Halloween word search puzzles for October: night creatures, costumes and the trick-or-treat doorstep, three ready-made puzzles with answer pages, and a maker loaded with twenty Halloween words.
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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Spooky but not gory
The 24 words keep to what is seen on the street at the end of October: bats, owls and a black cat under the moon, cobwebs and a friendly ghost, witches, capes and pirate costumes, a bucket of candy, a lantern on the porch and the ring of the doorbell. No blood, no gore and no movie monsters by name.
Three examples
Bat to pirate, fifteen words in a 15 by 15 grid, across and down only, lowercase.
The nine trick-or-treat words, candy to October, 12 by 12 with diagonals, A4, no answers.
Four night animals and four costumes mixed in a 10 by 10 grid, words in every direction.
Halloween words in these puzzles
Night first, then costumes, then the trick-or-treat doorstep. Each puzzle takes one of the three groups.
24 words
bat
owl
cat
moon
spider
cobweb
ghost
broom
mask
witch
cape
costume
monster
skeleton
pirate
candy
treat
trick
bucket
porch
doorbell
pumpkin
lantern
October
Three Halloween puzzles
Download one, print it, and keep the second page for checking.
Night creatures Bat, owl, cat, moon, spider, cobweb, ghost and broom in a 10 by 10 grid, across and down.Download the PDF
Costumes Seven costume words, mask to pirate, 12 by 12 with diagonals.Download the PDF
Trick or treat Nine doorstep words, candy to October, in a 12 by 12 grid in all directions.Download the PDF
Questions and answers
What are the words in the Halloween word search?
Bat, owl, cat, moon, spider, cobweb, ghost, broom, mask, witch, cape, costume, monster, skeleton, pirate, candy, treat, trick, bucket, porch, doorbell, pumpkin, lantern and October: the full list is printed on this page.
Are these Halloween puzzles too scary for young children?
The words are the everyday ones of the holiday, like ghost, witch and skeleton, with no blood, weapons or film characters. Look over the list on this page first and drop any word from the maker before printing.
How do the three Halloween puzzles differ?
Night creatures is a 10 by 10 grid with words only across and down. Costumes is 12 by 12 and adds slanted words. The doorstep puzzle is 12 by 12 too, with words in all eight directions, backward included.
Do I get the answers to the Halloween puzzles?
Yes. Each PDF is two pages: the puzzle and then the same grid with the words marked in yellow.
Can a class make its own Halloween word search here?
Yes. Type the class words into the maker at the top, up to 20, and download. For a whole class, the class set makes one copy per student name, all with the same puzzle.
