Hard winter word search
Find the gritter, a hot chocolate and the solstice among twenty-eight winter words. A large grid for older kids, teenagers and parents, with words forwards, backwards and on a slant.
- Arctic fox
- Balaclava
- Black ice
- Blizzard
- Chairlift
- Duvet
- Earmuffs
- Fireplace
- Frozen pond
- Gritter
- Hailstorm
- Hibernation
- Hot chocolate
- Ice rink
- Igloo
- Log fire
- Porridge
- Ski slope
- Sleet
- Snow angel
- Snowball fight
- Snowdrift
- Snowflake
- Snowplough
- Solstice
- Thermals
- Toboggan
- Woolly hat
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 versionWinter, extra hard
Name
| O | U | I | A | P | L | E | G | N | A | W | O | N | S | G | E | U | N |
| L | S | F | P | H | R | H | I | B | E | R | N | A | T | I | O | N | T |
| L | U | F | S | E | G | S | O | L | S | T | I | C | E | D | K | T | E |
| X | T | K | F | N | A | U | H | T | U | O | R | R | A | S | D | L | C |
| M | E | I | C | U | O | L | O | D | C | C | I | K | E | N | U | N | A |
| R | P | E | H | N | M | W | N | L | L | H | N | O | O | O | V | A | L |
| O | E | O | A | T | L | R | F | O | P | I | O | P | E | W | E | G | P |
| T | P | E | I | E | L | A | A | L | R | W | N | C | E | B | T | G | E |
| S | O | D | R | E | I | A | N | E | A | E | O | A | O | A | B | O | R |
| L | L | T | L | L | S | I | C | R | Z | K | E | N | O | L | L | B | I |
| I | S | A | I | S | T | I | C | O | P | E | E | L | S | L | A | O | F |
| A | I | H | F | I | K | T | R | I | G | L | O | O | E | F | E | T | Y |
| H | K | Y | T | C | I | F | K | D | D | R | A | Z | Z | I | L | B | E |
| G | S | L | A | C | G | R | I | T | T | E | R | I | F | G | O | L | N |
| H | W | L | F | S | C | R | S | A | A | E | O | H | E | H | C | N | E |
| U | B | O | Y | O | R | S | N | O | W | D | R | I | F | T | T | T | T |
| O | X | O | R | O | E | L | T | H | E | R | M | A | L | S | H | E | X |
| O | E | W | P | S | V | O | A | V | A | L | C | A | L | A | B | A | A |
Find these words
- Arctic fox
- Balaclava
- Black ice
- Blizzard
- Chairlift
- Duvet
- Earmuffs
- Fireplace
- Frozen pond
- Gritter
- Hailstorm
- Hibernation
- Hot chocolate
- Ice rink
- Igloo
- Log fire
- Porridge
- Ski slope
- Sleet
- Snow angel
- Snowball fight
- Snowdrift
- Snowflake
- Snowplough
- Solstice
- Thermals
- Toboggan
- Woolly hat
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About this word search
The gritter is a British winter sight: the lorry that spreads salt on the roads before a frost to stop Black ice forming. It shares this list with the Snowplough, the Toboggan and a Woolly hat, plus a few cosier words such as Porridge, Duvet and Log fire.
The winter solstice, around 21 December, is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. After that the days slowly lengthen again, even if the cold carries on for weeks.
With eighteen squares a side and words in all directions, scan for the unusual letters first. Balaclava has four A's and a V, and Earmuffs has a double F. Snowball fight and Ski slope lose their spaces.
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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