12 puzzles · all free to play and print
Shakespeare Word Search
Free Shakespeare word search puzzles to print or play online.
Play online or print
Shakespeare Basics
8 words to find
- PLAY
- POET
- STAGE
- ACTOR
- QUILL
- KING
- GLOBE
- ENGLAND
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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12 printable Shakespeare 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. Themes include Fairies and Magic, Shakespeare's Plays, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet's Denmark. 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
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How to use these Shakespeare word searches
English teachers can use them as a warm-up before a unit on a play, and drama clubs can hand them out at a first read-through. Homeschool families can pair a puzzle with a trip to a local Shakespeare festival, and book clubs can try the hard history and Hamlet puzzles. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Shakespeare word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these shakespeare words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Shakespeare word search
Every Shakespeare 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.
Shakespeare Basics, Fairies and Magic and Kings and Queens use short words like KING, PUCK and CROWN in 10 by 10 grids with words only across and down, which suits ages 6 to 9.
Romeo and Juliet has a medium puzzle and Hamlet's Denmark a hard one. The history plays have a hard one, and the medium puzzle Shakespeare's Plays lists titles like Macbeth, Timon, King Lear and Twelfth Night.
The hard puzzle Shakespeare's World covers Stratford, Avon, Anne Hathaway, Hamnet, Judith, Susanna, the Globe Theatre, the First Folio and fellow players such as Burbage, Heminges and Condell.
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.
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