Christmas Word Search

Reindeer, tinsel, gingerbread, stockings and mistletoe. There is also an easy one for kids and a hard one with long words like poinsettia and frankincense. Or make one with your family’s names and send it as a Christmas card.

All 53 christmas words

Each game picks 12 of these (16 on hard):

ADVENT · ANGEL · BELLS · BOW · CANDLE · CAROLS · CELEBRATE · CHIMNEY · COCOA · COOKIES · DECEMBER · EGGNOG · ELF · FAMILY · FEAST · FESTIVE · FIREPLACE · FROSTY · GARLAND · GIFTS · GINGERBREAD · HOLIDAY · HOLLY · ICICLE · JINGLE · JOY · LIGHTS · MERRY · MISTLETOE · MITTENS · NOEL · ORNAMENT · PEACE · PINE · PRESENTS · REINDEER · RIBBON · SANTA · SCARF · SLED · SLEIGH · SNOWFLAKE · SNOWMAN · STAR · STOCKING · SWEATER · TINSEL · TOYS · TREE · WINTER · WORKSHOP · WRAPPING · WREATH

How to play

Every word in the list is hidden in the grid, in a straight line.
Drag across a word from its first letter to its last. On a phone you can also tap the first letter, then the last.
Found words stay highlighted and are crossed off the list. Find them all to finish.
Easy puzzles only run left to right and top to bottom. Medium adds diagonals. Hard runs in all eight directions, backwards too.

Levels

Level	Grid	Words	Directions
Easy	10×10	8	across and down
Medium	12×12	12	across, down and diagonal
Hard	14×14	16	every direction, backwards too

Questions

Can I make a Christmas word search with our names?

Yes. Type up to 20 words, names included, add a message such as “Merry Christmas from Grandma”, and send the link. The message shows when the last word is found.

Is there a printable Christmas word search?

Yes: printable Christmas word search, three levels, answer key on a second page.

Are the words OK for children?

Yes. They are ordinary Christmas words, with no brand or film character names.

Does every word appear only once?

Yes. After the letters are filled in, every word is checked in all eight directions; a board where a word shows up twice is thrown away.

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