Hard fairy tales word search
Rumpelstiltskin, the glass slipper and a witch: twenty-eight fairy tale words for older readers. The grid is big and the words can run backwards or diagonally, so read carefully.
- Beanstalk
- Castle
- Enchanted
- Fairy godmother
- Gingerbread
- Glass slipper
- Goblin
- Golden goose
- Goldilocks
- Gretel
- Hansel
- Kingdom
- Magic mirror
- Mermaid
- Ogre
- Pied Piper
- Pumpkin coach
- Rapunzel
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Sleeping Beauty
- Spinning wheel
- Stepsisters
- Three bears
- Tin soldier
- Unicorn
- Witch
- Wizard
- Woodcutter
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Find these words
- Beanstalk
- Castle
- Enchanted
- Fairy godmother
- Gingerbread
- Glass slipper
- Goblin
- Golden goose
- Goldilocks
- Gretel
- Hansel
- Kingdom
- Magic mirror
- Mermaid
- Ogre
- Pied Piper
- Pumpkin coach
- Rapunzel
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Sleeping Beauty
- Spinning wheel
- Stepsisters
- Three bears
- Tin soldier
- Unicorn
- Witch
- Wizard
- Woodcutter
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About this word search
This list draws on several traditions. Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel come from the Grimm collection, the Tin soldier and the Mermaid are from Hans Christian Andersen in Denmark, and Goldilocks grew out of an English tale. Tracing where each one comes from makes a good research task for older readers.
Spellings in this big grid can be mirrored, flipped or tilted, so keep all eight directions in mind. Rumpelstiltskin is the longest single word, and the Z in Rapunzel and Wizard gives two quick wins. Fairy godmother and Sleeping Beauty appear as unbroken strings.
A creative follow-up is to retell one of the stories from the point of view of the villain.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, pupils check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or the holidays. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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