18 puzzles · all free to play and print
New Year's Word Search
Free new years word search puzzles to print or play online.
Play online or print
Countdown Time
8 words to find
- CLOCK
- MIDNIGHT
- COUNT
- TEN
- NINE
- SIX
- FIVE
- ZERO
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 18 New Year's word search puzzles
18 puzzles in three levels, 6 easy, 6 medium and 6 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 Countdown Time, Fireworks Night, Food Traditions and Global Traditions. 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. Searching for a new years word search printable? These 18 puzzles cover it, each one free to play or print.
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 New Year's word searches
Hand the easy puzzles to kids while they wait up for midnight, or print a stack for a party table with pencils and a prize for the first finished grid. Teachers can use them as a first-week-of-January warm-up, and care home leaders can pair the traditions puzzles with a chat about how families celebrated. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own New Year's word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these new year's words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about New Year's word search
Every New Year's 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.
Countdown Time and Fireworks Night are quick easy puzzles for kids. New Year's Eve and Party Planning give adults something to work on while waiting for midnight. Print a mix so every age group has a puzzle.
Global Traditions is a hard puzzle with Hogmanay, Silvester, Oshogatsu and Iemanja, and Food Traditions has grapes, lentils and noodles. Around the World lists cities such as Sydney, London and Tokyo. Chinese New Year has its own page.
Three of them: Resolutions is an easy puzzle with goal, plan and save, Resolution List is a medium one with fitness and habit, and Goals and Habits is a hard one with words such as discipline and accountability.
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.