Themed Word Search Puzzles
Difficulty level: hard
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Here are 3,300 word search puzzles organized into fun categories. Everything from Arcade Games to Zombies, Fabrics to Junk Food. Hunt around these three pages, you might find something of interest.
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The difficulty level of these puzzles is hard. For the 275 puzzles in the main section of this page, there are 15 listed words hidden in the grid, with 9 additional unlisted words which may, or may not, be related to the puzzle's theme. A full solution is provided if you get stuck.
For the 3,000 puzzles in the group section of this page, there are 18 listed words hidden in the grid, with 2 additional unlisted words. These unlisted words are always related to the puzzle's theme. Solutions are provided.
You should know we designed these puzzles to be easily read. The puzzle grids, which are 22×20 letters, and the word lists are both in large 17-point font size. The puzzle grids also span the entire width of the page. This way you won't have to squint.
Each puzzle (and its solution) is formated to print out nicely on standard 8.5" × 11" paper. Click the [direct link] below the embedded PDF file if you have trouble printing. The puzzle should then directly download and open on your device. You can print it from there.
Note that we add new puzzles to this page sporadically. So if you like them, be sure to come back.
We also have themed word search puzzles of medium difficulty. As well as puzzles you can solve online.
Did you know?
Historically, there are two men who compete for the title of inventor of the word search puzzle. One man, a Spaniard named Pedro Ocón de Oro, is said to have published his Sopa de Letras (or Soup of letters) sometime in the 1960s. While this claim is not completely verifiable, we do know for certain that Norman E. Gibat first published a word search in the Selenby Digest on March 1, 1968 in Norman, Oklahoma. This makes the word search puzzle just over 60 years old, considerly younger than the equally popular crossword puzzle, which has been around for well over 100 years.
Group Theme Pages
The most common request we get from users of this site is "more themed puzzles please!" So we started grouping individual puzzles together under common themes. Thus far we have about 3,000 word search puzzles organized under seven different themes. We invite you to take a look.
New Dictionary Entries Over 500 word searches sorted by year search terms first appeared in the dictionary
Movie Word Search 408 word searches sorted by year of movie release and more
Kids Toys Word Search About 3 dozen word searches on kids toys from past decades
Nicknames & Pet Names 130 word searches on people nicknames and pet names
Prefixes & Suffixes About 400 repeating-letter word search puzzles with 8,000 search terms
Ted & Friends About 800 repeating-letter word search puzzles with 15,000 search terms
Boat Names Over 150 word searches using 3,100 clever boat names
Given Names 2,000 first names hidden in 90 puzzles. Can you find yours?
Family Names 3,600 last names hidden in 180 puzzles. Can you find your family?
Garbage Pail Kids Over 140 word searches using the 1980s trading card collection
Countries Word Search 200 word searches on all the countries of the world
★ Here's a sample of puzzles from our published collection of 6,000 themed puzzles ★
One-off Themed Puzzles
Here are our original 275 themed puzzles. They run across three pages. If they are too difficult, or if you simply like these themes, we have a similar set of puzzles on our three medium level difficulty pages.
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