Summer Solstice Word Search
The summer solstice falls around June 20 or 21 north of the equator, the day the sun climbs highest and daylight stretches longest. Solstice comes from Latin words meaning sun standing still, since the sun's path appears to pause before it starts back. Crowds still gather at Stonehenge each year to watch the sunrise line up with the stones.
Summer Solstice word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- beach
- daylight
- heat
- june
- longest day
- solstice
- summer
- sunrise
- sunset
- sunshine
Summer Solstice word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- beach
- bonfire
- daylight
- heat
- june
- longest day
- midsummer
- picnic
- solstice
- stonehenge
- summer
- sunrise
- sunset
- sunshine
- tilt
Summer Solstice word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- beach
- bonfire
- daylight
- garland
- heat
- hemisphere
- june
- longest day
- midnight sun
- midsummer
- picnic
- shortest night
- solstice
- stonehenge
- summer
- sunflower
- sunrise
- sunset
- sunshine
- tilt
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Words in the Summer Solstice word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- summer
- The warmest season, starting at this solstice.
- solstice
- Day the sun reaches its highest yearly point.
- june
- Month of the northern summer solstice.
- sunshine
- Direct light and warmth from the sun.
- longest day
- The year's greatest stretch of daylight.
- sunrise
- Earliest of the year around this date.
- sunset
- Latest of the year near the solstice.
- daylight
- Light hours, at their maximum on this day.
- heat
- High warmth that builds through the weeks after.
- beach
- Sandy shore crowded once summer arrives.
- picnic
- Outdoor meal enjoyed in long summer evenings.
- bonfire
- Fire lit on midsummer eve in many countries.
- midsummer
- Old European name for the solstice festival.
- stonehenge
- English stone circle aligned with solstice sunrise.
- tilt
- The earth's lean that causes solstices to happen.
- hemisphere
- Half of the globe, each with its own solstice.
- sunflower
- Tall summer flower whose young heads follow the sun.
- midnight sun
- Sun that never sets in far northern summer.
- shortest night
- The brief darkness between solstice sunset and sunrise.
- garland
- Flower ring worn at midsummer in Scandinavia.
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