April Fools Day Word Search
April Fools' Day falls on April 1, when people play harmless tricks and jokes on each other. The custom has been recorded in Europe for several hundred years.
April Fools Day word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- april
- fooled
- funny
- joke
- laugh
- prank
- riddle
- silly
- surprise
- trick
April Fools Day word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- april
- costume
- disguise
- fooled
- funny
- giggle
- hoax
- joke
- laugh
- prank
- puzzle
- riddle
- silly
- surprise
- trick
April Fools Day word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- april
- clown
- costume
- disguise
- fooled
- funny
- giggle
- hoax
- humor
- joke
- laugh
- mischief
- prank
- pretend
- puzzle
- riddle
- silly
- surprise
- tradition
- trick
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Words in the April Fools Day word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- joke
- A short story or line meant to make people laugh.
- prank
- A playful trick meant to surprise someone harmlessly.
- laugh
- The sound people make when something is funny.
- trick
- An action meant to fool someone for fun.
- silly
- Playful and a little foolish in a harmless way.
- surprise
- Something unexpected that catches a person off guard.
- funny
- Causing laughter or amusement.
- april
- The month of the holiday, on the first day.
- fooled
- Tricked into believing something untrue.
- riddle
- A puzzling question with a clever answer.
- hoax
- A made up story meant to fool many people.
- giggle
- A light, quick laugh.
- costume
- Clothing worn to look like someone or something else.
- disguise
- A change of appearance so people do not recognize you.
- puzzle
- A game or problem that takes thinking to solve.
- humor
- The quality that makes something amusing.
- clown
- A performer who entertains with silly acts.
- mischief
- Playful behavior that causes small, harmless trouble.
- pretend
- To act as though something untrue is real.
- tradition
- A custom repeated in the same way each year.
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