12 puzzles · all free to play and print
Juneteenth Word Search
Free Juneteenth word search puzzles to print or play online.
Play online or print
Juneteenth Words
8 words to find
- JUNE
- FREEDOM
- FLAG
- FAMILY
- PRIDE
- JOY
- HOPE
- UNITY
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.
All 12 Juneteenth puzzles stay free here. Want them as one printable booklet?
12 printable Juneteenth word search puzzles
twelve 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. The themes include the Juneteenth flag, cookout foods, the history in Galveston, freedom voices, the road to freedom and Texas places. Every puzzle has an answer key and prints on US Letter or A4. Every one of these 12 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 4 puzzles
Medium: across, down and diagonal 4 puzzles
Hard: every direction, backwards too 4 puzzles
Optional · all in one file
Want all 12 in one booklet?
You do not need it: every Juneteenth puzzle above is free to play and to download one by one. The booklet is only for printing them all at once, a 26-page PDF with a cover, a contents page and the answer keys at the back. Buying it also keeps this site free for everyone.
One-time payment, secure checkout with Stripe. US Letter and A4 PDFs, the download link arrives by email.
How to use these Juneteenth word searches
Teachers can use an easy puzzle on or near June 19 and the history puzzles in a social studies lesson. Libraries and community centers can set out a stack at a celebration table. Families can solve one together at a cookout, and church groups can use the freedom voices puzzle as a discussion starter. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Juneteenth word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these juneteenth words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Juneteenth word search
Every Juneteenth 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 12 puzzles bundled into one print-ready file, costs money.
On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger announced in Galveston, Texas, that enslaved people were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. The medium puzzle Juneteenth History hides GALVESTON, GRANGER and PROCLAMATION.
Congress passed and President Biden signed the law in June 2021. The hard puzzle Names and Laws includes FEDERAL HOLIDAY, SIGNED INTO LAW, SENATE, PRESIDENT and several other names for the day, such as JUBILEE DAY.
Use the easy Juneteenth Words, Cookout Foods or Juneteenth Flag puzzles. They use a 10 by 10 grid with eight short words such as FREEDOM, JOY, CORN and STAR, and they run across and down only.
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.