Halloween Wordsearch

Halloween wordsearches from easy to hard. Print one and start searching!

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The puzzles and their word lists

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

Easy puzzle Difficulty: Easy

Halloween Wordsearch, easy level: 8 by 8 letter grid
WYDIDNWL
INEEIRSO
TCOWLGPO
CANDYHRE
HEEELOMW
CEHEOSAC
AERBATSD
TOMOONKT

Find these 8 words

  • BAT
  • CANDY
  • CAT
  • GHOST
  • MASK
  • MOON
  • OWL
  • WITCH

Medium puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Halloween Wordsearch, medium level: 12 by 12 letter grid
COHEODTNCIOA
DOOATOONNSCF
MHSAURKIRPTR
IUETDNKSWIOI
ARMLUPTKGDBE
TTUMMMAEOEET
BATUYAELDRRH
CEPLANTERNTN
LBROOMSTICKA
WRNNPPTOVEON
DAAANINNLTSI
OMONSTERETCS

Find these 12 words

  • BROOMSTICK
  • CAULDRON
  • COSTUME
  • HAUNTED
  • LANTERN
  • MONSTER
  • MUMMY
  • OCTOBER
  • PUMPKIN
  • SKELETON
  • SPIDER
  • TREAT

Hard puzzle Difficulty: Hard

Halloween Wordsearch, hard level: 15 by 15 letter grid
MNRETNALOKCAJFG
LSPELLBOOKAUHRN
SEDOETHGILNOOMI
HCTYVAOTFLDAAYV
ACATTIMALAYSNWR
LOTRINHEOOCPOTA
GTEAEDARWBOAWOC
AEOPPCYTEHRIENS
NSIEANRRRNNLOAO
TIOMKIIOEDIICYC
VLIUAADKWFTLOKI
TNLTPIECPORHBOR
NDISTERIPMAVWOD
PBNONEARURUGEPG
BLACKCATMSCPBSR

Find these 17 words

  • BLACK CAT
  • CANDY CORN
  • CARVING
  • COBWEB
  • COSTUME PARTY
  • GOBLIN
  • HAYRIDE
  • JACK-O'-LANTERN
  • MOONLIGHT
  • POTION
  • PUMPKIN PATCH
  • SCARECROW
  • SPELLBOOK
  • SPOOKY
  • TRICK OR TREAT
  • VAMPIRE
  • WEREWOLF

For parents & teachers

About these word searches

These Halloween wordsearches come in three levels: the easy one hides 8 short words such as Bat, Cat and Owl 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 17 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, an early-morning task or a vocabulary warm-up before a topic lesson.

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

  • Start younger children on easy and let them tick off each word as they find it.
  • Print the answer sheet separately so they can check their own work.
  • Colour in the pictures and the found words with crayons or highlighters.

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