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Sixteen-by-sixteen grids where words run in all eight directions, backward and diagonal included, and long words up to twelve letters.

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16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter.

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Find these words

  • ASTRONAUT
  • CAPSULE
  • COMET
  • COSMOS
  • CRATER
  • EARTH
  • ECLIPSE
  • GALAXY
  • JUPITER
  • LAUNCH
  • LUNAR
  • METEOR
  • MODULE
  • NEBULA
  • NEPTUNE
  • ORBIT
  • PLANET
  • PLUTO
  • ROCKET
  • ROVER
  • SATELLITE
  • SOLAR
  • UNIVERSE
  • VENUS

About these puzzles

Sixteen-by-sixteen grids where words run in all eight directions, backward and diagonal included, and long words up to twelve letters. These take most adults ten to twenty minutes.

A good way to use them

Do not hunt for words one at a time. Scan the whole grid for the rarest letters in your list, like Z, Q, K or X, find each, and check the eight directions around it.

Print a hard word search

One US Letter page per puzzle, with the answer key and word list on page 2.

T A L U B E N N I A R P L U T OE L Y H T C O M E T D E T Y S AH S B Q L G J E M U A E T K I ET G P H L U E H O A R M A A E NR I I I P T C K D N S O L A R EA L E I L N D F U O E T C S L CE C T S U C W K L R R A N U L TC E S A T R E W E T P C L H A CR T L T A O E T N S Y X A L A GT I H E S E E S U A T S R N N TS B S L O T U L R E R O V E R TE R R L M E E T K E S N P T O HN O E I S M A C C U V T R S S ET M O T O V O T N J U I M O O JR A A E C R U E R N T J N X N EP L A N E T V S E C E L P U O B
Space (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
A C T I T A S H C N O C C N R PF T T I H P C O Q C R F A L G YW S B R I T F I U A S E G N D RE U H D I F S S I A R T T N D IR O E W I T E Z O M B I E N F YE R E N L E N O T S B M O T A CW T D S E R I P M A V A C Z L LO S H R P B R O O M S T I C K LL N E G A O O I C O Y N U N I EF O H E I Y O M L W B E N O P TN M S A M N E K U T O F Y R U SV I T C U U D V Y A N A M D M OE S L C R N T I A E E N M L P HA T E B E R T S M R S G U U K GF N Z F O D U E O T G S M A I SI A M T N G M N D C F I C C N E
Halloween (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
D H A I E E A H T A I L O G L HA E F P M A N G E R C E E E E RV L N O I T A L E V E R S A U DT A E A A R O S L E L B P P M LG H K E J O S E P H R O E E A EA W E H T T A M V E D T G A S FH B D R S X K A V A E E H C O YH T A B B A S O V R N L A O S BJ D W P H Y R I E E G E N V U QE D R T T P D Y S T Y P O E O AS O I E S I A I P E C S J N B BD A H H H R S L Z S B O R A O RF L K D P P L M E S A G M N C AS U D O X E E E O G R L S T A HF H C E T I M H N O N E M C J AT A O H O A P T S O U A S S E M
Bible (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
A E B I C N G D P P S E R C S RN T B E A U O E D I E H S Q G TZ A U R L L N G W O I E U O N ED Y E R P A I D I N N I H A O ER P O H T L H M O R R K H S B MB U I D E L A W O R A P E A U BS N T Q B E E D E N E F D Y F RT O R R A P G L N L K Y F M F RR T O R D A A A E A T E P E A ER I E E G Y L Z F U P K Y I L TF B N R E E E W A L R U S J O TS B D R R B O G N I M A L F I OD A Z K R E E A G L E S E N A EE R I A U L S F E A E Y C E A ET C D R A Z I L G F T C G A I ET R E V A E B E T Q S H A R K R
Animals (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
E R O O Q R P Q A A R A O T T IT S A E F E Y E K R U T R H S JT A S I C H O R E T O E R G E UL S I A A T I N U N S S I T V CS R N P T A I M D S G S R W R TH E S O O G N R E W O L F Y A MC O V N V C O D S Q U A S H H GE R S I C E U T R A D I T I O NS L A P T P M N F G D N E I E IT U P N I A I B R O R W S N D VU F N U B T L L E O O A A D A RF E I I M E A E G R C T V O R AF T L R K P R L R R C Y B Y A CI A L I O P K R I H I G N A P TN R I A R L A I Y T C M E V L EG G N P E I R N N R Y E U I O L
Thanksgiving (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
B C T B L F S B O X I N G A O EO T E A G A O E L K C A T R C MW E L S Y O D O Z Y K E E S U RL K T E Q B A E T W E M R I M SI C S B T A G L M B Q K D E O AN A I A Y T T U I Y A A C C N SG R H L A H S S R E T L C O A DC K W L L L A E N S Q E L S H TO S U T E E C Q A T R N S W G IA E M E R T T B U J E A L I I EC V O L L E Y B A L L N E M P RH D R N H E T R U O C C N M E OQ C A E E R E F E R T D C I T CF W O S A C S M Q X R G L N S SI P I T C H E R U V N M B G A AB A S K E T B A L L T C A A N A
Sports (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
E A Y U A K R A P S C A R F Q LO H I B E R N A T E P R O M O IT F S E R S Y E D I C H I L L YH R E A B P H R E D Y T H P A NM E A Y V D I O K R T R E A A AA E Y R S R D I V E G N R G M SH Z R A S A Q T N E G R G U D DS I E U K Z Z E G U L O E U L TU N Z N A Z N Q I S B C O V U FL G O A T I R N N O A D I E E HS O F J E L S O T L E L C I C IS K S L O B W L P P U R D U U GE P I O E M M E E E R R E A S PT A L I A E R T M E I E F G G UA G R N N I C T N F T P A E O JI E Z C F G I E T T E K N A L B
Winter (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
T L T N E K I E Y L L O H M S FA D N G E N N E Y X T A A L E BA O M E N E A E O R T N L S R OM A C P K I R M A C G E T N Z TT Y H O O A K G W E B I R O D CI T N G C H L C R O V A N G E LN A E N I E S F O E N M A L P NS N H L L E E K W T V S X P N CE E I G K N L N R O S E R A O LL N N D A R H S A O N G A O B IF I R E P L A C E C W S K E B GJ C R T O G Y P H E Y I U F I HM S T F I G N L S L E D T K R TS W R E A T H R P S R O N E Z SD A E R B R E G N I G O N A T DR E I N D E E R D T D P O T C P
Christmas (hard): 24 words 16 by 16, all eight directions, long words. Download PDF
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