Spelling Words word search
A mixed list of words that trip people up: silent letters, double letters and tricky endings.
13 by 13, words also run on the diagonal. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter.
Find these words
- BEAUTIFUL
- BELIEVE
- CALENDAR
- DEFINITELY
- DIFFERENT
- EMBARRASS
- FEBRUARY
- LANGUAGE
- OCCASION
- PRIVILEGE
- RECEIVE
- RHYTHM
- SCHEDULE
- THEIR
- TOMORROW
- WEIRD
About this puzzle
A mixed list of words that trip people up: silent letters, double letters and tricky endings.
A good way to use it
Use the list as a weekly spelling check: find the word, then write it from memory on the back.
Print the Spelling Words 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 Spelling Words word list
All 42 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.
- ACROSS
- ADDRESS
- BEAUTIFUL
- BECAUSE
- BELIEVE
- CALENDAR
- DEFINITELY
- DIFFERENT
- EMBARRASS
- ENVIRONMENT
- FAVORITE
- FEBRUARY
- FRIEND
- GOVERNMENT
- GRAMMAR
- HEIGHT
- INTERESTING
- KNOWLEDGE
- LANGUAGE
- LIBRARY
- NECESSARY
- NEIGHBOR
- OCCASION
- PEOPLE
- PLEASANT
- PRIVILEGE
- RECEIVE
- RESTAURANT
- RHYTHM
- SCHEDULE
- SCIENCE
- SEPARATE
- SPECIAL
- SURPRISE
- TEMPERATURE
- THEIR
- TOMORROW
- USUALLY
- VACUUM
- WEDNESDAY
- WEIGHT
- WEIRD
SEEK: word search with a hidden word
SEEK is our daily word search. Find the listed words, and the leftover letters spell a hidden word. About four minutes.
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Questions
Is the Spelling Words 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 Spelling Words word search?
The easy puzzle hides 10 words, medium hides 16 and hard hides 22. They are picked from a list of 42 Spelling Words words, so New puzzle gives you a different mix each time.
What is the longest word on this list?
Environment, at 11 letters. It is in the hard puzzle shown above.
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.