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Library Word Search
Free Library word search puzzles to print or play online.
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At the Library
8 words to find
- BOOK
- SHELF
- READ
- DESK
- CARD
- QUIET
- STORY
- CHAIR
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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18 printable Library word search puzzles
eighteen 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 Story Time, Dewey Decimal, Famous Libraries and Rare Books and Manuscripts. Every puzzle has an answer key and prints on US Letter or A4. Every one of these 18 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 6 puzzles
Medium: across, down and diagonal 6 puzzles
Hard: every direction, backwards too 6 puzzles
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How to use these Library word searches
Librarians can leave a stack at the front desk or use them at a story time, a summer reading program or a teen drop-in hour. Teachers can hand one out before a library visit to introduce words like shelf, index and catalog. Book clubs and care homes can try the hard ones. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Library word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these library words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Library word search
Every Library 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 18 puzzles bundled into one print-ready file, costs money.
At the Library, Story Time and Reading Corner use short words like BOOK, RUG and LAMP. They are 10 by 10 grids with words only across and down, which suits ages 6 to 8.
The medium puzzle Dewey Decimal has DEWEY, DECIMAL, CATALOG, CALL NUMBER and subject areas like science, religion, language and geography. It works as a vocabulary warm-up before teaching students to find a book.
Famous Libraries hides places such as Alexandria, the Bodleian, the Vatican, Trinity College, Ashurbanipal's library at Nineveh and the British Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts adds codex, vellum, incunabula and colophon.
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.