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Get a Free Printable Thanksgiving Word Scramble with Answers

Thanksgiving is a time for practicing gratitude and sharing holiday food with family and friends. This year you can also celebrate with a printable Thanksgiving word scramble puzzle that the whole family can enjoy!

This word scramble is part of our collection of free puzzles. We have been sharing lots of printables this fall and this Thanksgiving scramble is the latest in our collection.

Free word scramble puzzles are great for all ages. They’re challenging enough for adults, but also contain a word bank at the bottom if kids need a little extra help!

Not only would they be great to share with your family this Thanksgiving, but they would also make excellent printables for your local church group or classroom full of children

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How do do this printable Thanksgiving word scramble

This word scramble features 22 words about Thanksgiving. Unscramble the words and write the answer on the line next to the scrambled word.

There is a word bank at the bottom of all the words contained in this word scramble printable. You can refer to it if you have a hard time unscrambling this puzzle.

We have multiple printables for Thanksgiving. Check out our Thanksgiving word search for more fun this holiday season. It’s a word puzzle that’s great for both kids and adults!

Words to look for in our Thanksgiving printable word scramble:

Try to unscramble the list of words below in our free Thanksgiving word scramble printable. The words are the six of the symbols of Thanksgiving and you probably see many them during your annual holiday celebrations.

To learn more about why these items are so special, check out our Thanksgiving symbols guide.

Nine symbols of Thanksgiving lined up in three rows, leaves, a hat, a sunflower, two turkeys, acorns, pumpkin pie, honey and a pumpkin.

The words below correlate to the time of year, and the meaning of the holiday. See how quickly you can unscramble them in our word scramble for Thanksgiving.

A rainbow of pink, orange and red with the words "thankful, grateful, blessed" in an arch over it in cursive writing.

Our free word scramble for Thanksgiving contains the words below, which are items and events you’re likely to see during the Thanksgiving holiday.

A Thanksgiving dinner arranged in the center of a long rectangular table.

The words below touch on the history and meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday. You’ll find them all in our holiday word scramble for kids and adults.

An image indicating the history of Thanksgiving, it has two pilgrims, and two Native Americans, each holding food offerings, and the words "Thanksgiving Day" are in the center of them.

Celebrating the month of November

Thanksgiving is just one of the national days this month. Each day of the month has many days to celebrate.

November is National Gratitude Month, and has national days that honor a wide range of topics from drinks days like Apple Cider Day and National Espresso Day to days that celebrate concepts like the National Day of Giving, World Peace Day and Buy Nothing Day.

To learn about all the national days this month, be sure to check out our list of national days in November. We also have a custom word search printable for November featuring some of the national days this month.

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November is known for many food themed national days like National Cranberry Relish Day, National Gingerbread Cookie Day and National Candy Day

For more information about the national days of the year, have a look at our national day guide.

The guide gives information on how national days came to be, whether they are official and answers many other questions about these special days.

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This holiday season, share this free word scramble printable with your friends and family. Here’s a tweet to get you started.

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Please note: These holiday word scramble printables take a long time to make. These puzzles are for personal use only.

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You can either download the Thanksgiving scramble puzzle through the link below, or print it out in the project card at the bottom of the page.

Click here to download the free word scramble printable. 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 print the Thanksgiving printable word scramble 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.

Thanksgiving word scramble with answers

Some free printable word scrambles are easy to solve and others leave you scratching your head trying to unscramble that last word.

If you are having hard time solving the puzzle, you can click here for the word scramble answer key.

Other holiday word scrambles

In addition to this Thanksgiving printable word scramble, we have other word puzzles for the holidays. Check out the holiday word scrambles and word searches below.

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

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Yield: 1 Word Scramble

Get a Free Printable Thanksgiving Word Scramble with Answers

Thanksgiving is full of so many fun activities: cooking festive recipes, spending time with friend and family, and solving this free Thanksgiving word scramble printable!

Grab your pen and get ready to unscramble the 22 words located in this Thanksgiving scramble.

Some of the words relate to Thanksgiving foods while others celebrate the history, meaning and symbols of this holiday.

This Thanksgiving printable word scramble is great for kids and adults because it's challenging enough for adults, but also contains a word bank at the bottom that kids can use!

Don't forget to look at the answer key to this printable word scramble for Thanksgiving if you need a little extra help.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Difficulty Moderate
Estimated Cost $1

Materials

  • Pen
  • Computer Paper

Tools

  • Printer
  • Computer

Instructions

  1. Load your computer paper into your Deskjet printer.
  2. Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings.
  3. Print the word puzzle and try to unscramble the words related to Thanksgiving.
  4. There is a word bank at the bottom of the custom printable word scramble.
  5. Once you unscramble the words, cross them off the bottom list.
  6. See how quickly you can solve this holiday word scramble puzzle!

Notes

Using this print function on this card will print a Thanksgiving word scramble that fills about 1/2 - 3/4 of an 8 x 11 sheet of paper.

To fill the entire page, choose 125% or "fit to page" on your printer if you have this setting.

You can also use the link over the puzzle in the post above and print using the browser print feature.

A printable Thanksgiving word scramble with a word bank at the bottom and the word "Thanksgiving" at the top over orange, red and yellow leaves.

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