Holidays & seasons
Thanksgiving Word Search (Large Print)
Pull up a chair for a Thanksgiving puzzle filled with harvest foods, table details, and time together. You will look for familiar words such as CORN, PIE, and FAMILY, with longer seasonal entries joining them as the level increases. The page suits a gathering before dinner or a November activity session where people celebrate in different ways. Participation does not depend on having a particular family tradition.
Thanksgiving Word Search: Easy
10 × 10 grid. Find 10 words. Look across to the right and down.
Words to find
- CORN
- FALL
- FARM
- FEAST
- GRAVY
- HOME
- LEAF
- MEAL
- PIE
- YAM
US Letter, one puzzle page and one answer page. Easy level.
Thanksgiving Word Search: Medium
12 × 12 grid. Find 15 words. Look right, down, and diagonally downward.
Words to find
- APPLE
- BREAD
- CORN
- FALL
- FAMILY
- FARM
- FEAST
- GRAVY
- HOME
- LEAF
- MEAL
- PIE
- THANKS
- TURKEY
- YAM
US Letter, one puzzle page and one answer page. Medium level.
Thanksgiving Word Search: Hard
14 × 14 grid. Find 20 words in all eight directions, including backward.
Words to find
- APPLE
- AUTUMN
- BREAD
- CORN
- FALL
- FAMILY
- FARM
- FEAST
- GRAVY
- HOME
- LEAF
- MEAL
- NAPKIN
- PARADE
- PIE
- POTATO
- SQUASH
- THANKS
- TURKEY
- YAM
US Letter, one puzzle page and one answer page. Hard level.
Playing tips and a fun fact
Try sorting the printed list into foods and everything else before you start circling. That small conversation can help a group settle in without turning the search into a race. A host can offer a first-letter hint for one word at a time, leaving the rest of the grid for independent exploring.
Cranberries grow on low vines rather than trees; the flooded fields often seen in photographs are associated with harvesting. Use that bit of harvest conversation to invite descriptions of favorite side dishes. Keep a spare clean copy for anyone who arrives late, and save the answer page until people are ready to compare their finds.
Ideas to extend the activity
- Name a side dish you enjoy.
- Write a short thank-you note.
- Plan a table using harvest colors.
Not sure which level to pick? Read how the easy, medium and hard levels differ, or see how to print large-print puzzles so the letters come out dark and clear.
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