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Free Back to School Word Search Printable (With Answer Key)

Get a free back to school word search printable. It’s a great way to get the kids excited to go back to school this year!

There are 40 words hidden in this free word search. Some of them relate to school supplies, while others are things your kids might study or see in school.

To solve this back to school word find, highlight the word and cross them off the list at the bottom.

The words are hidden forwards and backwards, both horizontally and vertically. There are no words hidden diagonally in this free word puzzle.

For more free printables for the fall, make sure to check out this fall word search, and fall word scramble.

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Get the free back to school word search printable

You can either click here to download the back to school word find as a high-resolution image or print it out from the project card at the bottom of the page.

Be sure to choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” for the printable area on your printer settings. Doing this will give you a full page printout.

If you prefer to get the back to school word search free from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will give you the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.

Back to school word search answers

Some free printable word searches are easy to solve while others leave you struggling to find the last word.

If you are a having hard time solving the puzzle, you can click here for the back to school word search answers.

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For more free printables be sure to check out these collections of word searchesword scramblescrosswords, scavenger hunts and coloring pages.

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Free Back to School Word Search Printable (With Answer Key)

Three back to school printables fanned out across a teal background, with a yellow text overlay at the top of each on that says back to school word search printable.

Looking for a fun way to get you kids excited about going back to school?

Give them this free back to school word search printable with 40 words hidden within it!

Some of the words describe school supplies while other relate to classes they might take, or things they might see at school.

If your kids need extra help solving this word puzzle, it comes with an answer key!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Difficulty Moderate
Estimated Cost $1

Materials

  • Highlighter
  • Pen
  • Computer paper

Tools

  • Computer
  • Printer

Instructions

  1. Load your computer paper into your printer.
  2. Using the print function on this card will print a back to school word find 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 free back to school word search using the print feature in your browser window.
  5. After you print this back to school word puzzle, try to find the words related to school in it.
  6. The words in this free back to school word search printable are hidden horizontally and vertically, both forwards and backwards. There are no words hidden diagonally.
  7. After you find the words, highlight them and then cross them off the list at the bottom of this back to school printable word search.
  8. See how quickly you can solve this free word puzzle!
  9. If you get stuck, you can refer to the back to school word search answers.
  10. Please note: Free word search printables take a long time to make. This back to school word find is for personal use only. If you are sharing this back to school word search 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 back to school printable may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.

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