Autumn Word Search
- BOOTS
- SCARECROW
- PUMPKIN
- CIDER
- ORCHARD
- CONKER
- CHILLY
- HARVEST
- MISTY
- CRISP
- APPLE
- HAYRIDE
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Autumn Word Search, Answer Key
- BOOTS
- SCARECROW
- PUMPKIN
- CIDER
- ORCHARD
- CONKER
- CHILLY
- HARVEST
- MISTY
- CRISP
- APPLE
- HAYRIDE
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Four sheets, each with a different job. Every one is a two-page PDF, the puzzle, then the answer key on its own page.
Autumn vocabulary sits alongside harvest and habitat topics, and much of it is collectable: acorn, conker, pinecone. A sheet paired with an actual walk works better than either alone.
This is also the season with the most sensory words (frost, chilly, bonfire), which makes it a reasonable prompt for descriptive writing once the puzzle is done.
Autumn vocabulary is unusually rich for its length. Acorn, harvest, gourd and chestnut are specific words for specific things, and most children meet them only once a year.
A walk collecting leaves and conkers pairs with this almost automatically: find the words on the sheet, then go and find the objects themselves.
Common questions
Is this the same as a Halloween sheet?
No, and deliberately so. This list is the season rather than the holiday: LEAF, ACORN, HARVEST, CIDER and HAYRIDE, with no ghosts in it. It stays usable across the whole of September to November rather than for one week of it.
Which words will children not know?
CONKER, STUBBLE, HEDGEROW and WOODSMOKE, all on the later sheets. They are worth keeping in, because they are the words that describe what autumn is actually like outside rather than what it looks like in pictures.
How many words can I use?
Up to twenty-five. Ten to fifteen is comfortable for most grids. If you add more than the grid can hold, the tool tells you which words did not fit rather than silently leaving them out.
Why did one of my words not fit?
Either it is longer than the grid is wide, or the grid filled up before it could be placed. Try the next size up, remove a word, or press New puzzle for a different arrangement, a word that fails one layout often places fine in the next.
Can I make it easier for younger children?
Yes. Set difficulty to Easy so words only run left to right and top to bottom, and use a 10 by 10 grid with five to eight short words. That combination is manageable for most children who can read the words on the list.
Is there an answer key?
Always, and it prints on its own page so you can hand out the puzzle without it. Each answer is marked directly on a copy of the grid.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no watermark on the printed sheet. Puzzles are built in your browser, so your word list never reaches us.
Can I use these puzzles in my classroom?
Yes, use them with your class, your family, your club, or your care home, and print as many copies as you need. The one thing we ask is that you do not resell the sheets themselves.
Want to know when new printables go up?
New printables when they go up, mostly seasonal, a few times a year.