Halloween Word Search

Ghosts, witches, cobwebs, cauldrons and tombstones. Nothing gory: the words are the kind that go on a school worksheet. Easy suits younger children; hard hides the words backwards and diagonally.

All 50 halloween words

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

BAT · BONES · BOO · BROOM · CANDLE · CANDY · CAPE · CAULDRON · COBWEB · COFFIN · COSTUME · CREEPY · EERIE · EYEBALL · FOG · FRIGHT · GHOST · GOBLIN · GOURD · GRAVEYARD · HAUNTED · HAYRIDE · HOOT · LANTERN · MASK · MIDNIGHT · MONSTER · MOON · MUMMY · OWL · POTION · PUMPKIN · RAVEN · SCARECROW · SCARY · SHADOW · SKELETON · SKULL · SLIME · SPELL · SPIDER · SPOOKY · TOMBSTONE · TREAT · TRICK · VAMPIRE · WAND · WEREWOLF · WITCH · ZOMBIE

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

Is this Halloween word search OK for kids?

Yes. The list has no gore, just the usual Halloween things: costumes, candy, bats, broomsticks. Use the easy level for younger children.

Can I print it for a class party?

Yes: printable Halloween word search with an answer key on the second page.

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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