Veterans Day Word Search

Three Veterans Day 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

Veterans Day Word Search, easy level: 9 by 9 letter grid
RSERVEIHF
OLPARADET
UNFNAVYRF
HAHNTBEOF
OHPEHRSSL
ATTSAAIEA
RILDNVACG
LPRHKERDH
RAIASARMY

Find these 8 words

  • ARMY
  • BRAVE
  • FLAG
  • HERO
  • NAVY
  • PARADE
  • SERVE
  • THANKS

Medium puzzle Difficulty: Medium

Veterans Day Word Search, medium level: 12 by 12 letter grid
MARINESRRTLN
BHTATWLNPTAJ
FICNIHMTFRED
HREOZRAEEORI
OOEVULFTDAIS
SOEEYREOUADO
ADOMDVAGRGLL
LATBTOTGOCID
UNEEVSMEENEI
TIRRATIBESSE
ELDOFNRHONOR
MSCDMEMORIAL

Find these 12 words

  • AIR FORCE
  • COAST GUARD
  • COURAGE
  • FREEDOM
  • HONOR
  • MARINES
  • MEDAL
  • MEMORIAL
  • NOVEMBER
  • SALUTE
  • SOLDIER
  • VETERAN

Hard puzzle Difficulty: Hard

Veterans Day Word Search, hard level: 15 by 15 letter grid
SOREMEMBERSCHUO
EOETAICTLAZSEAY
PBUGLEMICKOCHNT
ITTILESRTLTEFHR
RNAKEOILWSARANE
THERGFCTEEIETOB
STFNINGOCTNMDAI
DNFCAVARCAIORHL
NEEANAOEAUHNIAR
AVSWCFPCNTBYERY
SECNESCITOIRTAP
RLTCETFVEHHTDEP
AEARAOKRALNOUOO
TPDARHSEOREHTDP
SNDMTSNSEVELYFE

Find these 18 words

  • ALLEGIANCE
  • ARMISTICE
  • BUGLE
  • CEREMONY
  • DUTY
  • ELEVENTH
  • GRATITUDE
  • HEROES
  • LIBERTY
  • PATRIOTIC
  • POPPY
  • REMEMBER
  • RESPECT
  • SACRIFICE
  • SERVICE
  • SPACE FORCE
  • STARS AND STRIPES
  • UNIFORM

For parents & teachers

About these word searches

These Veterans Day word searches come in three levels: the easy one hides 8 short words such as Army, Flag and Hero in a 9 × 9 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 18 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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