In the classroom
Print it for the last school day before the holidays. Whoever finishes first colours in the leftover letters or adds three Christmas words of their own.
Christmas word search
Three puzzles with Christmas words you solve right on your screen, and below them a big Christmas word search for paper. Twenty words, with the answer key on a separate sheet.
Drag across the letters to mark a word. Across, down or diagonal, and backwards too. Three boards, each with seven words.
Try it here: drag a line across the letters.
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For paper
Fourteen by fourteen letters and twenty Christmas words, in all eight directions. The print button opens your browser’s print dialog. Choose a printer or save it as a PDF. The answer key is on the second sheet.
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The words
From stocking and reindeer to eggnog and nutcracker: the list runs through a classic Christmas, from the decorations to the dinner table. Long words like gingerbread and mistletoe often run diagonally through the grid, short words like elf and star are actually harder to see because they can hide anywhere.
Ideas
Print it for the last school day before the holidays. Whoever finishes first colours in the leftover letters or adds three Christmas words of their own.
Put a printed copy next to every plate at Christmas dinner. The first one to find all twenty words gets to pick dessert first.
Want the names of the family or your own Christmas traditions in it? Make your own Christmas word search with the generator.
Make your own word searchQuestions
Yes. Playing on screen and printing are free, no account needed. There is nothing to install.
The eight by eight boards on screen are doable from about age seven. The fourteen by fourteen print version with backwards words is meant for older children and adults.
Yes. Press print and choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog. The answer key goes on the second sheet.
The app has its own winter themes and a daily puzzle in 21 languages. This Christmas word search was made especially for the website.