May Word Search
May has thirty one days and is the last full month of spring north of the equator. Mother's Day falls in May in the United States and many other countries.
May word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bloom
- flower
- garden
- green
- mother
- parade
- picnic
- spring
- sunshine
- warm
May word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- bee
- bloom
- butterfly
- fifth
- flower
- garden
- green
- maypole
- mother
- parade
- picnic
- planting
- spring
- sunshine
- warm
May word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- bee
- bloom
- butterfly
- emerald
- fifth
- flower
- garden
- graduation
- green
- hawthorn
- lily
- maypole
- memorial
- mother
- parade
- picnic
- planting
- spring
- sunshine
- warm
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Words in the May word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- flower
- May is the peak blooming month in many gardens.
- spring
- May is the last full month of northern spring.
- garden
- Gardens are planted and weeded all through May.
- warm
- Days grow steadily warmer as the month goes on.
- bloom
- To open into flower, as many plants do in May.
- picnic
- An outdoor meal that suits mild May weather.
- green
- Trees are fully leafed out by the end of May.
- sunshine
- Daylight hours stretch longer with each May day.
- mother
- Mother's Day falls in May in many countries.
- parade
- Memorial Day parades are held in late May.
- butterfly
- An insect seen often among the flowers of May.
- bee
- It gathers nectar from the many May blossoms.
- maypole
- A tall pole circled with ribbons on May Day.
- fifth
- May's place in the order of the months.
- planting
- Putting seeds and young plants into the ground.
- graduation
- Many schools hold their ceremonies during May.
- memorial
- Memorial Day honors fallen soldiers on the last Monday.
- emerald
- The green birthstone for people born in May.
- lily
- Lily of the valley is a May birth flower.
- hawthorn
- The other May birth flower, a white hedge blossom.
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