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
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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
The Glass slipper, the Fairy godmother and the Pumpkin coach all come from the French Cinderella written down by Charles Perrault in 1697. In the older German telling, a tree and a flock of birds do the helping instead.
Joined strings such as FAIRYGODMOTHER, SPINNINGWHEEL and SLEEPINGBEAUTY are the easiest anchors in the eighteen-row grid. Words can face any direction, backwards included. Ogre is the shortest entry and the one most people find last.
Older readers can match each word to its story, then look for the odd ones out. Unicorn and Goblin belong to folklore in general rather than to one famous tale, which makes a good point to discuss.
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, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the train or a family vacation. 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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