Winter is here, and with it come holiday celebrations and cooler temperatures. Keep warm by staying indoors and solving this free winter word search printable.
There are 15 words that symbolize the season hidden in this winter word find. Some have to do with holidays, while others describe greenery, winter drinks and clothing.
The words in this moderate difficulty winter word puzzle are hidden vertically and horizontally (both forwards and backwards). There are no words hidden diagonally in this winter printable.
This word search for winter is part of our collection of free printables. Fore more puzzling this season check out this winter word scramble and winter crossword puzzle!

Get the free winter word search printable
You can either click here to download the free printable winter word search as a high resolution image, or print it from the project card at the bottom of the page.
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 winter word search free from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will deliver the free word puzzle in a slightly smaller size.

Winter word search answers
Some free printable winter 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 printable seek and find, you can click here for the winter word search answer key.

Other winter holiday word puzzles & printables
In addition to this winter word find printable, we have other winter word puzzles for the holidays during this time of the year. Check out the free holiday word searches and word scrambles below.
Hanukkah printables
Christmas printables
New Year’s printables
Groundhog Day printables
Chinese New Year printables
Valentine’s Day printables
Mardi Gras printables
St. Patrick’s Day printables
If you’re interested in the national days of the year, we’ve made word searches for each winter month that feature the national days of that month. Check out these national day word searches for December, January, February and March for more fun!

Share this free winter word search puzzle on X
Want to share this winter printable with your friends? Start with this post:
Stay warm this winter by cuddling up by the fire and solving a free winter word search printable from Always the Holidays. ⛄️🥶⛸ #WinterWordSearch #WinterPrintable Share on XCheck back often, we frequently add seasonal word searches and word scrambles, crosswords, scavenger hunts and coloring pages!
Pin this free winter word find printable for later
Would you like a reminder of this post with a free word find printable? 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.

Free Winter Word Search Printable - With Answer Key Included
Looking for a screen free indoor activity to do this winter with the kids?
Print this free winter word search and share it with your family. It's challenging enough for teens, but also comes with an answer key if the littler kids need help.
It has 15 words that relate to the season, that will get you in the mood to celebrate the holidays!
Materials
- Computer paper
- Highlighter
Tools
- Printer
- Computer
Instructions
- Load your computer paper into your printer.
- Using the print function on this card will print a winter word search puzzle that fills about 3/4 of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
- Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings. Doing this will fill the entire page.
- Alternatively, you can use this link to print the winter seek and find puzzle using the print feature in your browser window.
- After you print this free word find, try to locate the words associated with the season within it.
- The words in this winter word search printable are hidden horizontally and vertically, both forwards and backwards. There are no words hidden diagonally.
- After you find the words, highlight them and then cross them off the list at the bottom of this printable word puzzle.
- See how quickly you can solve this winter word find!
- If you have a hard time solving this puzzle, you can reference the winter word search answers.
- Please note: Free word search printables take a long time to make. This winter printable word find is for personal use only. If you are sharing this winter seek and find printable (and thank you for that!), please link directly to this post and not to the actual puzzle image. We appreciate your help in supporting the site. This free word search printable may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.
Notes

Recommended Products
As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
