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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.

1. Word Search Hard

2. Word Search Easy

3. Animal Puzzles

4. TV Show Printable Puzzles

5. 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:

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.

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.

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