Hard autumn word search
Toadstool, dormouse and bonfire night in an eighteen by eighteen grid. Twenty-eight autumn words that can run backwards or on the diagonal, for older pupils and anyone who likes a long puzzle.
- Apple picking
- Blackberry
- Bonfire night
- Cobweb
- Dormouse
- Drizzle
- Equinox
- Gale
- Harvest festival
- Hazelnut
- Hibernation
- Horse chestnut
- Hot chocolate
- Jumper
- Leaf pile
- Maple
- Migration
- November
- October
- Pine cone
- Puddles
- Pumpkin soup
- Raincoat
- Scarecrow
- Sycamore
- Toadstool
- Wellies
- Woodland
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 versionAutumn, extra hard
Name
| P | P | S | K | N | N | H | I | B | E | R | N | A | T | I | O | N | E |
| L | O | O | T | S | D | A | O | T | B | E | W | B | O | C | H | B | H |
| T | P | U | O | S | N | I | K | P | M | U | P | X | I | F | O | A | E |
| F | B | P | I | N | E | C | O | N | E | E | L | Z | Z | I | R | D | Q |
| E | L | P | A | M | T | R | E | B | O | T | C | O | R | V | S | W | U |
| R | A | I | N | C | O | A | T | N | S | L | P | F | E | P | E | O | I |
| O | C | W | N | R | E | A | A | P | C | T | I | S | T | D | C | O | N |
| M | K | E | T | U | N | L | E | Z | A | H | T | U | E | C | H | D | O |
| A | B | L | G | G | W | O | C | N | R | F | O | V | S | E | E | L | X |
| C | E | L | B | O | N | F | I | R | E | N | I | G | H | T | S | A | I |
| Y | R | I | P | U | R | R | T | S | C | D | R | N | T | Y | T | N | N |
| S | R | E | G | L | I | A | T | P | R | E | P | M | U | J | N | D | C |
| T | Y | S | T | N | P | I | R | N | O | D | O | R | M | O | U | S | E |
| R | E | B | M | E | V | O | N | E | W | T | S | A | A | G | T | I | M |
| H | E | E | T | A | L | O | C | O | H | C | T | O | H | G | L | D | C |
| O | L | E | L | I | P | F | A | E | L | L | S | E | L | D | D | U | P |
| N | A | O | O | G | A | P | P | L | E | P | I | C | K | I | N | G | E |
| T | G | T | W | T | F | A | M | I | G | R | A | T | I | O | N | A | A |
Find these words
- Apple picking
- Blackberry
- Bonfire night
- Cobweb
- Dormouse
- Drizzle
- Equinox
- Gale
- Harvest festival
- Hazelnut
- Hibernation
- Horse chestnut
- Hot chocolate
- Jumper
- Leaf pile
- Maple
- Migration
- November
- October
- Pine cone
- Puddles
- Pumpkin soup
- Raincoat
- Scarecrow
- Sycamore
- Toadstool
- Wellies
- Woodland
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About this word search
Bonfire night on 5 November marks the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and it is the only word in this list tied to a single historical event. Harvest festival, Hibernation and Migration are about the slower work of the season, as people and animals prepare for winter.
The dormouse is a champion sleeper and can hibernate for half the year or more. Sycamore is worth a story too, since its winged seeds spin to the ground like small helicopters.
With eighteen squares a side and every direction in play, start with Harvest festival and Horse chestnut, the two longest. Then look for the Z in Hazelnut and Drizzle, which stands out among all the vowels.
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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