25 puzzles · all free to play and print
January Word Search
Free January word search puzzles to print or play online.
Play online or print
New Years Day
8 words to find
- NEW
- YEAR
- PARTY
- CLOCK
- MIDNIGHT
- CONFETTI
- CHEER
- HORN
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 January 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 with twelve words and diagonals, and hard puzzles are 16 by 16 with eighteen words in every direction, backwards too. Themes include New Year's Day, Snow Day, Winter Olympics and Cold Cities. 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 January 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 January word searches
Hand one out as a first-week-back warm-up in class, set a stack out at a New Year's party, or keep them for snow days and cold afternoons at home. They also fit a library program, a care home activity hour or a quiet evening after the holidays. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own January word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these january words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about January word search
Every January 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.
The easy puzzles, such as New Year's Day, Bundle Up and Winter Animals, use short words like SLED, COAT and OWL. Each is a 10 by 10 grid with words only across and down, which works for ages 6 to 8.
The easy Martin Luther King Day puzzle uses simple words like DREAM and PEACE, and a medium puzzle called Civil Rights adds Montgomery, Selma, Nobel Prize and the March on Washington.
Besides winter weather, the set has New Year traditions, resolution ideas, zodiac and birthstones, January celebrations around the world, U.S. national parks and winter comfort food.
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.