Updated for Halloween 2011
Halloween word search puzzles are a great activity for children to celebrate Halloween and at the same time reinforce their spelling and vocabulary skills. These Halloween word search puzzles are so fun that they won't even know that they're learning something at the same time!
The Halloween word searches below are organized into three skill levels - easy puzzles which have 15 or less words that need to be found, medium puzzles that have 16-30 words you'll need to find, and challenging puzzles that have more than 31 Halloween words to find. These are printable Halloween word search puzzles that you can easily print from your home computer.
You'll also find a short list of online Halloween word search puzzles for those of you who would rather complete your puzzles online. You also can create your own Halloween word search puzzle or try your hand at a fall word search puzzle or some other holiday word searches.
Tip: Your child might also like Halloween worksheets, Halloween coloring pages, online Halloween games, Halloween printables, and Halloween party games. There are plenty more Halloween freebies where those came from!
Easy Printable Halloween Word Searches
These easy Halloween word searches all have 15 or less Halloween words that need to be found to solve them. They're great for children who are in grades 1-3.
- Very Easy Halloween Word Search - This Halloween word search is super easy with just 5 hidden words that need to be found.
- Easy Spider Word Search - With just 6 words to find this puzzle would be a cinch for younger children.
- Easy Halloween Word Search Puzzle - Find 8 Halloween words in this easy Halloween word search puzzle.
- Halloween Word Search - Children will need to find 9 Halloween terms to solve this easy Halloween word search.
- Halloween Fun Word Search - The kids will need to find 9 Halloween fun words to celebrate the completion of this puzzle.
- Halloween Object Word Search - This is a unique Halloween word search where children are given 9 images instead of words.
- Costume Craze Word Search - 10 costume words need to be found in this costume themed word search puzzle.
- Easy Halloween Word Search- Find 12 Halloween words in this Halloween word search puzzle.
- Halloween Monsters Word Search - This is an adorable Halloween word search where you'll need to find 12 words to solve it.
- Picture Halloween Word Search - This Halloween word search is perfect for younger kids because there are only 12 words to find and each word is accompanied with an image.
- Haunted Halloween Word Search - You'll need to find a spooky 13 words to master this easy Halloween word search puzzle.
- HP's Haunted Halloween Word Search - Print off this colorful Halloween word search from HP and try to find all 14 words.
- Haunted House Word Search - This Halloween word search features a haunted house puzzle with 14 words that need to be found.
- Hershey's Halloween Word Search - Just in the easy range is this Halloween word search puzzle from Hershey's where you'll need to find 15 words.
- Barely Easy Halloween Word Search - This Halloween word search is barely easy with 15 words to find.
- Harder Spider Word Search - You'll need to be able to find 15 words to complete this Spider word search puzzle.
Medium Printable Halloween Word Searches
With these medium level Halloween word searches you'll find a range of 16-30 words that need to be found in each puzzle. These puzzles are recommended for grades 4-5.
- Medium Halloween Word Search - In this medium skill level Halloween word search you'll need to find 16 words.
- Halloween Graveyard Word Search Puzzle - You'll have to find 18 frightful words to solve this Halloween Graveyard word search.
- Halloween Word Search - Print this Halloween word search and find 19 Halloween words.
- Witch Word Search Puzzle - Find 19 witch words to solve this medium level Halloween word search.
- Halloween Word Search - You'll need some skills to solve this 20 word Halloween word search.
- Harder Halloween Word Search - If you want to solve this Halloween word search puzzle then you'll need to find 20 hidden words.
- Halloween and Costumes Word Search - In this medium-level Halloween word search there are 20 words to find.
- Ghost Word Search Puzzle - Complete this Halloween word search by finding 20 ghost related terms.
- Pumpkin Word Search Puzzle - After you've found the 20 words in this Halloween word search you can put the remaining letters together to learn an interesting fact about pumpkins.
- Dracula Word Search - Find 20 words that have to do with Dracula and you'll solve this Halloween word search.
- Scary Words Word Search Puzzle - After you've found 20 scary words use the remaining letters to learn a fact about the scariest movie ever.
- Frankenstein Word Search Puzzle - This Halloween word search puzzle has the theme of Frankenstein and you'll need to find 20 words to solve it.
- Halloween Fun Word Search - This Halloween word search puzzle is a little bit harder with 21 words to find but still easy enough for older children to complete.
- It's Halloween Word Search - 21 words will need to be found in this word search puzzle.
- Creative Halloween Word Search Puzzle - Celebrate your victory after you find 25 words in this Halloween word search that can be downloaded as a PDF file.
- Trick-or-Treat Word Search - This tricky trick-or-treat word search puzzle has 25 hidden words you'll need to find.
- Squigly's Halloween Costume Word Search - This Halloween word search will have you looking high and low for 26 Halloween costumes.
- Printable Halloween Word Search - This is a super cute Halloween word search where you'll need to find 27 words to win.
- Halloween Word Search Puzzle - This word search barely belongs in the medium level with 29 words.
- Challenging Halloween Words Search - Find 30 hidden words in this Halloween word search puzzle.
- Tricky Halloween Word Search - This Halloween word search has 30 spooky words to find making it a more challenging puzzle.
- Very Tricky Halloween Word Search - You'll need to find 30 words in this Halloween word search.
Challenging Printable Halloween Word Searches
These are some tough Halloween word searches! They contain 31 words and up and are great for children grades 6 and older. They're great for adults as well!
- Hard Halloween Word Search - You'll need to find 34 hidden words to successfully complete this challenging Halloween word search.
- Halloween Hardest Word Search - This is a tough Halloween word search with 35 words to find.
- Very Hard Halloween Word Search - In this word search from Ben & Jerry's you'll need to find 37 Halloween words.
- Halloween Word Search - Find 37 words to master this Halloween word search from Hershey's.
- The Ultimate Halloween Word Search - The title says it all, this Halloween word search has almost 50 words you'll need to find!
Online Halloween Word Searches for All Levels
Here are a few online Halloween word searches that are all completed online. They range through the easy level to more challenging puzzles.
- Halloween Word Search - This unique Halloween word search puzzle is completely online. Use your mouse to find the 11 hidden words. Click the New Game button and you'll be given all new words.
- Happy Halloween Online Word Search - This is a pretty easy Halloween word search where you'll need to find 11 words with your mouse.
- Lucky Number 13 Halloween Word Search - Use your mouse to find the 13 hidden words in this online Halloween word search.
- Halloween Seek-A-Word - This online Halloween word search has you find 14 words.
- Online Halloween Word Search - 21 terrifying search words await you at this online Halloween word search puzzle.
- Online Halloween Word Search Puzzle - You'll need to find a whopping 39 words to solve this very hard online Halloween word search.
- Monster Halloween Puzzle - Wow! You'll need to find 50 words to win this online Monster Halloween word search.




