Halloween Word Search
Halloween falls on October 31 and grew out of older autumn harvest and remembrance customs brought to America by Irish and Scottish settlers. Costumes, candy and the spooky words of the season fill the grid.
Halloween word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bat
- candy
- cat
- costume
- ghost
- mask
- moon
- pumpkin
- spider
- witch
Halloween word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- bat
- broom
- candy
- cat
- cauldron
- costume
- ghost
- haunted
- mask
- monster
- moon
- pumpkin
- skeleton
- spider
- witch
Halloween word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- bat
- broom
- candy
- cat
- cauldron
- cobweb
- costume
- ghost
- graveyard
- haunted
- lantern
- mask
- monster
- moon
- pumpkin
- scarecrow
- skeleton
- spider
- vampire
- witch
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Words in the Halloween word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- bat
- A flying mammal that hunts at night using sound.
- cat
- A house pet, and black ones are a Halloween symbol.
- moon
- Earth's natural satellite, often drawn full on Halloween art.
- ghost
- A spirit figure, usually shown as a white sheet.
- witch
- A storybook character with a pointed hat and broom.
- candy
- Sweets handed out to trick-or-treaters at the door.
- mask
- A face covering worn as part of a costume.
- spider
- An eight-legged creature that spins silk webs.
- pumpkin
- A large orange squash carved into a jack-o'-lantern.
- costume
- An outfit worn to dress up as someone else.
- skeleton
- The full set of bones that supports a body.
- haunted
- Said of a place believed to hold ghosts.
- broom
- A sweeping tool, and a witch's ride in stories.
- cauldron
- A big iron pot used over an open fire.
- monster
- An imaginary creature meant to look frightening.
- vampire
- A legendary night figure from Eastern European folklore.
- scarecrow
- A straw figure set in fields to frighten birds.
- lantern
- A case that holds a light and shields the flame.
- cobweb
- An old dusty spider web left hanging in corners.
- graveyard
- Ground set aside for burying and remembering the dead.
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