Winter word search printables made from snow, ice and cold-weather words: one puzzle about the weather, one about what you wear and do outside, and a 20-word puzzle, plus a maker to change the list.
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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This is the sheet as it prints. Change any option and it updates.
A winter list, not a holiday list
These words stay true from December to the end of February: frost, icicles and blizzards, hats, scarves and earmuffs, sleds, skates and shovels, a bowl of soup and a warm blanket. Nothing here belongs to one holiday, so a sheet printed in January is as current as one printed before the winter break.
Three examples
Hat, coat, boots, scarf, gloves and earmuffs with blanket, penguin, January and February: a 10 by 10 grid in lowercase.
Fourteen words from ice to gloves, 12 by 12 with diagonals, on A4.
The last twelve words, scarf to February, in a 15 by 15 grid in every direction, no answer page.
The winter word list
Weather words, then clothes, then things to do and the two coldest months. There is no holiday word on it.
24 words
ice
snow
frost
chilly
icicle
flurry
blizzard
freezing
snowball
hat
coat
boots
scarf
gloves
earmuffs
sled
skis
skates
shovel
soup
blanket
penguin
January
February
Three winter puzzles
One PDF per puzzle, answer page included.
Weather 9 words like frost, flurry and blizzard in a 10 by 10 grid with slanted words.Download the PDF
Dressed for the cold 12 words, from hat and gloves to sleds and soup, in a 12 by 12 grid, across and down.Download the PDF
Twenty winter words A 15 by 15 lowercase puzzle with words in all eight directions.Download the PDF
Questions and answers
How many words does the winter word search use?
24 in all, listed on this page. The weather puzzle has nine, the clothes and outdoor puzzle has twelve, and the large puzzle has twenty.
Is this a Christmas word search?
No. There is no Santa, tree or present on this list; it is weather, clothes and things to do in the cold, so it can be printed any time from December to March. The Christmas puzzles have a page of their own.
Which winter puzzle has the fewest words?
The weather puzzle: nine words in a 10 by 10 grid. Its words can run across, down or on a slant, so it is small but not the plainest; the 12 by 12 puzzle keeps every word across or down.
Does each winter puzzle come with answers?
Yes, on the page right after the puzzle in the same PDF. The large puzzle prints in lowercase letters, and so does its answer page.
Can the winter word search be changed?
Yes. Use the maker at the top of the page: it starts with twenty of the winter words. Swap any of them, pick 10, 12 or 15 squares a side, and choose whether words may run diagonally or backward.
