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Halloween Word Search
PUMPKIN, GHOST, COSTUME, CANDY: this is Halloween at the friendly end of the street. The twenty words run to a WITCH with a CAULDRON and a BROOMSTICK, a MUMMY and a VAMPIRE of the strictly cartoon kind, plus COBWEB, LANTERN and MOONLIGHT to set the scene. Nothing here is scarier than a SKELETON, so the sheet is safe for school parties where spooky has to stay rated G.
That party is exactly what we made it for: the October classroom celebration, the sleepover on trick-or-treat eve, the neighbor kids at the kitchen table while the costumes get their final adjustments. It also prints beautifully in black and white — no orange ink required — which matters on the one school day of the year when every printer in the building is busy making bats.
A tip in keeping with the season: BAT is only three letters, and three-letter words are the hardest finds in any word search because they fit in so many places. Those three letters hide inside no other answer here, but the grid’s filler letters can still fake you out — so save BAT for last, once the circled long words have eliminated most of the grid for you.
The puzzle sheet
The answer key always prints as page two, whether or not it is showing on screen — keep it stapled behind or recycle it.
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Halloween Word Search
| S | P | I | D | E | R | R | D | N | H | L | T | O | C | L |
| S | B | A | T | T | L | P | P | P | N | A | C | W | O | M |
| P | H | O | O | C | T | O | B | E | R | N | A | I | E | H |
| C | A | W | O | C | O | B | W | E | B | T | U | T | S | T |
| O | U | G | B | S | N | M | I | M | D | E | L | C | M | S |
| S | N | P | M | R | E | S | O | D | T | R | D | H | T | M |
| T | T | S | U | U | O | T | A | O | B | N | R | O | U | M |
| U | E | T | K | M | M | O | S | P | N | M | O | Y | B | T |
| M | D | R | B | E | P | M | M | S | O | L | N | E | C | K |
| E | S | E | O | G | L | K | Y | S | P | T | I | O | U | W |
| O | M | A | C | D | H | E | I | T | T | O | I | G | E | U |
| R | P | T | A | I | O | O | T | N | O | I | O | O | H | M |
| U | K | S | N | D | B | L | S | O | T | D | C | K | N | T |
| T | R | I | D | U | T | I | K | T | N | O | P | K | Y | T |
| T | M | B | Y | O | Y | A | O | V | A | M | P | I | R | E |
- BAT
- BROOMSTICK
- CANDY
- CAULDRON
- COBWEB
- COSTUME
- GHOST
- HAUNTED
- LANTERN
- MOONLIGHT
- MUMMY
- OCTOBER
- POTION
- PUMPKIN
- SKELETON
- SPIDER
- SPOOKY
- TREATS
- VAMPIRE
- WITCH
Free printable from duplixo.com/printables/ — answer key on the next page.
Answer key
| S | P | I | D | E | R | R | D | N | H | L | T | O | C | L |
| S | B | A | T | T | L | P | P | P | N | A | C | W | O | M |
| P | H | O | O | C | T | O | B | E | R | N | A | I | E | H |
| C | A | W | O | C | O | B | W | E | B | T | U | T | S | T |
| O | U | G | B | S | N | M | I | M | D | E | L | C | M | S |
| S | N | P | M | R | E | S | O | D | T | R | D | H | T | M |
| T | T | S | U | U | O | T | A | O | B | N | R | O | U | M |
| U | E | T | K | M | M | O | S | P | N | M | O | Y | B | T |
| M | D | R | B | E | P | M | M | S | O | L | N | E | C | K |
| E | S | E | O | G | L | K | Y | S | P | T | I | O | U | W |
| O | M | A | C | D | H | E | I | T | T | O | I | G | E | U |
| R | P | T | A | I | O | O | T | N | O | I | O | O | H | M |
| U | K | S | N | D | B | L | S | O | T | D | C | K | N | T |
| T | R | I | D | U | T | I | K | T | N | O | P | K | Y | T |
| T | M | B | Y | O | Y | A | O | V | A | M | P | I | R | E |
How to print
Press Print / save as PDF above (or use your browser’s own print command) and only the sheet goes to the printer — no site header, no buttons. The puzzle prints on page one and the answer key on page two, whether or not the key is showing on screen. Letter and A4 paper both fit without changing any settings, and the sheet is designed for black-and-white printing, so a plain laser printer produces exactly what you see here. To keep a digital copy instead, choose “Save as PDF” as the destination in the print dialog.
This puzzle is free to print and share for personal and classroom use — run off thirty copies for the class without asking. It is not for resale, and a credit to duplixo.com is appreciated when you pass it along. No sign-up required.
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