Hard Halloween word search
From the haunted house to the jack-o'-lantern on the doorstep: twenty-eight words in an eighteen by eighteen grid, in all eight directions and backwards too. For older kids, teens and grown-ups after a proper spring scare.
- Black cat
- Broomstick
- Cauldron
- Cobweb
- Coffin
- Costume
- Full moon
- Ghost
- Graveyard
- Haunted house
- Headstone
- Jack-o'-lantern
- Lolly bag
- Mask
- Morepork
- Mummy
- Potion
- Pumpkin
- Scarecrow
- Shadows
- Skeleton
- Spell
- Spider
- Trick or treat
- Vampire
- Werewolf
- Witch
- Zombie
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionHalloween, extra hard
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Find these words
- Black cat
- Broomstick
- Cauldron
- Cobweb
- Coffin
- Costume
- Full moon
- Ghost
- Graveyard
- Haunted house
- Headstone
- Jack-o'-lantern
- Lolly bag
- Mask
- Morepork
- Mummy
- Potion
- Pumpkin
- Scarecrow
- Shadows
- Skeleton
- Spell
- Spider
- Trick or treat
- Vampire
- Werewolf
- Witch
- Zombie
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About this word search
Halloween came to New Zealand mostly through films and television, and it has grown a lot since. Because it falls in spring here, much of the trick or treating happens in daylight, and many families only knock where a pumpkin or decorations show that visitors are welcome. The morepork earns its place on this list: its call from the dark bush has spooked plenty of campers.
In an eighteen by eighteen grid with all eight directions, backwards included, start with the longest entries. Haunted house, Jack-o'-lantern and Trick or treat each have twelve letters and run as one block, without spaces or the apostrophe. Broomstick has ten. Mask is the shortest, at four letters, and Mummy, Spell, Ghost and Witch have five. The Z appears only in Zombie, and the Y only in Graveyard, Mummy and Lolly bag.
For a sleepover or a party, give everyone the same sheet and a timer. Whoever finds the most words in ten minutes tells the first scary story of the night, and it has to use three of the words they found.
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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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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