Lunar New Year Word Search
Lunar New Year begins on a new moon in January or February and runs about fifteen days, closing with the Lantern Festival. Each year carries the name of one of twelve zodiac animals.
Lunar New Year word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- dragon
- family
- feast
- fireworks
- lantern
- moon
- parade
- rabbit
- red
- zodiac
Lunar New Year word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- dance
- dragon
- dumpling
- family
- feast
- fireworks
- lantern
- luck
- moon
- parade
- rabbit
- red
- rice
- tiger
- zodiac
Lunar New Year word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- dance
- dragon
- dumpling
- family
- feast
- fireworks
- horse
- lantern
- luck
- monkey
- moon
- parade
- pig
- rabbit
- red
- rice
- rooster
- snake
- tiger
- zodiac
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Words in the Lunar New Year word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- dragon
- A long mythical creature carried by teams in holiday parades.
- lantern
- A paper light hung up, especially on the final festival night.
- red
- The holiday's main color, long linked with good fortune.
- parade
- A street procession with drums, dancers and costumed animals.
- fireworks
- Loud bright explosions set off to greet the new year.
- family
- Relatives travel home from far away for the holiday meal.
- feast
- A large shared meal with many dishes on the table.
- zodiac
- The twelve animal cycle that gives each lunar year its name.
- rabbit
- One of the twelve zodiac animals, fourth in the cycle.
- moon
- The holiday starts with a new moon in winter.
- tiger
- A striped zodiac animal, third in the cycle of twelve.
- luck
- Good fortune that holiday greetings and decorations wish for.
- dance
- Lion and dragon dances performed to drums in the street.
- dumpling
- A folded dough pocket eaten at new year in northern China.
- rice
- A grain served at nearly every holiday meal.
- horse
- A zodiac animal, seventh of the twelve in order.
- snake
- The sixth animal of the lunar zodiac cycle.
- monkey
- The ninth zodiac animal in the order of twelve.
- rooster
- The tenth zodiac animal, a male chicken.
- pig
- The last animal in the cycle of twelve.
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