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Free Winter Word Search Printable – With Answer Key Included

Winter is here, and with it come holiday celebrations and cooler temperatures. Keep warm by staying indoors and solving this free winter word search printable. 

This word search for winter is part of our collection of free printables. We have been sharing lots of free puzzles this year and this seek and find is the latest in our collection.

There are 15 words that symbolize the season hidden in this winter word find. Some have to do with holidays, while others describe food, greenery and winter clothing.

The words in this moderate difficulty winter word puzzle are hidden vertically and horizontally (both forwards and backwards). There are no words hidden diagonally in this winter printable.

We also have a winter word scramble you can do this season if you’re looking for more puzzling to keep your busy during the cooler months! 
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Get the free winter word search printable

You can either click here to download the free printable winter word search as a high resolution image, or print it from 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. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.

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

Some free printable winter 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 the printable seek and find, you can click here for the winter word search answer key.
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Other winter holiday word searches & scrambles

In addition to this winter word find printable, we have other winter word puzzles for the holidays during this time of the year. Check out the free holiday word searches and word scrambles below.

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

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Pin this free winter word find printable for later

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

You can also watch our word games video on YouTube.

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Free Winter Word Search Printable - With Answer Key Included

A winter scene with pink buildings in the background, deer and pine trees in the foreground and snow falling over the scene.

Looking for a screen free indoor activity to do this winter with the kids?

Print this free winter word search and share it with your family. It's challenging enough for teens, but also comes with an answer key if the littler kids need help.

It has words that relate to the season, that will get you in the mood to celebrate the holidays!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 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 winter word search 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 winter seek and find puzzle using the print feature in your browser window.
  5. After you print this free word find, try to locate the words associated with the season within it.
  6. The words in this winter 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 printable word puzzle.
  8. See how quickly you can solve this winter word find!
  9. Please note: Free word search printables take a long time to make. This winter printable word find is for personal use only. If you are sharing this winter seek and find 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 word search printable may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.

Notes

A free winter word search printable with a word bank at the bottom, with an graphic of a snowman and a pair of white ice skates nestled in between the words, and a snowflake banner at the top of the image.

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