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Free Printable Fall Word Search
Print a fall word search in under a minute, answer key included, free forever.
32 hidden words · answer key included · US Letter & A4
Autumn has two vocabularies. One belongs to Halloween, and the other, the older one, belongs to the harvest: the orchard and the cider press, the hayride past the cornfield, the geese starting their migration, the equinox that quietly splits the year. This word search hides thirty two words from the second list, so a classroom can run it in the same season as a Halloween page without repeating a single word.
Print it as it is and you are ready in a minute. Puzzle on page one, answer key on page two, and the word list under the grid. No account, no limit, no watermark.
Several of the words are worth teaching rather than just finding: amber, crimson, foliage, equinox. Hand it out after a walk and ask which ones they actually saw on the way. If the vocabulary is too much for your group, open it in the generator and rewrite the list in one minute. Whatever you type stays on your device.
The hidden words
Every word in the puzzle, or edit the list in the generator
- Autumn
- Harvest
- Pumpkin
- Squash
- Apples
- Orchard
- Cider
- Cinnamon
- Acorn
- Chestnut
- Maple
- Oak
- Foliage
- Amber
- Crimson
- Golden
- Rustling
- Raking
- Bonfire
- Hayride
- Cornfield
- Scarecrow
- Sweater
- Flannel
- Boots
- Migration
- Geese
- Squirrel
- Acorns
- Frosty
- Woodpile
- Equinox
Ways to use it
September vocabulary
Amber, crimson, foliage and equinox make it a vocabulary page as much as a puzzle. Use it in the first week back.
Nature walk follow-up
Come back from the walk, hand this out, and ask which words they actually saw. It turns the puzzle into a discussion.
Fall festival table
Print a stack for the quiet corner at a school fair or a church supper, where somebody always needs somewhere to sit.
Timed round
Ten minutes, most words wins. Words run across, down, and diagonally at the default setting.
Questions
Is this fall word search free to print?+
Yes, completely free, with no account, no print limit, and no watermark.
Does it overlap with the Halloween puzzle?+
Barely. This one is the harvest and foliage side of autumn, so a classroom can use both in the same season without repeating itself.
Is there an answer key?+
Yes, on the second page of the download, with all thirty two words highlighted.
Is the vocabulary too hard?+
Words like equinox and foliage are there on purpose, and the word list under the grid means nobody is stuck. For younger children, switch to easy in the generator.
Can I print it in black and white?+
Yes, it prints cleanly either way, and the generator has an ink-saver theme if you want to be certain.