Lunar New Year Word Search

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Forty words for the new year that starts with a new moon: red envelope gifts of money, the lion dance and the dragon, firecrackers and fireworks, dumplings, long noodles, oranges for good luck, and the twelve animals of the zodiac, from the rat and the ox to the dog and the pig.

The date follows the lunisolar calendar, so it falls between January 21 and February 20. In China the holiday is called the Spring Festival, and it ends fifteen days later with the Lantern Festival. Families travel home for a reunion dinner, clean the house before the new year to sweep out bad luck, and hang red couplets beside the door. Vietnam celebrates Tet, and Korea Seollal.

Legend tells of Nian, a beast that came out at the new year and was afraid of the color red and of loud noise, which is why there is so much of both. 2026 is the Year of the Horse, beginning on February 17, and 2027 is the Year of the Goat. Many dishes are puns: the word for fish sounds like the word for surplus, so a whole fish is served and some is left over.

Free Lunar New Year Word Search Online Game

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Lunar New Year Word Search Printable Puzzles

Three sheets to choose from, free to print or download as a PDF. Pick a difficulty below, or open the printable Lunar New Year word search page to see all three together, generate a fresh grid, and check the full word list.

Puzzle Vocabulary Words

Below you can see all possible words that the topic Lunar New Year has.
Depends on difficulty level you select in the game amount of words hidden in the puzzle will be different.
In Easy game you have to find up to 5 words, medium game can have up to 15 words and hard puzzle can have up to 23 words.
Every time you start a new game - our word search generator will pick random words to build the puzzle.

• Lunar
• Spring Festival
• Lanterns
• Dragon
• Lion Dance
• Red Envelope
• Firecrackers
• Fireworks
• Dumplings
• Noodles
• Fish
• Oranges
• Tangerines
• Zodiac
• Rat
• Ox
• Tiger
• Rabbit
• Snake
• Horse
• Goat
• Monkey
• Rooster
• Dog
• Pig
• Nian
• Tet
• Seollal
• Couplets
• Reunion
• Ancestors
• Fortune
• Luck
• Gold
• Moon
• Calendar
• Parade
• Drums
• Gifts
• Family