25 puzzles · all free to play and print
Holiday Word Search
Free Holiday word search puzzles to print or play online.
Play online or print
Christmas Morning
8 words to find
- TREE
- STAR
- GIFTS
- SANTA
- SLEIGH
- STOCKING
- BELLS
- ELF
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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All 25 Holiday word search puzzles
25 puzzles in three levels, 9 easy, 8 medium and 8 hard. Easy puzzles are 10 by 10 grids with eight words across and down, medium puzzles are 13 by 13 with twelve words and diagonals, and hard puzzles are 16 by 16 with eighteen words in every direction, backwards too. Themes include Christmas Morning, Diwali Festival, Mardi Gras and Hindu Festivals. 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 Holiday 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 Holiday word searches
Print the puzzle for the holiday that is coming up, for a class warm-up, a party table or a rainy afternoon. Teachers can use the cultural puzzles to start a talk about how families celebrate. Care home leaders can match a puzzle to the season, and parents can keep a few in the car. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Holiday word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these holiday words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Holiday word search
Every Holiday 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.
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Fourth of July, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Hanukkah, Lunar New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Mardi Gras and Passover each get a puzzle, plus hard puzzles on Islamic and Hindu festivals.
Jewish Holidays, Islamic Observances and Hindu Festivals are hard puzzles with names such as Rosh Hashanah, Eid al Fitr and Navratri. Diwali Festival and Kwanzaa Symbols are medium puzzles, and Lunar New Year is an easy one.
Spring Festivals, Harvest Festivals and Solstice Festivals are hard puzzles for spring, autumn and midwinter. Easy puzzles such as Easter Basket and Halloween Night suit younger kids. Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving also have their own pages with more puzzles.
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.