Hard Christmas Word Search Printable for Teens & Adults
Twenty holiday words are hidden in this tangle of letters, and none of them is going to make it easy. This hard Christmas word search printable scatters its words in every possible direction, including backwards, upside down and diagonally, so even confident puzzlers will need sharp eyes and a little patience.
Below the title “Hard Christmas Word Search” sits an 18 by 18 letter grid. Beneath the grid, a line reads “Words are hidden,” followed by eight arrows pointing right, down, left, up and in all four diagonal directions, a fair warning that any word could be running in any direction. The word bank lists twenty festive words in four columns of five: Christmas, Present, Decoration, Fireplace, Mistletoe, Ornament, Reindeer, Sleigh, Tinsel, Wreath, Lights, Gingerbread, Stocking, Garland, Candy Cane, Ribbon, Jingle Bells, Evergreen, Nutcracker and Carolers. The words range from short ones like “Lights” and “Sleigh” to long ones like “Gingerbread” and “Decoration,” and two of them, “Candy Cane” and “Jingle Bells,” are hidden without the space between their words.
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In the bottom right corner, two Christmas ornaments dangle on thin strings from the edge of the grid’s frame, one decorated with swirling stripes and the other sprinkled with little stars.
A second page holds the answer key, with every hidden word circled in red, for the moment when that last word simply refuses to appear. It’s a satisfying challenge among Christmas word searches for adults and teens, and a good companion to a mug of cocoa on a winter evening.
