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The weeks before Christmas: calendars, candles and waiting.

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Find these words

  • ADVENT
  • CANDLE
  • CHURCH
  • EVENING
  • FAMILY
  • FESTIVE
  • HOPE
  • LANTERN
  • LOVE
  • MORNING
  • PINK
  • PRAYER
  • SUNDAY
  • TRADITION
  • WAITING
  • WREATH

About this puzzle

The weeks before Christmas: calendars, candles and waiting.

A good way to use it

Use it in the first week of December with an Advent calendar.

Print the Advent word search

Each PDF is one US Letter page with a name line, the grid and the word list, plus an answer key on page 2. These are the exact puzzles shown above.

The Advent word list

All 40 words the puzzles draw from. Easy puzzles use the shorter ones; hard puzzles reach for the longest. Want your own list? Open these words in the word search maker.

  • ADVENT
  • ANGEL
  • BAKING
  • BETHLEHEM
  • CALENDAR
  • CANDLE
  • CAROL
  • CAROLS
  • CHOCOLATE
  • CHURCH
  • COMING
  • COUNTDOWN
  • COZY
  • DECEMBER
  • DOOR
  • EVENING
  • FAMILY
  • FESTIVE
  • GIFT
  • HOPE
  • JOY
  • LANTERN
  • LIGHT
  • LOVE
  • MANGER
  • MORNING
  • PEACE
  • PINK
  • PRAYER
  • PREPARE
  • PURPLE
  • SEASON
  • SHEPHERD
  • STAR
  • SUNDAY
  • TRADITION
  • WAITING
  • WATCH
  • WINDOW
  • WREATH
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Questions

Is the Advent word search free to print?

Yes. Each level has a PDF with the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key and word list on page 2. There is nothing to sign up for. Print as many copies as you need for home or a classroom.

How many words are in the Advent word search?

The easy puzzle hides 10 words, medium hides 16 and hard hides 22. They are picked from a list of 40 Advent words, so New puzzle gives you a different mix each time.

What is the longest word on this list?

Bethlehem, at 9 letters. It does not appear in the three puzzles shown above, but New puzzle can pick it, on the levels with room for a word that long.

Which level should I pick?

Easy is a 10 by 10 grid with words that run left to right or top to bottom, which suits ages 6 to 8. Medium is 13 by 13 and adds diagonals. Hard is 16 by 16 with backward words, for older kids and adults.