: the other Easter
The religious week on its own 14x14 board, in order: Ash Wednesday, Lent, the fasting and the penance, Palm Sunday, Maundy, Good Friday, the crucifixion, the empty tomb and the alleluia.
The food: what Easter Sunday smells like
A 14x14 grid of the Easter table: hot cross buns, the simnel cake with its eleven marzipan balls, the roast lamb, the glazed ham, the colomba, the pascha and the first asparagus of the year.
The crafts: the bonnet and the glue
Twelve things from the craft cupboard on a 13x13 board: the bonnet being built, the pompom, the felt, the raffia, the crepe and tissue paper, the cotton wool tail and the googly eyes.
The rabbit: the axis only Easter has
The gentlest board of the seven, 13x13: the hare, the cottontail, the whiskers, the floppy ears, the warren, the hutch, the paw prints and the nibbling at the edge of the carrot patch.
