Wedding word search
Thirteen words from the day itself are hiding in this 12x12 grid, and all eight directions are in play. Six more wedding boards print from this page, one each for the ceremony, the wedding party, the attire, the reception, the planning and the shower.
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, down and diagonally, forwards and backwards. Works with mouse and touch.
What words are hidden in this wedding word search?
Thirteen: wedding, bride, groom, vows, rings, altar, bouquet, ceremony, reception, honeymoon, marriage, chapel and banquet. They hide in all eight directions on a 12x12 grid, so read the diagonals and read backwards too. HONEYMOON and RECEPTION are the nine letter anchors and the sensible first targets; VOWS is the short one that hides longest.
A wedding board, not a party board and not a bouquet board
Every word on these seven boards belongs to one day. The candles, the balloons and the presents live on the birthday word search; the hearts, the cupid and the kisses on the valentines day word search; the tulips, the orchids and the daffodils on the flower word search. Not one of the eighty one words here appears on any of those three, or on any other board on this site: the lists were machine checked against every deployed puzzle before this page shipped. If your table would rather have clues than hidden words, the crossword puzzles are next door.
Seven wedding boards to print, one for each part of the day
The board on this page is the general one. Six more print from here, and each takes one part of the wedding and gives it a whole grid of its own: the ceremony, the wedding party, the attire, the reception, the planning and the shower that comes before it. Every sheet is built from its own word list and carries its own solution page, so a shower table can hand out seven different sheets and no guest ends up solving her neighbour's. Two word terms run together on the board, the way word searches have always set them: first dance is FIRSTDANCE, seating chart is SEATINGCHART, maid of honor is MAIDOFHONOR.
The 12x12 board on this page
The board printed exactly as it plays above: thirteen words from the day itself, from the four letter vows to the nine letter honeymoon, hidden across, down, diagonally and backwards.
The ceremony: from the aisle to the promise
Ten words for the half hour that actually marries people, squeezed onto a tight 11x11 grid: the procession down the aisle, the officiant, the witness who signs, the reading, the blessing and the promise.
The wedding party: everyone with a job
A 12x12 board for the ten people who do not get to sit down and watch, from the maid of honor and the best man to the ring bearer, the flower girl, the ushers and the parents in the front row.
Attire and details: the gentle one
Eight short words on a 10x10 grid, across and down only and never backwards, so a flower girl can finish a sheet on her own while the group photographs drag on: veil, gown, tuxedo, tiara, heels.
The reception: after the confetti
Twelve words from the party half of the day on a 13x13 board, walking from the buffet and the place cards through the speeches to the first dance, the cake cutting and the photo booth at midnight.
Planning: the months nobody photographs
The vocabulary of the spreadsheet on a 14x14 board: the venue and the deposit, the budget, the florist, the registry, the RSVP, the stationery, the seating chart and the rehearsal that makes it real.
Bridal shower and hen party: the hard one
The hardest sheet here: sixteen words in a 15x15 grid using all eight directions, built for the brunch weeks before, with the sash, the mimosas, the charades, the scavenger hunt and the prizes.
Print it or play it
Play the 12x12 right on this page or print the free PDF; the separate solution sheet marks all thirteen words on the same grid, so the puzzle can go round the tables while the answers stay in your pocket. The playable board, the PDF and the solution all come from one generated puzzle, so they can never disagree. Every sheet prints clean in black and white, for a shower brunch in spring, for the favour bags, and for the long gap between the group photographs and the first course.
