Word Search

Find the hidden words in a grid of letters. The gentlest place to start.

⏱5–10 min🧠Easy📝Wordplay🖨Printing Recommended

How to play

Find all words from the list hidden in the grid.
Words run across, down and diagonally, always forwards.
Circle or draw a line through each word as you find it.
When every word is found, read the leftover letters from left to right, top to bottom, to reveal the hidden phrase.

None of these give anything away — they are just how people who do these all the time get unstuck.

Hunt one word at a time rather than scanning for all of them at once.
Look for the unusual letters first — a J, Q, X or Z is visible from across the page.
Check all eight directions, backwards and diagonals included.
Cover the word list and scan just the first letter of the word you want; your eye finds single letters far faster than whole words.
Cross each word off the list as you ring it, so you never search twice for one you have already found.

Have a go at this one first — it is smaller than the real thing. The answer key is hidden until you ask for it.

Then read the remaining letters, left to right, to reveal a hidden phrase.

Show the answer key

Hidden phrase: SIMPLY CREATIVE PUZZLES

What to expect on Patreon

Members get something new to solve three times a week — print it, play it, whenever you have the time.

Monday Weekly puzzle Logic, number and word puzzles — a different kind each week.
Wednesday Detective mystery A case to crack: suspects, clues, and one answer that fits.
Friday Weekend Challenge A bigger one, built to last you all weekend long.

New puzzles, logic games and mysteries land on Patreon — ready to print and play.