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October Word Search Printable – National Days Word Find Puzzle

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Halloween isn’t the day worth celebrating this month! There are over 200 national days in October, and we’ve featured 21 of them in this free October word search printable.

It’s the latest addition to our collection of free printables! The October national days are hidden in this word find puzzle in all directions, including diagonally. 

This October printable word search is moderately difficult so it would be great for older kids, teens and adults. If you need help solving this word search for October, you can check your answers with the answer key included.

Looking for more free printables this month? Be sure to check out this Halloween word search, this Halloween word scramble and these jack o lantern coloring pages.

Hello Autumn word search and orange pencil with colored pencils and words get the free word find puzzle of national days in October.

Get the October word search printable of national days

You can either click here to download the October word search printable or print it out in the project card at the bottom of the page. The puzzle will print out on on a full sheet of paper in the portrait format.

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 download the October word search free from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will print out the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.

October word search answers

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 October word find printable, you can click here for the answer key.

A collage of four rectangles- Starting with the top left and going clockwise they are an orange rectangle with white text reading October National Days, a basket of pumpkins for National Pumpkin Day, a black cat sitting on a pumpkin in the moonlight for National Black Cat Day, and a bowl of candy corn for National Candy Corn Day.

October national days to look for in this free word search puzzle

There are so many exciting days national days to celebrate during the month of October. They cover a wide range of topics like animals, foods, professions, causes and more. 

If you are a food lover, you’ll enjoy celebrating the October national food and drink days. The seven below are included in this month’s seek and find puzzle:

A black text overlay reading October food days on the right side of the image, with a blue plate on the left with a spider whose body is made entirely of mandarin oranges with edible eyes on top on the plate.
The other days that appear in the October printable word find are listed below.

  • National Hair Day – October 1
  • World Teacher’s Day – October 5
  • World Mental Health Day – October 10
  • National Curves Day – October 10
  • National Coming Out Day – October 11
  • National Pug Day – October 15
  • Global Cat Day – October 16
  • Black Poetry Day – October 17
  • World Menopause Day – October 18
  • National Black Cat Day – October 27
  • National Magic Day – October 31
  • Halloween – October 31
  • Samhain – October 31
  • National Diversity Day – First Friday

More national day word search printables

We have a free word search printable puzzle for each month of the year! Each one features national days of that month.

An orange and black bokeh background with words national days of the year in a text overlay on the middle right side of the image.

For the other month’s national day word search printables, check out these pages:

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

Check back often, we frequently add new word scrambles and word searches!

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Would you like a reminder of this free printable puzzle? Just pin this image to one of your puzzle boards on Pinterest so that you can easily find it later.

An October word find puzzle with orange banner and words reading get the national day word search printable for October.

Admin note: this post for the October word search printable first appeared on the blog in October of 2019. We have updated the post to add all new photos, an updated puzzle and a video for you to enjoy.

Yield: 1 October word search printable

October National Day Word Search Printable

Word search puzzle and orange pencil with words Hello Autumn.

It is time to relax. This fun and easy word search puzzle features national days of October. Your kids will love it too!

If you're having a hard time solving this October printable word search, just refer to the answer key in the post above.

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

Materials

  • Computer paper
  • Highlighter

Tools

  • Printer
  • Computer

Instructions

  1. Load your computer paper into your printer.
  2. Using the print function on this card will print a word find puzzle 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 October word search using the print feature in your browser window.
  5. After you print this seek and find puzzle, try to locate the national days of October in it.
  6. The words in this October printable are hidden horizontally, vertically and diagonally, both forwards and backwards.
  7. After you find the words, highlight them and then cross them off the list at the bottom of this free printable word search.
  8. See how quickly you can solve this October word find!
  9. Please note: Free word search printables take a long time to make. This October word search printable is for personal use only. If you are sharing this national day 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 October word search free printable may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.

Notes

An October word search printable with the word "October at the top over fall leaves in a border, the free word find puzzle in the center, and the bank of words at the bottom in an orange box.

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Project Type: Printable / Category: Word Searches

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Bonnie Ehret

Saturday 3rd of October 2020

Just love your monthly printables. I always look for the special days that are celebrated during the month.

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