25 puzzles · all free to play and print
Earth Day Word Search
Free Earth Day word search puzzles to print or play online.
Play online or print
Recycling Time
8 words to find
- RECYCLE
- PAPER
- TIN
- CANS
- PLASTIC
- BINS
- REUSE
- SORT
Drag from the first to the last letter of a word, or tap the first letter and then the last. The PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
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25 printable Earth Day word search puzzles
twenty-five puzzles in three levels. Easy puzzles are 10 by 10 grids with eight words across and down, medium puzzles are 13 by 13 grids with twelve words and diagonals, and hard puzzles are 16 by 16 grids with eighteen words in every direction, backwards too. Themes include Recycling Center, Rainforest, Water Cycle and National Parks. Every puzzle has an answer key and prints on US Letter or A4. Every one of these 25 puzzles is free: play it online above or print its PDF, with the answer key on page 2. No account, no email.
Easy: across and down 9 puzzles
Medium: across, down and diagonal 8 puzzles
Hard: every direction, backwards too 8 puzzles
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You do not need it: every Earth Day puzzle above is free to play and to download one by one. The booklet is only for printing them all at once, a 52-page PDF with a cover, a contents page and the answer keys at the back. Buying it also keeps this site free for everyone.
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How to use these Earth Day word searches
Hand one out in class during the week of April 22 as a warm-up before a recycling or planting lesson. Scouts and clubs can print a stack for a park clean-up break, and families can do one on the porch after planting a tree. Care homes can use the nature puzzles for a quiet group. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Earth Day word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these earth day words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Earth Day word search
Every Earth Day puzzle on this page is free to play online and free to print as a PDF with its answer key, one by one. Only the optional booklet, all 25 puzzles bundled into one print-ready file, costs money.
Earth Day is April 22 every year. The first one was in 1970, and one hard puzzle here covers that history, including the senator who proposed it and the laws that followed.
Start with the easy puzzles such as Recycling Time, Plant a Tree or Save Water. They are 10 by 10 grids with eight short words, all written across or down, with no backwards words.
The hard puzzle National Parks hides 18 real U.S. national parks, and Trees of North America hides 18 species such as sugar maple and bald cypress. Both include two-word names.
Easy puzzles (10 by 10, words across and down) work from about age 6. Medium puzzles (13 by 13, diagonals added) suit ages 8 to 11. Hard puzzles (16 by 16, every direction, backwards too) are for older kids and adults.
Page 2 of every PDF is the answer key, with each word marked where it hides. When you play online, the Show answers button marks them on the grid.
Every puzzle comes as a US Letter PDF (8.5 by 11 inches) and an A4 PDF (210 by 297 mm). Print at 100% or Actual size.
Every puzzle on this page plays in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer: drag or tap from the first to the last letter of a word. Nothing to install and no account.
Print as many copies as you need for your home, classroom, church group or care home. Please link to this page instead of uploading the files elsewhere.