Retirement Word Search
Retirement has a firm number attached to it in the United States, since full Social Security benefits start at 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later. The years after work carry their own vocabulary, which goes over well at senior centers and retirement parties.
Retirement word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- fishing
- garden
- golf
- hobby
- nap
- pension
- relax
- rest
- savings
- travel
Retirement word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- book club
- crossword
- cruise
- fishing
- free time
- garden
- golf
- hobby
- leisure
- nap
- pension
- relax
- rest
- savings
- travel
Retirement word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- annuity
- book club
- crossword
- cruise
- farewell
- fishing
- free time
- garden
- gold watch
- golf
- grandkids
- hobby
- leisure
- nap
- pension
- relax
- rest
- savings
- travel
- volunteer
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Words in the Retirement word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- rest
- Time spent doing nothing demanding, to restore energy.
- nap
- Short daytime sleep that many people enjoy.
- golf
- Outdoor game many retirees play on weekday mornings.
- relax
- To slow down and let go of stress.
- hobby
- An activity done for enjoyment in free time.
- garden
- Plot where retirees grow flowers, herbs or vegetables.
- travel
- Taking trips now that work no longer sets the schedule.
- savings
- Money set aside over the years for later use.
- pension
- Regular payment from a former employer after you retire.
- fishing
- Quiet pastime spent waiting for a bite.
- free time
- Hours in the day with nothing scheduled.
- cruise
- Vacation aboard a ship that stops at several ports.
- leisure
- Time free from work, used however you like.
- book club
- Group that meets regularly to discuss a chosen book.
- crossword
- Puzzle of clues and interlocking words in a grid.
- grandkids
- Your children's children, often visited more after retiring.
- volunteer
- Unpaid work many retirees do at schools and food banks.
- farewell
- The goodbye said on a worker's last day.
- annuity
- Contract that pays steady income over a set period.
- gold watch
- Traditional gift given to someone leaving a long job.
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