Fall Word Search — 12 Free Printable Autumn Puzzles
Twelve fall word search puzzles to print — apple picking, pumpkin patches, leaf colors, forest animals and autumn baking. They start with picture puzzles for young children and finish with 25-word grids for adults, every one has its own answer key on page two, and all come in US Letter and A4.
Jump to: Easy picture puzzles · Medium · Hard · All 12 in one PDF
Easy fall word search — picture puzzles
Four 10 × 10 grids with eight words each and a picture next to every word — acorns, apples, pumpkins and forest animals — so children who are just starting to read can still play. Words only run across and down.
Autumn Walk
Easy · 10×10 · 8 words
Leaf, Acorn, Tree, Mushroom, Boots, Rain…
Apple Picking
Easy · 10×10 · 8 words
Apple, Pear, Basket, Pie, Honey, Cider…
Pumpkin Patch
Easy · 10×10 · 8 words
Pumpkin, Corn, Hay, Crow, Sun, Truck…
Forest Friends
Easy · 10×10 · 8 words
Owl, Fox, Deer, Squirrel, Bear, Hedgehog…
Medium fall word search
Four 14 × 14 grids with 15 autumn words each, running across, down and diagonally but never backwards. A good fit for most children from about eight.
Hello Autumn
Medium · 14×14 · 15 words
Autumn, September, October, November, Harvest, Equinox…
Leaf Peeping
Medium · 14×14 · 15 words
Maple, Oak, Birch, Aspen, Elm, Beech…
Cozy Things
Medium · 14×14 · 15 words
Cocoa, Cider, Soup, Candle, Blanket, Slippers…
Fall Fun
Medium · 14×14 · 15 words
Hayride, Corn maze, Bonfire, Pumpkin patch, Apple picking, Football…
Hard fall word search
Four 18 × 18 grids with 25 words each, hidden in all eight directions including backwards — leaf colors, fall baking, woodland nature and autumn vocabulary. For teens and adults.
Autumn Words
Hard · 18×18 · 25 words
Autumn, Equinox, Harvest, Foliage, Deciduous, Chlorophyll…
Nature in Fall
Hard · 18×18 · 25 words
Geese, Swallow, Monarch, Squirrel, Chipmunk, Beaver…
Fall Baking
Hard · 18×18 · 25 words
Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Allspice, Ginger, Cloves, Vanilla…
Fall Colors
Hard · 18×18 · 25 words
Red, Orange, Yellow, Gold, Amber, Bronze…
All 12 puzzles in one PDF
One file with all twelve autumn puzzles in order — easy, medium, hard — and the twelve answer keys at the back. Handy for a classroom set or a rainy-weekend stack.
How to use these puzzles
- Pick a level. Easy puzzles have eight words with a picture for each and only run across and down. Medium adds diagonals. Hard hides 25 words in every direction, including backwards.
- Download and print page 1. Each PDF is two pages: the puzzle, then the answer key. Print at Actual size (100%) and choose page 1 only if you do not want the answers going round the table.
- Circle or highlight. A highlighter is easiest for small hands; a pencil loop works for everyone else. Tick the box beside each word as it is found.
- Check with the key. Page 2 shows every word ringed, with the full word list underneath.
Make your own instead
Want this week’s spelling list or your own autumn vocabulary in a grid? The word search maker hides any list you type in a grid of the size you choose, then prints it with an answer key — same Letter and A4 sizes as the puzzles above.
Questions people ask
Which puzzle suits which age?
The four easy picture puzzles work from about four or five, especially if someone reads the words aloud first. Medium grids suit roughly eight to eleven. The hard grids — 25 words in 18 × 18 letters with backwards words — are for teens and adults.
Is each word hidden only once?
Yes. Every grid was checked by the program that built it so that each word appears exactly once, and no word in a list sits inside another one.
Are these fall or Thanksgiving puzzles?
General autumn — leaves, harvest, weather, animals and baking — so they work from September right through November. For turkey-and-pilgrim puzzles, see the Thanksgiving word search set.
Do I need a colour printer?
No. The titles and pictures are in colour on screen, but the grids and word lists are pure black and print clearly in black and white.
Letter or A4 — which should I download?
US Letter for the US and Canada, A4 almost everywhere else. Both are here for every puzzle.
More fall printables
- Thanksgiving word search — twelve more puzzles for November.
- Halloween word search — spooky puzzles for October.
- Fall coloring pages — leaves, pumpkins and woodland animals.
- Leaf SVG files — autumn leaves for crafts and cut files.
- Scavenger hunt generator — a nature-walk hunt for crunchy-leaf days.
- Word scramble maker — mix up autumn words for older children.
See all free printable games →
