Spring Word Search

Three spring puzzles, from easy to hard. Print one and start searching!

Pick a puzzle!

The puzzles and their word lists

The same grids as the PDFs, to check a word or plan a lesson.

Easy puzzle Difficulty: Easy

Spring Word Search, easy level: 8 by 8 letter grid
HOENEHHA
TFGRAINL
ANABAFEH
TBREOSSP
KITEEETH
ORREMMET
EDYNUEEH
ICBUDSUN

Find these 8 words

  • BEE
  • BIRD
  • BUD
  • KITE
  • MUD
  • NEST
  • RAIN
  • SUN

Medium puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Spring Word Search, medium level: 12 by 12 letter grid
LODHTGXHROWR
RAINBOWSHEAO
ERDAISYGLLAS
BEFYIDIDLEUT
EUNIBTDIWGMA
EUTSTUPHTOBD
AAOTPRGISGRP
FLOWERSSYAEO
DDYTNROEFRLL
ERASTLFUADLE
FCEEBAILTEAT
ASTICTEPYNOI

Find these 12 words

  • BLOSSOM
  • BUTTERFLY
  • CATERPILLAR
  • DAISY
  • FLOWERS
  • GARDEN
  • LADYBUG
  • PUDDLE
  • RAINBOW
  • SPROUT
  • TADPOLE
  • UMBRELLA

Hard puzzle Difficulty: Hard

Spring Word Search, hard level: 15 by 15 letter grid
PSEDREAANEILFME
EUEHUMMINGBIRDI
NOILEDNADWOOCAT
CGADBTICFATHCYU
RRRGSAENOSEHMLM
TEOARWTARRRGTFR
REOBIOCERSNEKNO
ANSOINDYGIDEROW
IHNDENBNMEUZOGH
NOUKULIOIUVEBAT
CURHOLOWODAEMRR
OSTSDLHFLTDRADA
AESEBSTERSSBNPE
TOEPOLLINATENME
MSIOAOTABAEEHWT

Find these 16 words

  • BLOOMING
  • BREEZE
  • CHERRY BLOSSOM
  • DANDELION
  • DRAGONFLY
  • EARTHWORM
  • GREENHOUSE
  • HUMMINGBIRD
  • MEADOW
  • POLLINATE
  • RAIN BOOTS
  • RAINCOAT
  • ROBIN
  • SEEDLINGS
  • THUNDERSTORM
  • VEGETABLES

For parents & teachers

About these word searches

These spring word searches come in three levels: the easy one hides 8 short words such as Bee, Bud and Mud in an 8 × 8 grid, reading only across and down, the medium one has 12 words in a 12 × 12 grid and adds diagonals and the hard one packs 16 longer words into a 15 × 15 grid, in all eight directions including backwards.

Easy suits early readers (around ages 5–7) who are learning to spot letter patterns; medium and hard work well for ages 7–9 and up, as a quiet-time activity, a morning work sheet or a vocabulary warm-up before a theme lesson.

Every sheet prints on one page in US Letter or A4, with the word list under the grid and a matching answer key. Each grid is checked with a solver, so every word in the list is in it exactly once.

  • Start younger kids on easy and let them tick off each word as they find it.
  • Print the answer key on a separate sheet for self-checking.
  • Color in the pictures and the found words with crayons or highlighters.

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