American History Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
American History word search puzzles with calm civic and period English — colony, constitution, frontier and everyday history words for adults. No campaign brands. Easy to hard plus large print.
American History puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
American History: Frontier Map
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
American History: Quiet Ballot
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
American History: Quiet Hour
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard American History: Full Chronicle
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print American History: Soft State
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
American History: Capitol Era
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
American History: Memorial Walk
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
American History: Long Afternoon
What words are in the american history word search?
Civic and period English — colony, constitution, frontier — no campaign brands.
The full american history word bank has 47 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
ABOLITION · ALLIES · AMENDMENT · ARMISTICE · BALLOT · CANAL · CAPITAL · CENSUS · CHURCH · CIVIL · COLONY · CONGRESS · CONSTITUTION · COURT · DEPRESSION · EMANCIPATION · FACTORY · FARM · FORT · FREEDOM · FRONTIER · HARBOR · HOUSE · LIBERTY · MEMORIAL · MISSION · NEWDEAL · PEACE · PIONEER · PORT · RAILROAD · RECONSTRUCTION · REFORM · RIGHTS · SCHOOL · SENATE · SETTLER · SHIP · STATE · STRIKE · SUFFRAGE · TRAIL · TREATY · UNION · VOTE · WAGON · WAR
Who is this theme good for?
Adults who like calm history vocabulary without trivia noise.
A solving tip
Long words like CONSTITUTION and EMANCIPATION anchor the hard grid.
How these puzzles work
Every puzzle is free and plays in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter. Easy grids are 10×10 with words across and down; medium grids are 12×12 and add diagonals; hard grids are 15×15 with words in all eight directions. Press Large print above any grid for bigger letters. Progress is saved on your device, and there is never a timer. New to word searches? Read how to play.
Sources & notes
Word lists on Words at Rest use American English spelling (for example color, not colour). Merriam-Webster records colour as chiefly the British spelling of color. Merriam-Webster: colour.
“chiefly British spelling of color”
