Halloween Wordsearch
Halloween wordsearches from easy to hard. Print one and start searching!
- 3 puzzles
- A4 & US Letter
- 100% free
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
| W | Y | D | I | D | N | W | L |
| I | N | E | E | I | R | S | O |
| T | C | O | W | L | G | P | O |
| C | A | N | D | Y | H | R | E |
| H | E | E | E | L | O | M | W |
| C | E | H | E | O | S | A | C |
| A | E | R | B | A | T | S | D |
| T | O | M | O | O | N | K | T |
Find these 8 words
- BAT
- CANDY
- CAT
- GHOST
- MASK
- MOON
- OWL
- WITCH
Medium puzzle Difficulty: Medium
| C | O | H | E | O | D | T | N | C | I | O | A |
| D | O | O | A | T | O | O | N | N | S | C | F |
| M | H | S | A | U | R | K | I | R | P | T | R |
| I | U | E | T | D | N | K | S | W | I | O | I |
| A | R | M | L | U | P | T | K | G | D | B | E |
| T | T | U | M | M | M | A | E | O | E | E | T |
| B | A | T | U | Y | A | E | L | D | R | R | H |
| C | E | P | L | A | N | T | E | R | N | T | N |
| L | B | R | O | O | M | S | T | I | C | K | A |
| W | R | N | N | P | P | T | O | V | E | O | N |
| D | A | A | A | N | I | N | N | L | T | S | I |
| O | M | O | N | S | T | E | R | E | T | C | S |
Find these 12 words
- BROOMSTICK
- CAULDRON
- COSTUME
- HAUNTED
- LANTERN
- MONSTER
- MUMMY
- OCTOBER
- PUMPKIN
- SKELETON
- SPIDER
- TREAT
Hard puzzle Difficulty: Hard
| M | N | R | E | T | N | A | L | O | K | C | A | J | F | G |
| L | S | P | E | L | L | B | O | O | K | A | U | H | R | N |
| S | E | D | O | E | T | H | G | I | L | N | O | O | M | I |
| H | C | T | Y | V | A | O | T | F | L | D | A | A | Y | V |
| A | C | A | T | T | I | M | A | L | A | Y | S | N | W | R |
| L | O | T | R | I | N | H | E | O | O | C | P | O | T | A |
| G | T | E | A | E | D | A | R | W | B | O | A | W | O | C |
| A | E | O | P | P | C | Y | T | E | H | R | I | E | N | S |
| N | S | I | E | A | N | R | R | R | N | N | L | O | A | O |
| T | I | O | M | K | I | I | O | E | D | I | I | C | Y | C |
| V | L | I | U | A | A | D | K | W | F | T | L | O | K | I |
| T | N | L | T | P | I | E | C | P | O | R | H | B | O | R |
| N | D | I | S | T | E | R | I | P | M | A | V | W | O | D |
| P | B | N | O | N | E | A | R | U | R | U | G | E | P | G |
| B | L | A | C | K | C | A | T | M | S | C | P | B | S | R |
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.