Christmas Word Search

A free Christmas word search for the holidays. Every puzzle is new: find Santa, reindeer, stockings, snowflakes, gingerbread and other festive words hidden in the grid. Play online on a phone, tablet or computer, or print the puzzle for a class party, an Advent calendar or a cozy winter evening.

✅ How to play

1. Choose a level. Easy is good for kids: 8 words in a 10 × 10 grid, only across and down. Medium adds diagonal words, and Hard hides 12 words in any direction, even backwards.
2. Find a word from the list and drag across it from the first letter to the last. On a phone, you can also tap the first letter and then the last one.
3. Found words are crossed out in the list. The timer shows how long the whole puzzle took you.
4. Press “New puzzle” for another set of words.

✅ Printable Christmas word search

Press “Print” to get the puzzle on a page with the word list and lines for a name and date. “Answer key” prints the same puzzle with all the words marked. Want your own words, for example the names of your family for a holiday card? Turn them into a puzzle with the Word Search Maker.

✅ Christmas words in the puzzles

Angel, bells, bow, candle, carols, celebrate, cheer, chestnuts, chimney, Christmas, cocoa, cold, cookies, December, doll, eggnog, elves, eve, evergreen, family, feast, festive, fireplace, frost, garland, gifts, gingerbread, glitter, holiday, holly, icicle, jingle, joy, lights, manger, merry, mistletoe, mittens, Noel, north, nutcracker, ornament, pajamas, peace, pine, poinsettia, presents, reindeer, ribbon, Santa, scarf, shepherd, sled, sleigh, snow, snowflake, snowman, sparkle, star, stocking, sweater, teddy, tinsel, toys, tree, winter, wish, workshop, wreath, yule.

More holiday puzzles: Halloween Word Search and Thanksgiving Word Search. The Free Word Search has 18 other themes, from animals to space, and Hangman also has a Christmas theme. For a quick word game, play Wordle Unlimited.