Enjoy a little quiet time and celebrate Independence Day at the same time! This adult 4th of July word search puzzle gives you a bit of me-time even on an especially busy holiday.
This word find puzzle is part of our collection of free printables. We have been sharing lots of free puzzles this summer and this patriotic word puzzle is the latest in our collection.
This fun printable 4th of July word search puzzle is sure to add a lot of fun to your holiday celebration.
Free printable word find puzzles are great for both adults and kids. They are also fun at team building meetings, to share with your local church group or even solve with friends at your annual 4th of July party.
How do do this 4th of July word search puzzle
In this fourth of July word game, you’ll be looking for 24 words that are often used in reference to the 4th of July holiday.
The words can be found in any direction: left to right, right to left, top to bottom and bottom to top. You can even find them diagonally in either direction.
This holiday word find puzzle is for adults. It is moderately hard to solve. If your kids like to also do these puzzles, stay tuned for some easier ones soon.
We have multiple word puzzles for this holiday. Check out our 4th of July printable word scramble for more fun this Independence Day.
Other holiday word searches
In addition to this 4th of July word search, we have other word puzzles for the holidays. Check out the holiday word searches and word scrambles below.
- Groundhog Day – word search puzzle
- Valentine’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Mardi Gras – word search and word scramble
- St. Patrick’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Spring – word search and word scramble
- Father’s Day – word search and word scramble
- Summer – word search and word scramble
- Labor Day – word search and word scramble
- Fall – word search and word scramble
- Halloween – word search, word scramble and coloring pages
- Thanksgiving – word search and word scramble
- Winter – word search and word scramble
- Christmas – word search and word scramble
Check back often, we frequently add new word scrambles and word searches!
Words to look for in our free 4th of July word search printable:
The first set of words in our custom word search are those with some historical significance. Even if this puzzle is an adult word puzzle, you can use these as teaching moments for your students or children.
- Fourth of July
- Betsy Ross
- Freedom
- Lady Liberty
- Founding Fathers
- Old Glory
- Uncle Sam
The next group are a series of patriotic words for our fourth of July word search that show a national pride:
- Unite
- USA
- Fireworks
- Fly the flag
- Red white and blue
- Patriotism
- Stars and Stripes
The last group of words in our summer word search are activities associated with the 4th of July holiday. How many of these does your family celebrate?
Celebrating the month of July
The 4th of July is just one of the national days this month. Every day of the month has many days to celebrate.
July is National Grilling Month, and has many days that honor our country’s independence, summer time food, the bikini, the outdoors, summer time drinks, and even country music!
To learn about all the national days this month, be sure to check out our list of national days in July. We also have a word search printable for July featuring some of the national days this month.
The 4th is known for holiday picnics, featuring spareribs, hot dogs and hamburgers, as well as corn on the cob, strawberries, and watermelon. Read up on all the July food holidays here.
For more information about the national days of the year, have a look at our national day guide.
The guide gives information on how national days came to be, whether they are official and answers many other questions about these special days.
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We have celebrated the 4th of July with a word find puzzle featuring patriotic terms and 4th of July holiday traditions. However, the fourth of July is not known for just this day.
There are many other national days celebrated today:
- National Barbecued Spareribs Day
- National Caesar Salad Day
- National Country Music Day
- Alice in Wonderland Day
- Independence from Meat Day
- Invisible Day
- Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
Get the 4th of July word search puzzle
Please note: These word search printables take a long time to make. These puzzles are for personal use only.
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You can either download the Fourth of July word search puzzle through the link below, or print it out in the project card at the bottom of the page.
Click here to download the July 4th word puzzle. The puzzle will print out on on a full sheet of paper in the portrait format.
Be sure choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” for the printable area on your printer settings. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.
If you prefer to print the patriotic word search puzzle from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will print out the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.
4th of July word search puzzle answer
Some free printable word searches are easy to solve and others leave you scratching your head looking for that one last word.
If you are having hard time solving the puzzle, you can click here for the answer.
Pin this 4th of July holiday word search
Would you like a reminder of this post for our summer word search puzzle? Just pin this image to one of your puzzle boards on Pinterest so that you can easily find it later.
You can also watch our word games video on YouTube.
4th of July word search puzzle - Free Word Search Printable

Give yourself some relaxation time or use this puzzle as a teaching moment for your kids. The puzzle features many words relating to the 4th of July holiday.
Materials
- Heavy card stock or computer paper.
- Markers or colored pencils
Tools
- Computer printer
Instructions
- Load your heavy cardstock or computer paper into your Deskjet printer.
- Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings.
- Print the puzzle and try to find the month's national days in it.
- The list of words on the bottom of the puzzle are found left to right, right to left, top to bottom, bottom to top, and diagonally in any direction.
- Search for the words relating to the fourth of July, highlight them and then cross them off the bottom list.
- See how quickly you can do this patriotic puzzle!
Notes
Using this print function on this card will print a 4th of July word search that fills about 1/2 - 3/4 of an 8 x 11 sheet of paper.
To fill the entire page, choose 125% or "fit to page" on your printer if you have this setting.
You can also use the link over the puzzle in the post above and print using the browser print feature.
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