100% free · no signupTip jar, opens Ko-fi in a new tab

Halloween word mazes

Follow a Halloween word through a grid of letters, from START to FINISH.

Last updated

Save this to Pinterest

Your worksheet

Kind of maze
2 to 30 letters. Spaces and punctuation are fine; only the letters go in the grid. It stays on this device.
Squares across by squares down.
Difficulty

The other squares use letters that are not in the message, so the route never forks.

Letters
Border
Answer key
Raise this to put a different one on every page.
Up to 40 characters, printed on the sheet and its answer key. Leave it empty for the title shown.

Lists you save stay in this browser only, never sent to us. Unchecking it offers to forget them.

Your word maze

Halloween Word Maze

Letter maze · 6 × 8 · Easy

Spell BOO over and over from START to FINISH. Move up, down, left or right, and never use a square twice.

BAYERSOATTSVOIBOOLBOOTBHTEDOODUEOBRAAAOBOGMERSONSTARTFINISH

Created for free at puzzleandprint.com

Halloween Word Maze, Answer Key

Letter maze · 6 × 8 · Easy

Spell BOO over and over from START to FINISH. Move up, down, left or right, and never use a square twice.

BAYERSOATTSVOIBOOLBOOTBHTEDOODUEOBRAAAOBOGMERSONSTARTFINISH

Created for free at puzzleandprint.com

Or take one that is already made

Four mazes, each a two-page PDF: the maze, then the answer key with the path drawn in, on its own page.

Halloween word maze printable, little ones: BOO, 6 by 8 grid, easyHalloween word maze, little onesBOO · 6 × 8 · EasyDownload PDF ↓Halloween word maze printable, everyday: PUMPKIN, 8 by 10 grid, mediumHalloween word maze, everydayPUMPKIN · 8 × 10 · MediumDownload PDF ↓Halloween word maze printable, trick or treat: 10 by 12 grid, mediumHalloween word maze, trick or treatTRICK OR TREAT · 10 × 12 · MediumDownload PDF ↓Halloween word maze printable, challenge: HAPPY HALLOWEEN, 12 by 15 grid, hardHalloween word maze, challengeHAPPY HALLOWEEN · 12 × 15 · HardDownload PDF ↓

Every sheet here is free to print as often as you like. If one saved you time, the tip jar is on Ko-fi.

Each of these mazes hides a Halloween word or phrase as the only path through a grid of letters. The solver starts on the outlined square in the top left corner, steps to whichever touching square holds the next letter, and keeps spelling until FINISH. There are no walls to draw around: the letters are the walls.

Little ones spells BOO six times on a 6 by 8 grid, and none of the other squares holds a B or an O, so the path is plain to see once the rule is clear. Everyday spells PUMPKIN five times on 8 by 10, with false trails that start the word and stop. Trick or treat spells TRICK OR TREAT four times on 10 by 12, and Challenge spells HAPPY HALLOWEEN five times along a 70 square route on 12 by 15, with every other square taken from the letters of the phrase itself.

The puzzle sheets wear the Halloween borders, a different design on each, and the answer keys print plain with the route drawn as a gray band. For a party table, the maker above can put a child’s own message on the grid instead, such as a name followed by HAPPY HALLOWEEN, and make up to five versions so neighbors cannot copy.

Wrong turns on each Halloween word maze

A wrong turn starts wherever a square beside the route holds the letter the route needs next. Little ones has none at all, which is why it suits a preschooler. Everyday has 6 such squares beside its PUMPKIN route and three false trails that spell the start of the word before stopping. Trick or treat has 6, and Challenge has 11 alongside ten false trails, on a grid where every one of the 110 squares off the route is a letter from HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

None of those wrong turns reaches FINISH. Each was checked by a search that tried every route through the grid, so the only way out is the route on the answer key.

Halloween word mazes for a class party

Four sheets at four levels make it easy to hand out by age: Little ones for preschool and kindergarten, Everyday for first and second grade, Trick or treat for third, Challenge for anyone who finishes fast. Each needs only a pencil or a crayon, and a finished one can be checked against the key in a few seconds.

For a quieter table, print the same sheet in several versions from the maker so neighbors are not tracing the same route, or put each child’s name in front of BOO for a maze of their own. The puzzle pages print with a Halloween border; switch it to Plain in the maker to save ink.

Common questions

Which Halloween word maze suits a preschooler?

Little ones. BOO is three letters long, the 6 by 8 grid is the smallest of the four, and none of the 30 squares off the route holds a B or an O, so there is never a wrong turn to take, only the next letter to find.

Is the Halloween message the same in every version from the maker?

The message is whatever is typed, and every version spells it; what changes is the grid. Each of up to five versions lays a different route through different decoy letters, and each prints with its own answer key.

More questions about the Word Maze Maker