Bonfire Night Word Search
Bonfire Night falls on 5 November and marks the failure of the 1605 plan to blow up the House of Lords. Guy Fawkes was found in a cellar below Parliament guarding barrels of gunpowder, and the plot collapsed within days. Towns across Britain still mark the date with fires, fireworks and sticky food eaten standing up in the cold.
Bonfire Night word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- ashes
- bonfire
- embers
- fireworks
- flames
- kindling
- november
- rocket
- smoke
- sparkler
Bonfire Night word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- ashes
- barrel
- bonfire
- cellar
- effigy
- embers
- fireworks
- flames
- kindling
- november
- plot
- rocket
- smoke
- sparkler
- treason
Bonfire Night word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- ashes
- barrel
- bonfire
- cellar
- effigy
- embers
- fireworks
- flames
- gunpowder
- guy fawkes
- kindling
- lantern
- november
- parliament
- plot
- rocket
- roman candle
- smoke
- sparkler
- treason
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Words in the Bonfire Night word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- bonfire
- Large outdoor fire built as the centre of the evening.
- fireworks
- Explosive displays of colour and noise set off after dark.
- sparkler
- Handheld stick that burns with bright, short lived sparks.
- rocket
- Firework that flies upward before bursting high overhead.
- november
- Month of the fifth, the date the night marks.
- flames
- Visible burning gas rising from the bonfire.
- smoke
- Grey cloud of particles carried off by a wood fire.
- embers
- Glowing coals left when the flames finally die down.
- ashes
- Fine grey powder remaining after wood has burned away.
- kindling
- Small dry sticks used to start a larger fire.
- effigy
- Rough figure of Guy Fawkes burned on top of the bonfire.
- plot
- The 1605 scheme to blow up the English Parliament.
- treason
- Crime of acting against the crown, charged to the plotters.
- barrel
- Wooden cask, the kind used to hide the gunpowder.
- cellar
- Underground room beneath the House of Lords where Fawkes waited.
- lantern
- Portable light carried on dark November evenings.
- gunpowder
- Explosive mix of saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur.
- guy fawkes
- Plotter caught guarding the explosives on 5 November 1605.
- parliament
- The building the conspirators intended to destroy.
- roman candle
- Firework tube that shoots burning stars one after another.
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