Thanksgiving Word Search
Thanksgiving is held on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Holiday and harvest words fill the grid, a good one to print for the table in November.
Thanksgiving word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- autumn
- corn
- family
- feast
- gravy
- harvest
- pie
- pumpkin
- stuffing
- turkey
Thanksgiving word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- autumn
- corn
- cranberry
- family
- feast
- grateful
- gravy
- harvest
- november
- parade
- pie
- pilgrim
- pumpkin
- stuffing
- turkey
Thanksgiving word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- autumn
- casserole
- corn
- cranberry
- family
- feast
- grateful
- gravy
- harvest
- mayflower
- november
- parade
- pie
- pilgrim
- potatoes
- pumpkin
- squash
- stuffing
- turkey
- wishbone
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Words in the Thanksgiving word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- turkey
- A large bird native to North America, the usual main dish.
- corn
- A grain crop first grown by farmers in ancient Mexico.
- feast
- A large meal shared by many people at once.
- family
- The relatives who gather around the table.
- pie
- A baked dish with pastry crust, often pumpkin or pecan.
- gravy
- A warm sauce made from meat drippings and broth.
- harvest
- The gathering of ripe crops at the end of the season.
- autumn
- The season between summer and winter, also called fall.
- pumpkin
- An orange squash used for pies and decorations.
- stuffing
- Seasoned bread mixture baked inside or beside the bird.
- pilgrim
- An English settler who sailed to Plymouth in 1620.
- november
- The eleventh month, when the US holiday falls.
- grateful
- Feeling thankful for what you have been given.
- cranberry
- A tart red berry grown in wet bogs.
- parade
- A public procession with floats, bands, and balloons.
- potatoes
- Root vegetables boiled and mashed for the table.
- squash
- A family of gourds including zucchini and butternut.
- casserole
- A dish of mixed food baked together in one pan.
- wishbone
- The forked bone in a bird's chest, pulled for luck.
- mayflower
- The ship that carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic.
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