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Winter Word Search
BLIZZARD, ICICLE, SNOWFLAKE, TOBOGGAN: twenty words about the cold season and the gear it demands — MITTENS, EARMUFFS, PARKA, SHOVEL — plus the indoor rewards of COCOA and a FIREPLACE, and HIBERNATE for everyone who would rather skip the whole thing.
Winter sheets earn their keep in the stretch between the December holidays and spring break, when indoor recess becomes routine and every teacher’s early-finisher folder runs thin. This one is scoped for that job: familiar words for roughly third grade and up, a couple of stretchier finds in HIBERNATE and TOBOGGAN, and no holiday references at all, so it stays usable in any classroom straight through February.
A tip that works especially well here: this list is unusually rich in doubled letters. The ZZ in BLIZZARD is the fastest catch in the grid; EARMUFFS carries an FF, TOBOGGAN a GG, SLEDDING a DD and IGLOO an OO. Train your eye on letter pairs and five words fall almost immediately. For the rest, remember that SNOWFLAKE and SNOWMAN share their first four letters — when you spot an S-N-O-W, read on to the end before you circle anything.
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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Winter Word Search
| T | O | B | O | G | G | A | N | G | L | A | R | M | A | E |
| I | H | I | B | E | R | N | A | T | E | P | S | I | S | E |
| C | P | F | O | N | B | E | R | O | O | W | L | T | S | A |
| I | A | C | F | S | H | O | V | E | L | E | E | T | S | R |
| C | R | C | S | J | L | F | R | G | T | W | D | E | R | M |
| L | K | O | K | C | A | I | R | E | A | L | D | N | I | U |
| E | A | C | I | C | A | N | C | O | A | M | I | S | S | F |
| F | C | O | I | G | E | A | U | A | S | R | N | S | N | F |
| L | O | A | N | N | L | A | U | A | P | T | G | C | O | S |
| U | O | A | G | P | F | O | E | K | R | A | R | A | W | O |
| R | S | W | E | M | O | G | E | S | H | Y | D | R | M | M |
| R | Z | R | B | L | I | Z | Z | A | R | D | L | F | A | A |
| Y | I | S | G | N | N | R | I | T | N | Y | T | O | N | H |
| F | C | I | F | U | L | S | N | O | W | F | L | A | K | E |
| A | E | R | U | Z | S | K | A | T | E | S | N | A | G | L |
- BLIZZARD
- COCOA
- EARMUFFS
- FIREPLACE
- FLURRY
- FROST
- HIBERNATE
- ICICLE
- IGLOO
- JANUARY
- MITTENS
- PARKA
- SCARF
- SHOVEL
- SKATES
- SKIING
- SLEDDING
- SNOWFLAKE
- SNOWMAN
- TOBOGGAN
Free printable from duplixo.com/printables/ — answer key on the next page.
Answer key
| T | O | B | O | G | G | A | N | G | L | A | R | M | A | E |
| I | H | I | B | E | R | N | A | T | E | P | S | I | S | E |
| C | P | F | O | N | B | E | R | O | O | W | L | T | S | A |
| I | A | C | F | S | H | O | V | E | L | E | E | T | S | R |
| C | R | C | S | J | L | F | R | G | T | W | D | E | R | M |
| L | K | O | K | C | A | I | R | E | A | L | D | N | I | U |
| E | A | C | I | C | A | N | C | O | A | M | I | S | S | F |
| F | C | O | I | G | E | A | U | A | S | R | N | S | N | F |
| L | O | A | N | N | L | A | U | A | P | T | G | C | O | S |
| U | O | A | G | P | F | O | E | K | R | A | R | A | W | O |
| R | S | W | E | M | O | G | E | S | H | Y | D | R | M | M |
| R | Z | R | B | L | I | Z | Z | A | R | D | L | F | A | A |
| Y | I | S | G | N | N | R | I | T | N | Y | T | O | N | H |
| F | C | I | F | U | L | S | N | O | W | F | L | A | K | E |
| A | E | R | U | Z | S | K | A | T | E | S | N | A | G | L |
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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