Free printable word searches
Pick a theme. Every word search here, or find a word puzzle if that is what you grew up calling it, plays in your browser and prints as a free PDF, with a solution sheet if you get stuck.
All word search puzzles
Is a find a word the same as a word search?
Yes. Find a word and word search are two names for the same puzzle: a grid of letters with a themed word list hidden inside it. Find a word is the usual name in the UK and Australia, word search in the United States. Every printable on this page works under either name.
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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.
Frequently asked questions
How do I print a word search from this page?
Open any puzzle and press the print button: you get a free PDF with the grid and the word list on one sheet, sized for both A4 and US Letter. Print it in black and white; the solution is a separate PDF, so the copies you hand out stay clean.
Are these word searches free for school and classroom use?
Yes. Print as many copies as your class, library or club needs, every year, at no cost and with no sign-up. What is allowed and what is not is spelled out in plain language on our license page.
Which difficulty should I pick?
Easy puzzles are small grids with a handful of short words and no diagonals, made for young kids. Medium boards add more words and directions, and hard ones are 15x15 with long words hiding in every direction. There is also a large print word search set in genuinely big type.
Are the Spanish word searches translations of the English ones?
No. Every Spanish puzzle is generated from its own Spanish word list, because translated words would not fit the same grid. Accents come off the board, the way Spanish word searches are really written, and the letter Ñ stays as its own letter you have to find.
Where do the newest word searches show up first?
On the new and popular puzzles page, which gathers the latest additions from the whole site, the puzzles players open most, and the ones on the rise. Every new word search also joins its theme category and this page the moment it is published.