January Word Search
January has thirty one days and opens the calendar year. Its name comes from Janus, the Roman god of doors and beginnings.
January word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- calendar
- cold
- first
- frost
- midnight
- month
- new year
- resolution
- snow
- winter
January word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- calendar
- cold
- confetti
- first
- frost
- january
- midnight
- mitten
- month
- new year
- resolution
- snow
- snowman
- soup
- winter
January word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- calendar
- carnation
- cold
- confetti
- first
- frost
- garnet
- icicle
- january
- midnight
- mitten
- month
- new year
- resolution
- sled
- snow
- snowdrop
- snowman
- soup
- winter
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Words in the January word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- new year
- January 1 opens the year on our calendar.
- winter
- The season that covers January north of the equator.
- snow
- Common January weather across many colder places.
- cold
- January is the coldest month in much of the north.
- calendar
- A fresh one goes up on the wall in January.
- month
- January is one of the twelve on the calendar.
- first
- January's place in the order of the year.
- midnight
- The moment on December 31 when January begins.
- resolution
- A promise people make to change a habit.
- frost
- White ice that coats windows on January mornings.
- mitten
- A warm hand cover worn on cold January walks.
- soup
- A hot bowl of food that suits cold weather.
- confetti
- Small paper bits thrown at new year parties.
- january
- The first month of the year, with thirty one days.
- snowman
- A snow figure children build on January days.
- sled
- A board for riding down January snow.
- icicle
- Ice that hangs where melting snow refreezes on eaves.
- garnet
- The deep red birthstone for people born in January.
- snowdrop
- A small white flower linked with January births.
- carnation
- A traditional birth flower for the month of January.
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