Easy Halloween word search
Ghost, witch, bat and a morepork calling in the dark, plus six more short spooky words. The grid is ten by ten and every word runs straight across or straight down, so new readers can join the hunt on their own.
- Bat
- Broom
- Costume
- Ghost
- Lollies
- Moon
- Morepork
- Pumpkin
- Spider
- Witch
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
- Bat
- Broom
- Costume
- Ghost
- Lollies
- Moon
- Morepork
- Pumpkin
- Spider
- Witch
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Halloween for young kids
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About this word search
Halloween arrives in spring in New Zealand, when the evenings are getting lighter and trick or treating starts before it is properly dark. Plenty of Kiwi kids dress up as a ghost or a witch and go door to door for lollies, and in the bush the morepork, or ruru, is the owl you hear calling at night.
Morepork is the longest word on this board, with eight letters, so it is a good one to find first. Pumpkin, Lollies and Costume each have seven. Bat has only three letters and Moon four, and both hide easily between the bigger words. Every word runs left to right or top to bottom in the ten by ten grid, never diagonal and never backwards.
Once the sheet is done, ask your child to draw the costume they would wear and write two of the words underneath. A ghost, a witch or a morepork all work, and the drawings make a good decoration for the front door on the night.
Ways to use the puzzle
In the classroom
Print it for a wet lunchtime in Term 4. Anyone who finishes early comes up with three spooky words that aren't in it yet.
At the party
Put a few printed copies next to the lolly bowl at your Halloween party. The first one to find all twenty words gets first pick from the bowl.
Your own words
Want your guests’ names or your own costumes in it? Make your own Halloween word search with the generator.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I play and print the Halloween word search without an account?
Yes. Playing on screen and printing are free, no account needed. There is nothing to install.
Can I save the puzzle as a PDF?
Yes. If you want the answer key too, switch it on first. Press print and choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialogue. The answer key then goes on the second sheet.
Is this puzzle in the app too?
The app has puzzle themes of its own and a daily puzzle in 25+ languages. This Halloween word search was made especially for the website.
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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