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April Fools’ Word Search – Prank Word Search with No Answers

 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.

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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, crosswordsscavenger hunts and coloring pages. The collections feature seasonal, holiday themed and national day focused puzzles.

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Pin this April Fools’ Day word search prank for later

Would you like a reminder of this post for our April Fools’ Day word search printable? Just pin this image to one of your puzzle boards on Pinterest so that you can easily find it later.

To see more of the free word search printables on the site, be sure to watch this word games video on YouTube.

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Yield: 1 April Fools Word Search

April Fools' Word Search - Prank Word Search with No Answers

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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).

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Difficulty Hard
Estimated Cost $1

Materials

  • Highlighter
  • Computer paper

Tools

  • Computer
  • Printer

Instructions

  1. Load your computer paper into your printer.
  2. 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.
  3. Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings. Doing this will fill the entire page. 
  4. Alternatively, you can use this link to print the April Fools' word find using the print feature in your browser window.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

Notes

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