Looking for the perfect April Fools’ Day prank this year? Get this free April Fools’ word search, which is completely unsolvable.
There are 20 words listed in the word bank of this holiday seek and find, but none of them actually appear in the printable word find. It will stump whoever tries to solve it.
Pull off this April Fools’ word search prank by giving the free printable to your friends, family, or classroom full of students. Then, instruct them to locate the words listed in the word bank at the bottom of this puzzle.
Once they realize this word find for April Fools’ Day is unsolvable, make sure you give them a real word puzzle to do!
You can get a free April word search, or spring word puzzles (word search, scramble and crossword) to follow up this prank. They are all moderately difficult, but entirely solvable.
Get the free April Fools’ word search prank
You can either click here to download the April Fools’ Day printable word find as a high-resolution image, or get it from the project card at the bottom of the page.
Be sure to choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” in the printable area on your printer settings. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.
If you prefer to print the April Fools’ word find free from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. Doing this will give you the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.
To get free printables that aren’t a prank, make sure to check out these word searches, word scrambles, crosswords, scavenger hunts and coloring pages. The collections feature seasonal, holiday themed and national day focused puzzles.
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April Fools' Word Search - Prank Word Search with No Answers

Pull an April Fools' Day prank on your friends and family this year by giving them this unsolvable April Fools' word search.
Even though it has a word bank at the bottom, there are not any words hidden in this April Fools' Day word search!
Once your kids realize that this prank word search is unsolvable, be sure to give them a real (and solvable!) puzzle like this April word search, or one of these spring word puzzles (word search, word scramble, and crossword puzzle).
Materials
- Highlighter
- Computer paper
Tools
- Computer
- Printer
Instructions
- Load your computer paper into your printer.
- Using the print function on this card will print an April Fools' word search 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 April Fools' word find using the print feature in your browser window.
- After you print this April Fools' Day word search, instruct your friends and family to try to find the word related to the holiday in it.
- Even though there is a word bank at the bottom of this seek and find, there are not actually any words hidden in this free April Fools' word search printable.
- Once your friends or family discover that this is an April Fools' word search prank, you can give them a solvable word search from this collection of word searches.
- Please note: Free word search printables (even unsolvable ones) take a long time to make. This April Fools' Day word search printable is for personal use only. If you are sharing this unsolvable April Fools' word search (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 April Fools' Day word search prank may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.
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