It’s time for mothers, Memorial Day and our free May word search printable. This word puzzle features 21 of the national days in May.

This is a moderately difficult word search puzzle. It would be best for older kids, teen and adults.

The national days hidden within this custom word search puzzle honor a variety of topics. You’ll find days dedicated to food, drinks, jobs, animals and more!

Look for the words in all directions. They can be found horizontally, vertically and diagonally, both forwards and backwards.

For more free printables to solve this month get these puzzles for Mother’s Day (word search and word scramble) and spring (word search, word scramble and crossword).

Get the free May word search printable of national days

Click here to download the May word search printable as a high resolution image, or get it out in 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. Doing this will give you a full page printout.

If you prefer to download the May printable 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.

May word search answer key

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 this word puzzle, you can click here for the May word search answers.

May food days in this printable word find

Several of the May national days featured in this word find puzzle are dedicated to food. They are listed below! For more food holidays make sure to check out this list of May food days.

May 2 – National Truffle Day
May 6 – National Beverage Day
May 7 – National Cosmopolitan Day
May 10 – National Shrimp Day
May 16 – National Mimosa Day
1st Sunday – National Lemonade Day
2nd Sunday – Herb Day

Other national days of May in this free word search printable

Look for the national days below in the free May word search printable.

May 1 – May Day
May 1 – Law Day
May 2 – National Fire Day
May 2 – World Tuna Day
May 2 – Baby Day
May 4- Anti Bullying Day
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
May 6 – National Nurses Day
May 20 – World Bee Day
May 20 – National Rescue Dog Day
May 21 – National Waitstaff Day
1st Tuesday – World Asthma Day
1st Thursday – World Password Day
2nd Sunday – Mother’s Day

More word search printables of national days

Looking for more puzzles? Check out these free word search printable puzzles for each month of the year! Each one features national days of that month.

For the national day word search printables for the months other than May, check out these pages:

In addition to our monthly word search printables featuring the national days of the year, we also make holiday themed word puzzles.

Check back often, as we frequently add new word searches, word scrambles, crosswords and coloring pages.

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Yield: 1 May word search printable

May Word Search Printable of National Days

It's time to relax. Print out this May word search puzzle and look for the national days hidden within.

This is a medium difficulty word search printable, and has words hidden forwards and backwards in every direction, including diagonally.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Difficulty Moderate

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Highlighter
Computer paper

Tools

Computer
Printer

Instructions

Load your computer paper into your printer.
Using the print function on this card will print a 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 word search for May using the print feature in your browser window.
After you print this free word search puzzle, try to find the May national days in it.
The words in this May word search printable are hidden horizontally, vertically, and diagonally both forwards and backwards.
After you find the words, highlight them and then cross them off the list at the bottom of this word search puzzle of May national days.
See how quickly you can solve this May printable word search of national days!
If you get stuck, you can refer to the May word search answer key.
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