Four fall word search puzzles to print, built from autumn words about trees, the orchard and the weather, plus the fall months, from a small 10 by 10 grid to a 15 by 15 one, each with an answer page.
Class set
One copy for every student: type the first names and get one PDF, with each name on that student's own pages. Every student's pages use the same settings.
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Autumn words from the yard and the orchard
The list follows the season outdoors: oak and maple leaves turning orange, yellow and brown, acorns and pinecones, apples and cider at the orchard, a hayride on a wagon, a scarecrow, geese flying over and a squirrel in the yard. Pumpkins and turkey are kept for the Thanksgiving page, and there are no Halloween words.
Three examples
The first fourteen words, oak to scarecrow, at 15 by 15, across and down, in lowercase.
Gourd to October, fourteen words with diagonals, on A4 paper.
Nine words mixed from the trees and the yard, in a 10 by 10 grid in every direction, without answers.
Fall words used in the puzzles
Grouped as the puzzles use them: trees and colors, the orchard and farm, then the weather, the yard and the months.
24 words
oak
maple
acorn
leaves
pinecone
orange
yellow
brown
apple
cider
gourd
orchard
hayride
wagon
scarecrow
wind
rake
geese
squirrel
jacket
sweater
autumn
September
October
Four fall puzzles
Each PDF holds the puzzle and, after it, the answers.
Trees and colors 8 words, oak to brown, in a 10 by 10 grid, across and down.Download the PDF
Orchard and farm 8 words such as cider, hayride and scarecrow, 12 by 12 with diagonals.Download the PDF
Weather and the yard 9 words, wind to October, 12 by 12, in every direction.Download the PDF
Twenty fall words The first twenty words of the list in a 15 by 15 grid, every direction.Download the PDF
Questions and answers
Is fall the same as autumn on this page?
Yes. Both name the season from September to November, and the word autumn is one of the words hidden in the weather and yard puzzle.
Why are there four fall puzzles instead of three?
The list splits into three topics (trees and colors, the orchard and farm, the weather and the yard), each small enough for its own sheet, and the fourth mixes twenty words into one bigger grid.
What do the fall puzzle directions mean?
Across and down means every word reads left to right or top to bottom. Diagonals add words on a slant. Every direction also hides words backward, right to left and bottom to top.
Can I print a fall word search on A4?
Yes. The ready-made PDFs are US Letter; set the maker to A4 and it lays the puzzle out again for that page.
Can I take some words out of the fall puzzle?
Yes. In the maker, delete words from the box or add new ones: at least 3 and at most 20, each 3 to 12 letters. A word longer than the grid is wide needs a bigger grid.
