Fall Word Search, Free PDF
September and October seat work needs leaves, harvest, and sweater weather words—not Halloween costumes three weeks early. This 12×12 fall puzzle uses twenty autumn vocabulary terms with horizontal and vertical placement for quick completion before recess. Controls below open harder directions or swap to Halloween when October arrives; New puzzle keeps the fall list but changes the map. Laminate one copy for a reusable literacy center. Print at 100% with scaling turned off.
Puzzle preview
Fall themeThe PDF prints in colour with the same icons as this preview.
What you need for puzzle time
- A basic home inkjet or laser printer — print at 100%, scaling off (opens in new tab)
- Black ink or toner cartridges matched to your printer (opens in new tab)
- Colored pencils or fine-tip markers for circling words (opens in new tab)
- A mechanical pencil with a sharp point for small grids (opens in new tab)
- Heavier paper if kids erase often on the same sheet (opens in new tab)
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