🔍 Word Search Maker: Make and Print Your Own

How to use it

1. 1. Add a title and your words

   Type a title, then one word per line. Use spelling words, vocabulary, names or topic words. Ten to fifteen words suit most grids.

2. 2. Choose the grid and directions

   Pick a size from 10 to 20 squares. Tick across and down for younger children, and add diagonal and backwards for a harder puzzle.

3. 3. Press Make the puzzle

   The words are placed at random and the empty squares are filled with letters. Press New puzzle for a different layout of the same words.

4. 4. Print the grid and the key

   Press Print. The puzzle with its word list comes out on the first page and the answer key, with the words in bold boxes, on the second.

Ideas for class and home

• Weekly spelling list

  Turn Monday's spelling words into a puzzle for early finishers. Children hunt for each word, which means they see every letter in order again and again.

• Topic vocabulary

  Hide the key words of a science or history unit in a grid and hand it out as a warm-up. The word list under the grid works as a quick glossary.

• Cover work and quiet time

  A fresh puzzle takes seconds to make, so you can keep a few ready for a substitute teacher or a wet playtime without any preparation.

• Party and holiday fun

  Make a word search from the names of the guests, the favourite foods or the holiday words and put one at every place at the table.