Instructions
This challenging word search puzzle will help you to practise spelling words that English learners often make mistakes with. Can you find the twenty words hidden in this word search puzzle?
Click on the first and last letter of each word as you find them. The words go across from left to right and down from top to bottom. Tap a question mark to show any words you can’t find.
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Use a question mark to show a word if you get stuck.
This game works best in portrait view on some mobile devices.
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Word Search Maker for Kids
Turtle Diary’s Free Word Search Generator allows you to create Free Printable Word Searches for kids. Whether you need a fun way to recognize sight words or practice spelling words, the Word Search puzzle Maker can be used to create either a free printable or a game your kids can play online and find the hidden words.
Use your own word list or choose ‘spelling words’ or ‘sight words’ and a grade level for an age-appropriate list of suggestions from which you can pick and choose. For more advanced learners, the word searches can be customized for larger grid sizes, upper or lower case, and grade-appropriate levels of difficulty.
You can even use synonyms or antonyms, or create your own clues to make the puzzle suit your needs. To use, first choose a title for your word search and add a description to explain exactly what you want your student to do. Then, from the next dropdowns, select your letter case (depending on age-level and letter recognition) and the size of the grid you prefer.
The older the student, the larger the grid to increase the difficulty. If you need suggestions of words to find, you can use the suggestion box in the middle of the page to customize by grade level, type of clue, and category of word. Or, if you know what you want to use, simply type it in the numbered table below. After hitting create, you have the option to print your word search or play it online.
Turtle Diary’s Free Word Search Creator allows you to create a fun way for your students to learn while increasing their word knowledge and recognition.
How do I create my own word search?
You can create your own word search for free on Turtle Diary using the Word Search Puzzle Generator. This word search maker for kids allows you to control all of the details, like grid size, title, case of letters, and can even use clues or synonyms and antonyms for more advanced learners. It even has an option to suggest words to use! When you’re finished entering details, all you have to do is push a button, and you have your own printable word search!
Are there free word search printables?
Yes! Turtle Diary offers a free word search maker with lots of customizable options that you can use for a variety of lessons. With this word search creator, you make your own printables with whatever words you choose or it can generate age-appropriate word choices. This gives you the flexibility to print a variety of different puzzles using whatever words your kids need to practice.
Is the Word Search Creator free?
Yes! It is absolutely free! It offers lots of customizable options for each creator so that you can create your own word search for kids using the words that they need to practice. When you’re finished entering the words or selecting your suggested words, you simply hit the ‘Create’ button and a free word search printable is made just for you!
Can I play the word search online after creating it?
Yes, you can play the word search online as soon as you hit the ‘create’ button or you can choose to print it out. There is a button that appears on the bottom of the screen of the word search maker for kids that allows you to play online as soon as you create your puzzle. This is a great option for kids who love to play online and need to practice their spelling or sight words.
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Puzzle Creator: (example: Mrs. Jones)
Enter your word list in the box below.
- Use a comma or press enter between words.
- Minimum word length: 3 letters
- Maximum word length: 16 letters
- Recommended number of words: 20
Level — Intermediate
· 18 x 12 grid
· Words hidden across, down, and diagonally
· No backwards words
· Medium font size
· Recommended for grades 2 — 4
Please note:
- There may be a limit to the number and lengths of words hidden. If you have too many words or your words are too long, they may be left out of the puzzle. Please check your puzzle carefully to make sure all of your words are there.
- Our word search generator uses a basic word filter to prevent the accidental, random creation of offensive words. When you create your puzzle, please check it over it carefully to be sure unintended words were not added by our random letter generator.
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Sample Word Search Puzzle Generator Images
Below are two examples of beginner and intermediate Word Searches! The Word Search Maker creates the puzzle page as well as a solution page.
Free word search maker with images or text hints
from Tools for Educators: These worksheet makers are light, easy to use, but very powerful. Make work searches for kids, elementary school, phonics programs, language classes and more.
You can use text for your puzzle hint: find the same word, unscramble the word and find it, read a clue for the puzzle word, or use your own ideas. It’s up to you.
word search maker: text only
You can use images as the puzzle hints: choose an image category below and type the word you want entered into the puzzle. The maker will generate a puzzle with your image choices below.
— if you want to make a word search with clues, use the text only generator above. There is an option to include free text instead of the puzzle word as a hint!
— if you want a crossword and word search together on the same page, use the crossword maker.
You can use up to 16 images for your word search with images. You can use less by just using 8, 12 or any lower number. The maker will generate a puzzle based on what you enter.
These word search makers are free word searches to print that you can use online to make personalized word searches with images as hints. You can select the image you want to use and type in any text for that picture you’d like. So, you can choose from 1,000s of images to create the perfect word search for school, home use, parties, waiting rooms, anything.
These can handle some foreign languages as well. So, I hope French, LOTE, Spanish teachers and more can use the word search creator for their classes as well.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a word search?
A word search is a puzzle where there are rows of letters placed in the shape of a square, and there are words written forwards, backwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. There will be a list of words for the player to look for and the goal of the player is to find those words hidden in the word search puzzle, and highlight them.
How do I choose the words to use in my word search?
Once you’ve picked a theme, choose words that have a variety of different lengths, difficulty levels and letters. You don’t need to worry about trying to fit the words together with each other because WordMint will do that for you!
How are word searches used in the classroom?
Word search games are an excellent tool for teachers, and an excellent resource for students. They help to encourage wider vocabulary, as well as testing cognitive abilities and pattern-finding skills.
Because the word search templates are completely custom, you can create suitable word searches for children in kindergarten, all the way up to college students.
Who is a word search suitable for?
One of the common word search faq’s is whether there is an age limit or what age kids can start doing word searches. The fantastic thing about word search exercises is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need.
Word searches can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.
How do I create a word search template?
For the easiest word search templates, WordMint is the way to go!
Pre-made templates
For a quick an easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!
Create your own from scratch
- Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
- Head to ‘My Puzzles’
- Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Word Search’
- Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen words
- That’s it! The template builder will create your word search template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a Word document or PDF and print!
How can I print my word search template?
All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!
Can I create a word search in other languages?
Word searches are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as it tests their reading comprehension skills in a fun, engaging way.
We have full support for word search templates in Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images.