Word searches help students recognize patterns. This means they make an excellent cognitive exercise to keep your mind sharp.
This Halloween word search puzzle emphasizes the spooky vocabulary terms that you always hear on October 31. And it’s not only Halloween vocabulary, but students learn spelling by finding words in any direction.
In this Halloween Word Search Puzzle, students have to circle all 15 Halloween words at the bottom of the worksheet. After the first student completes the puzzle, they win the game.
Halloween Word Search Puzzle Words
1. PUMPKIN
2. COSTUME
3. GHOST
4. HALLOWEEN
5. SCARE
6. WITCH
7. CANDY
8. MONSTER
9. DARK
10. SKULL
11. VAMPIRE
12. LANTERN
13. SPOOKY
14. EVIL
15. DRACULA
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October is here, and it brings with it DIY Halloween costumes for adults, lots of spooky quotes and our free Halloween word search printable. Find the 21 words related to the holiday in this Halloween word puzzle.
This free word find is part of our collection of printable word puzzles. We have been sharing lots of puzzles this fall and this printable word search for Halloween is the latest in our collection.
Free word search puzzles are great for all ages. They’re challenging enough for adults, but also contain a word bank at the bottom if kids need a little extra help!
Not only would they be great to share with your family this spooky season, but they would also make excellent printables for your local church group or classroom full of children.
If you’re looking for more word puzzles this Halloween, make sure to check out our Halloween word scramble.
How to do this free Halloween word search printable
Grab your highlighter and get ready to solve this Halloween word find. There are 21 different words hidden in this word search puzzle, waiting to be found.
This Halloween seek and find printable has a medium difficulty level. It’s great for the whole family, because it’s difficult enough for adults, but not too hard for kids.
It also has an answer key if you need help finding the words hidden within.
All of the words in this Halloween word find printable can be found horizontally or vertically. There are no diagonal words in this printable word find.
Other holiday word searches
In addition to this printable Halloween word search, we have other word puzzles for the holidays. Check out the holiday word searches and word scrambles below.
- Groundhog Day – word search puzzle
- Valentine’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Mardi Gras – word search and word scramble
- St. Patrick’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Father’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Independence Day – word search and word scramble
- Summer – word search and word scramble
- Labor Day – word search and word scramble
- Fall – word search and word scramble
- Thanksgiving – word search and word scramble
Check back often, we frequently add new word scrambles and word searches!
Words to look for in our printable Halloween word search:
There are plenty of animals and monsters associated with the holiday, like black cats and mummies! See if you can find the words below hidden in our free Halloween word search printable.
- Bat
- Black cat
- Ghost
- Mummy
- Skeleton
- Spider
- Vampire
- Witch
Some of the words hidden in this printable seek and find puzzle are related to the history and traditions and symbols of the Halloween.
- All Hallow’s Eve
- Costumes
- Jack 0 Lantern
- Mask
- Samhain
- Trick or treat
Other words hidden in this Halloween word find puzzle are related to foods, activities and decor we commonly use to celebrate the holiday.
- Candy
- Caramel apple
- Halloween party
- Haunted house
- Decorations
- Orange
- Pumpkin
Celebrating the month of October
Halloween is just one of the national days this month. Every day of the month has many days to celebrate.
October is National Caramel Month, and has many national days including National Black Cat Day, Carve a Pumpkin Day, National Magic Day, Haunted Refrigerator Night and Visit a Cemetery Day.
To learn about all the national days this month, be sure to check out our list of national days in October. We also have a word search printable for October featuring some of the national days this month.
Halloween is known for delicious dessert recipes. It even has national days dedicated to the food and drink we love during the month of October.
National Caramel Apple Day, National Vodka Day, National Candy Corn Day, National Pasta Day and National Cake Decorating Day all occur this month. Read up on all the October food holidays here.
For more information about the national days of the year, have a look at our national day guide.
The guide gives information on how national days came to be, whether they are official and answers many other questions about these special days.
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You can either download the printable word search for Halloween through the link below, or print it out in the project card at the bottom of the page.
Click here to download free Halloween word search. The puzzle will print out on on a full sheet of paper in the portrait format.
Be sure choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” for the printable area on your printer settings. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.
If you prefer to print the Halloween word search puzzle from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will print out the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.
Some free printable word searches are easy to solve and others leave you scratching your head looking for that one last word.
If you are having hard time solving the seek and find puzzle, you can click here for the answer.
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You can also watch our word games video on YouTube.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Active Time
30 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Difficulty
Moderate
Estimated Cost
$1
Materials
- Computer paper
- Highlighter
Instructions
- Load your computer paper into your Deskjet printer.
- Choose portrait layout and if possible «fit to page» in your settings.
- Print the free word search puzzle and try to find the words about Halloween in it.
- The list of words on the bottom of the Halloween word search printable are found left to right, right to left, top to bottom and bottom to top (there are no diagonal words in this puzzle).
- Search for the words relating to the holiday, highlight them and then cross them off the bottom list.
- See how quickly you can solve this printable word search for Halloween!
Notes
Using this print function on this card will print a Halloween word search puzzle that fills about 3/4 of an 8 x 11 sheet of paper.
To fill the entire page, choose «fit to page» on your printer if you have this setting, or use the link in the post above and print using the browser print feature.
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Free Printable Halloween Word Search. Download and print terms related to the popular fall seasoned festival Halloween celebrated in October. Download and print this Halloween word search puzzle or play online.
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Free Printable Halloween Word Search. Download and print terms related to the popular fall seasoned festival Halloween celebrated in October.
WORDS LIST: MUMMY, BLACK CAT, BONE, BOO, CANDY, EVIL, FEAR, GHOST, GRAVE, HALLOWEEN, HAUNTED, HORROR, PUMPKIN, SCARE, SKELETON, SPIRIT, SPOOKY, VAMPIRE, WITCH, ZOMBIE
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