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These printable word searches will be sure to challenge even the most advanced puzzler. You’ll find three different levels of hard word searches below, each growing in difficulty based on the number of words you need to find.
There are the hard word searches with 30-39 hidden words, the very hard word searches with 40-49 words you’ll need to find, and the extremely hard word searches with 50 or more hidden words. I suggest starting with the first section and then moving on to the other puzzles after you feel confident that you can tackle them.
If these puzzles aren’t challenging enough for you, you can also consider making your own hard word search. Trade with a friend and see who can complete theirs the quickest.
Many other free word searches are available for just about every holiday and season as well as daily word searches, online puzzles, and word searches just for kids. Both adults and kids will love the challenge and fun these puzzles bring.
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Printable Hard Word Searches
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These word searches are considered hard because they have 30-39 hidden words to find. Can you find them all?
- Famous Artists: There are 30 names of famous artists hidden in this hard word search puzzle.
- Healthy Foods: You’ll need to find 31 hidden healthy food words in this word search puzzle.
- Famous Cars: This hard word search has 32 famous cars that need to be found.
- Arguments: A tough word search puzzle with 33 hidden words.
- Here Comes the Bride: A 33-word puzzle all about weddings.
- The Beach: There are 34 beach words in this word search puzzle.
- Music Artists: Find the names of 34 music artists.
- Busy Schedule: Can you find all 35 words in this word search printable?
- Movie Night: There are 36 movie titles hidden in this word search.
- Lots of Words: A generally hard word search with 38 non-related words.
- Famous American Football Players: Find 38 famous American football players in this puzzle.
- Dogs: Find 38 breeds of dogs in this hard word puzzle.
- Have Fun: A general word search with 38 words to find.
- Your Body: You’ll need to find 39 words to solve this science word search puzzle all about the body.
- United States of America: There are 39 hidden words in this hard word search over the USA.
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Printable Very Hard Word Searches
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40-49 words that you’ll need to find.
- World Capitals: This is a very hard word search puzzle with 40 world capitals to find.
- The Great Lakes Basin: Find 40 things you might discover in the Great Lakes basin.
- Baseball Players: Find 42 names of famous baseball players in this word search.
- Health Issues: Find 42 health issues in this very hard word search puzzle printable.
- Les Miserables: Here’s a 42 word hidden word search puzzle that’s all about everyone’s favorite musical.
- The Great Lakes: There are 45 hidden words in this word search puzzle.
- Horse Breeds: 46 names of horse breeds are hidden in this difficult word search puzzle.
- Pearl Harbor: Print out this very hard word search puzzle and find all 48 words.
- What’s the Point: Here’s a fun word search printable where you’ll need to find 48 words or phrases that all have points associated with them.
- Hilarious Movies: If you like funny movies, you’re going to love this word search! There are 48 titles of some of the best comedies out there all hidden within this tough word search puzzle.
- Relationships: This printable word search puzzle has 49 words hiding in it.
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Printable Extremely Hard Word Searches
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Watch out for these extremely hard word search puzzles with 50 or more hidden words. Pick one with unfamiliar words you to increase the difficulty and make it your own personal hardest word search.
- Strange Words: Can you find all 50 strange words in this word search puzzle?
- European Countries: Find the 50 countries in Europe in this extremely hard word search puzzle.
- Fifty States: You’ll need to find all 50 states to complete this word search puzzle.
- Fifty State Capitals: Another extremely hard word search puzzle where you’ll need to find 50 state capitals.
- Camping: You’ll have to find 50 camping words in this puzzle.
- Popular Girls Names: Find 50 of the most popular names for girls.
- Popular Boys Names: There are 50 names of boys in this word search.
- Harry Potter Word Search: Find 50 Harry Potter-related words to solve this word search.
- Our Family: There are 50 family words to find in this word search printable.
- Self Help: You’ll need to find 50 words to solve this puzzle.
- Gardening: There are 50 hidden words that all have to do with gardening in this hard word search printable. Make it more of a challenge by finding the Lady Bird Johnson quote with the remaining letters.
- Flowers of the 50 States: Can you find the name of each state flower? There are 50 to find!
- Golden Age of Hollywood: Find 50 actors and actresses’ names in this difficult word search puzzle.
- Box Office Hits: Relive your favorite movies with this free hard word search puzzle that asks you to find 50 box office hits.
- Bio-mechanics: There are 50 bio-mechanics words to find in this very difficult word search puzzle.
- ’80’s Cartoons: This is an extra difficult puzzle because the titles of the ’80’s cartoons are so long. Good luck finding all 50 of them!
- Accounting: Find 55 accounting terms in what’s one of the more difficult word search puzzles. If you enjoy this puzzle you may also enjoy free math word puzzles.
- Deserts of the World: There are 60 deserts hidden within this tough word search puzzle. The remaining letters spell out a secret message.
- Around the House: There are an unbelievable 100 words to find in this extra-tough word search puzzle. Can you find all the words that you can find around the house?
- Harry Potter: In this hard word search printable, you’ll need to find a whopping 180 words that all have to do with the Harry Potter universe.
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Looking for a great selection of free printable word search puzzles?
You’ve come to the right place. We have over 100 free printable word searches to choose from.
Word searches are a popular puzzle game that require players to search for hidden words in a grid of letters.
Words can be spelled out horizontally, vertically and diagonally — forwards or backwards.
The word search puzzle is completed by finding all the words.
Word search puzzles are great for testing the brain. They train us to quickly look for patterns and combinations.
They’re also great for learning new vocabulary and spelling. On top of this, they’re also very fun!
All our puzzles are free. They are for personal use only (they are not to be reproduced for sale or marketing purposes).
We do encourage them to be used by schools and education services. Teachers are welcome to print puzzles for classroom distribution.
The option to print off our puzzles means that you don’t have to be using an online device to play them.
We understand that many people prefer the traditional pen and paper method when it comes to word searches —
you then have the choice to play them anywhere regardless of whether you’ve got wi-fi.
Our free printable word search puzzles are suitable for kids and adults alike.
They come in a range of difficulties: easy, medium and hard.
Whether you’re looking for something simple to pass the time or something challenging,
you’re certain to find the right puzzle here.
The 15 Most Popular Printable Word Searches In 2023
It could be worth taking a moment to browse through our most popular printable word searches.
Our most popular word searches include exciting categories such as animals, board games, planets and vegetables.
We also have several word search puzzles based around popular films and cartoons such as Harry Potter,
Disney and superheroes.
On top of this, we have seasonal word searches themed around events such as
Thanksgiving and
Easter (very popular around certain times of the year!).
Below is a list of some of the most popular printable word searches downloaded from out site in 2021:
This is just a list of our most popular printable word search puzzles.
There are plenty more puzzles to choose from on our site if you’re looking for something different or a little unique.
Take the time to search through our hundreds of word searches and see what you can find —
you’ll be amazed by some of the options we have. You can print them off today and play them immediately.
Alternatively, you can download them as pdf to print it later.
The 15 Best Printable Word Searches For Kids In 2023
Our word searches aren’t just aimed at adults. We also have a great selection of word searches aimed at kids.
Our word searches for kids aim to be simpler and more fun. Some of them incorporate
colors,
while others adopt fun themes like animals
or Disney.
This motivates kids to develop a more positive association with word games.
If you want to avoid word searches containing long words,
consider our 6 letter word search puzzles
and 7 letter word search puzzles.
These are ideal for young kids who may still be learning to spell basic words.
You can also find word search puzzles aimed at specific school grade ages including 1st grade word search puzzles,
2nd grade word search puzzles and 3rd grade word search puzzles.
These are ideal if you’re a teacher trying to find the right puzzle for your class.
Some of our word searches for kids have been very popular over the last year.
You can check out best kids word search puzzles below:
On top of these popular puzzles, we have many other options for kids.
Browse through our site to check out our array of word search puzzle games aimed at children.
Such puzzles are great for parents looking to keep kids occupied, while also
helping to teach them vocabulary and build problem-solving skills.
They can also be great resources for teachers who may be looking for a fun way to spice up English lessons.
The Top 5 Most Popular Printable Puzzle Collections
These collections contain multiple word search puzzles all belonging to a specific theme.
If you’re looking to print off multiple puzzles, but you want to keep them all within a certain
difficulty rating or topic, our collections are a great tool for helping you to do this.
To put your brain to the test, why not challenge yourself to our collection of hard puzzles?
Alternatively, explore our collection of puzzles for kids if you want to keep things basic and child-friendly.
We have a variety of collections to choose from that you can explore on this site.
Below are some of our most popular printable word search puzzle collections.
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Word Search Hard
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Word Search Easy
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Animal Puzzles
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TV Show Printable Puzzles
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Word Searches for Adults
You can browse a few other collections on our site. Print them off and play them over a few days,
or challenge yourself to complete as many word searches as you can in an hour.
Check out more printable word searches…
There are so many other fun word search puzzles to choose from on our site.
This includes various niche themes. We encourage you to take a look through our collections to see what appeals to you.
For example, we have all kinds of holiday-themed word search puzzles that you can print off.
A Christmas word search puzzle could be great for getting into the festive spirit in December.
A Halloween word search could meanwhile be perfect for searching all kinds of spooky words in October.
Other examples of event and holiday word searches include a Valentine’s day word search,
a St. Patrick’s day word search,
a mother’s day word search and
a spring word search.
You’ll also find puzzles on our site themed around various activities and interests.
For instance, a sports word search could be a great option
if you’re a sports fan.
If you’re a teacher looking for a word search puzzle based around a certain subject,
take a look to see if any of our word search games match your criteria.
A few examples of some of the other word search puzzles we provide include:
Recently Added Word Search Puzzle Topics
Yummy Food & Drinks Word Search Puzzles
Celebrate Popular Holidays with Word Search
Educational Word Puzzles
Don’t pay for printed word search puzzle books when you can download all of ours for free.
We have so many puzzles to keep you occupied. These printable word search puzzles aren’t the only games we offer either…
Play Word Search Online
You can also play word search online. This could be a fun alternative to printable word searches.
Our Online Word Search Game is much like playing with pen and paper.
You’re presented with a grid of letters and several words to locate.
The big difference is that you use the cursor on the screen to strike through the words when you find them.
A progress bar at the top counts each word as you find it.
There are a few other big differences such as the ability to compete against other players
(although there is also a solo mode) and the ability to build an online score. Try it out to see what you think.
Word Search Generator
Another fun tool to try on our site is our Word Search Generator.
This puzzle maker tool allows you to create endless different word search print outs for the same topic.
This feature is also free!
First, choose a topic, for example Christmas.
Then press Generate new puzzle button and the
generator then picks a selection of random words related to the topic and creates a new set of easy, medium and hard puzzles for you.
Original Word Search
Generated Word Search
As you can see in the example above, generated word search has a different set of words and a new grid of letters.
Using this puzzle generation tool you can create practically endless puzzle possibilities.
If you’re struggling to find new word searches to use, this is a great feature to try out — you’re
guaranteed to end up with a new word search every time.
For Teachers And Parents
If you’re a teacher or parent, you’ll be pleased to know that all content on our site is child appropriate.
There are no bad words used in our word searches.
We also don’t allow user-generated content so that we can make sure content meets our standards.
Our puzzle maker tool is designed to only generate child-friendly words.
We don’t allow people to select their own words when using the puzzle maker.
This prevents people from creating and sharing inappropriate content using our Word Search Generator.
Our site also doesn’t feature any chat features.
While our Online Word Search does allow players to compete against strangers online,
players are unable to communicate with each other, so you don’t have to worry about kids talking to strangers.
The Word Search Battle is designed to be fun and educational.
We hope to encourage friendly competition and team building,
while also helping children and adults to learn new vocabulary.
We regularly moderate content to ensure that it is safe and user-friendly for all ages.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to recommend any features to improve our site,
including any features that could make it more child-friendly.
Try our word search printable puzzles today!
Try our free printable word searches today. You’ll find word search puzzles for everyone ranging
from printable word search puzzles for kids to hard word search puzzles for adults.
The full list of our word search puzzle topics you can check here.
On top of browsing through our collections of word searches, don’t forget to
try our word search generator and enjoy an endless choice of new puzzles.
All of our word search puzzles are available to download and print as either a pdf or an image.
We have included the 20 most popular puzzles below, but you can find hundreds more by browsing the categories at the bottom, or visiting our homepage