Printable collection · 10 puzzles
Printable Phonics & Spelling Word Searches
Print one for yourself, or one sheet for two: race a brother or sister, a partner or a classmate to circle each word first.
The ten printable phonics and spelling word searches follow the order a child meets the sounds: CVC Words and Short Vowels first, then Digraphs, R-Controlled Vowels, Sight Words and Rhyming Words, with Phonics for the names of the skills, Blend, Onset and Syllable among them. Compound Words, Homophones and Spelling turn to longer words, to sound-alike pairs and to the words grown spellers still get wrong.
CVC Words is the plainest sheet on paper, forty words of exactly three letters such as Cab, Wig and Tub. Sight Words averages under four letters and Short Vowels just over four, with Clam, Sled and Plum. Digraphs and Phonics come to a little over five, Elephant the longest. Spelling averages seven and a half letters, with Accommodate and Committee, and Compound Words has no word under six letters, Grasshopper and Post Office among them.
Phonics & Spelling Word Search Printables
All 10 sheets print as one-page PDFs on Letter or A4, each with its own answer key, at three levels. They are free, with no account or email. Pick a level and every sheet below switches to it.
- 10×10 grid
- 5 words
- across and down only
Want a fresh grid? Open a sheet and press Generate new puzzle: a new puzzle from the same words, as many times as you like.
Battle a Friend on Paper
Print one sheet and sit side by side, each with a different color pen. When you spot a word, circle it in the grid and cross it off the list in your color. A word belongs to whoever circles it first. When the list is done, count your color: the most words wins. Check any word you doubt against the answer key.
Battle a Friend Online
Play these puzzles against a friend in real time, on any phone or computer: two players, one grid, and each word goes to whoever finds it first.
