Word search maker
Hide your own words in a square of letters, across, down, slanting or backwards, with an answer page. Free, with no account or uploads.
Hide your own words
Type the words, one to a line; each is checked to be found exactly once.
Word search
12 words hidden
In a square of 14 by 14 letters, across, down and slanting. 2 pages, answers on their own.
Print at 100% or Actual size, with Fit to page off. Words are drawn as shapes, so they look the same on every printer and cannot be selected in the PDF.
The answers on pages of their own, after the puzzles.
A little help along the way
Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
- Choose the puzzleA word search, a crossword, sudoku or a maze.
- Type your words, or choose how hardWord searches take words one to a line; crosswords a word and its clue on each line; sudoku and mazes how hard.
- Look at the previewIt is drawn from the same page as the PDF. New puzzle makes another.
- Download the PDFAnd print it at its true size.
Questions people ask
- Can I use my own words?
- Yes. Type them one to a line; letters are kept in capitals, and a word too long for the grid or typed twice is named rather than dropped.
- How do I make it harder?
- Turn on slanting and backwards words under More options, and make the grid larger so there are more letters round the words.
- Is there an answer key?
- Yes, on a page of its own after the puzzle, with each word shaded and lined through. Turn it off under More options.
This page is the Puzzle maker, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Puzzle maker's own page.
Read the step-by-step guide